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FIRST CENTRAL MEETING ON GREATER BAY AREA HELD
    2018-08-16  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

THE Central Leaders’ Group On the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area met for the first time in Beijing yesterday.


Vice Premier Han Zheng, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, is head of the group, with its members including Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and Macao Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On.


This is the first time that a head of government from the special administrative regions is a member of one of the country’s core decision-making groups. It is also the first time that the government has announced that a dedicated leading group has been established for the Greater Bay Area development plan.


According to the annual government work report in 2017, China will draw up a plan for the development of a city cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which covers Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong including the first-tier cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen.


On July 1, 2017, President Xi Jinping attended the signing ceremony of the framework agreement on the development of the Greater Bay Area.


With the support of the Central Government, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will improve collaboration mechanisms and facilitate win-win cooperation to build a world-class Bay Area.


Meng Wei, spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said earlier this year that the major tunnel project for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was completed in February and preparation is under way for the official opening. The 55-km bridge is an example of the connectivity of infrastructure in the development of the Greater Bay Area.


The Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is also expected to begin operation in the third quarter of this year.


Policies for improved transport facilities, as well as expedited employment, education and medical services for people from Hong Kong and Macao on the mainland are also in the works.


The NDRC is working on a plan to make the Greater Bay Area an international science and technology innovation center.


In May, the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Finance encouraged colleges and research institutes in Hong Kong and Macao to join in science and technology initiatives financed by the Central Government.


The decision to establish the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park was published in 2017, and a business hub for start-ups was unveiled in the city of Zhuhai in July.


So far, six Hong Kong colleges have set up 72 research institutes in Shenzhen to turn discoveries into practical use.


Last year, 82.8 percent of investment from outside the mainland in Guangdong came from Hong Kong and Macao, and 57.5 percent of Guangdong’s investment went to Hong Kong and Macao.(SD-Xinhua)


(SD-Xinhua)

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