[Comment on the new, China’s economy starts again] Aiming at leading construction and development, releasing new vitality of regional integration.
Over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up, Guangdong has been at the forefront of reform and opening-up, with geographical proximity and popularity close to Hong Kong and Macao. Building Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a national strategy personally planned, deployed and promoted by the Supreme Leader General Secretary, a new measure to promote the formation of a new pattern of all-round opening up in the new era, and a new practice to promote the development of "one country, two systems".
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area actively promotes the integration of infrastructure, accelerates the construction of world-class urban agglomerations, strives to build an international science and technology innovation center, and continues to make great contributions to reform and opening up. Nowadays, under the grand background of China’s development striding into a new era, the blueprint of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s development is turning into a solid action, and the vision is becoming a flourishing reality.
On May 26, 2018, looking south from Da Nanshan, Shenzhen, the two sides of Shenzhen Bay have a panoramic view. Here is Shekou Cruise Center in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, and there is Ganggutan Power Plant and Lantau Island in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.
Opening wider to the outside world and building a world-class urban agglomeration
With a land area of 0.6% and a population of 4.56%, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has created a GDP of 12.17% in China. In 2017, the total GDP reached 10,184.3 billion yuan, surpassing the San Francisco Bay Area and approaching new york Bay Area and Tokyo Bay Area. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is also the region with the densest ports and the busiest shipping in the world, and its container throughput is about 4.5 times that of the world’s three Greater Bay Area.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s economies also have their own characteristics: Hongkong is an international financial center; Dongguan, Foshan, Huizhou and other places have developed manufacturing industries; Shenzhen is the center of technology industry. In addition, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is an early beneficiary of the reform and opening-up, with rich experience in international cooperation, and its strong scientific research strength can also attract global scientific research companies and institutions to invest in the layout.
At present, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has initially revealed the embryonic form of a world-class mega-city group and an international free trade port, and will become a gateway hub, a world-class economic platform and an international scientific and technological innovation center for the Belt and Road Initiative in the future. In the new era, it is necessary to give full play to the leading edge of urbanization in the Bay Area, create a new pattern of carrying industrial development, strive to provide top-notch domestic and world-class supporting services for all kinds of international innovation subjects and factor resources, and build the region into a demonstration area for China to further expand and open up, thus creating a new situation of all-round economic and social development in the Bay Area.
Interconnection promotes regional coordinated development
On September 23, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway was officially opened, and Hong Kong was incorporated into the national high-speed railway network, allowing passengers to travel directly to Hong Kong from 44 stations across the country. Hong Kong has thus been connected to the national high-speed rail network and ushered in a truly "high-speed rail era". In addition, as a landmark project of infrastructure interconnection in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and an important cross-sea passage connecting Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao in the future, the 55km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge entered the pre-opening exercise and testing stage. After the bridge is opened to traffic, the journey between Hong Kong and Macao will be shortened from more than three hours to about half an hour.
In 2017, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was formally put forward as a national strategy. Over the past year, remarkable achievements have been made in the construction of the Bay Area, which has benefited our compatriots in Hong Kong and Macao in particular. With the continuous improvement of traffic "aorta" and "capillary", the "one-hour traffic circle of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" has initially taken shape, and the "one-hour life circle of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao" which is suitable for business, business, living, learning and traveling will become a reality from an ideal, and the scientific layout of cities in the Bay Area with reasonable division of labor, complementary functions and joint high-quality development will be better promoted.
In the future, the cities on the west bank of the Pearl River can directly connect with Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao through the road traffic networks such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway and the Shenzhen-China Corridor, attracting various factors of production and consumption. Promoting the construction of the Bay Area with the interconnection of infrastructure is not only conducive to the better flow of people, logistics, capital and information in the region, but also conducive to further deepening the integration and coordinated development of the regional economy.
Innovation cooperation aims at the global scientific research highland
At present, the world is facing a great era of industrial transformation, traditional industries are gradually eliminated, and emerging industries are gradually becoming a new driving force to support future development. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should aim at "leading development" and promote the construction of collaborative innovation system from scientific research to technological research and development to modern scientific and technological innovation. At the same time, we should also actively build itself into a source, a training ground and a supporting ground for the development of new industries, and build a global high-level R&D center, a national leading area for opening up and innovation, and a pioneering area for innovation and construction systems.
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has the foundation and strength to become a global innovation highland. Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the region are well-known innovative cities with high-end talents and more than 170 institutions of higher learning. The industrial base is strong, and emerging industries such as electronic communication, Internet and biomedicine are developing rapidly. A number of innovative enterprises such as Huawei, Tencent and BYD gather here, and the total number of state-level high-tech enterprises exceeds 18,900, ranking first in the country. In recent five years, the total number of invention patents in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has increased by 33.10% annually. The cities represented by Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, etc. have developed manufacturing industries and complete industrial systems, and innovations and inventions can quickly land and realize industrialization.
The key to building an international science and technology innovation center is to realize collaborative innovation. Experts suggest that we should make full use of the unique institutional advantages of "one country, two systems and three customs areas" in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and lead collaborative innovation and development with institutional and institutional advantages. On the basis of the existing relatively independent cooperation mechanism among Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Hong Kong and Macao, we will strengthen the cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, actively explore the integrated development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, promote the convenient flow of factor resources, optimize the cross-regional cooperation and innovation model, build a more dynamic innovation system, create a highland for innovation and development, and share the fruits of innovation and cooperation. (Economic Daily-China Economic Net Yan Mengya)