"The best entry point for Hong Kong to integrate into the country's great development"

Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, June 17th: "The best entry point for Hong Kong to integrate into the country's great development" —— Yuan Minzhong, the development specialist of visiting the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area of ​​the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Qian Li Baitao

"Hong Kong's future development must be inseparable from the development of the country, and the construction of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area is the best entry point for Hong Kong to actively integrate into the country's great development." Yuan Minzhong, the development commissioner of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area of ​​the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region During the interview.

On July 1, 2017, the signing of the "Deepening of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Cooperation Promoting the Greater Bay Area Construction Framework Agreement" opened the curtain of the national level to promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area; on February 18, 2019, the "Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area Development Plan The Outline was released to comprehensively promote the construction of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area; on November 23, 2020, the SAR Government officially established the Development Office of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area to strengthen and coordinate the work of the Greater Bay Area.

In the past two years, although affected by the epidemic, the SAR government has not relaxed the work involved in the construction of the Greater Bay Area, continued to seek policy innovation and breakthroughs in different fields, and made a lot of progress.

Yuan Minzhong first mentioned the financial aspect. For example, the "Cross -border Financial Management" officially launched in September 2021 allows the designated wealth management products sold by the banks sold in the Greater Bay Area in the Greater Bay Area of ​​9 cities in Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong Province. As of the end of February 2022, cross -border The amount (including Hong Kong and Macau) exceeds 670 million yuan.

"Incorporating the construction and development of the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong's position as an international financial center has been further consolidated and promoted." Yuan Minzhong said.

In recent years, the construction of the Hong Kong Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area also includes the development of innovation, talent exchanges, youth employment, education and medical care.

In terms of the development of Chuangke, the governments of Hong Kong and Shenzhen are fully developing the "Hong Kong Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone"; Hong Kong will also through the development strategies of the northern metropolitan area to develop the development of Luomazhou/Shinada into the city of Shinada. The Science and Technology Park formed a cooperation zone covering an area of ​​about 540 hectares; in April 2019, under the "Mainland and Hong Kong Joint Funding Plan", there are currently 4 branches established by Hong Kong universities in the Mainland. The project funding for more than 760 million Hong Kong dollars ...

In terms of talent exchanges, the SAR Government has been striving for more open measures from the "Mainland and Hong Kong on the establishment of more close economic and trade relations" (CEPA). For example People can provide services directly in the 9 cities in the Greater Bay Area in the Mainland in the Greater Bay Area.

In terms of legal services, the first Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area Lawyer Practice Exam was held in July 2021, with more than 650 Hong Kong lawyers who applied for the exam. The second exam was held in June this year. In the next step, Hong Kong lawyers who pass the exam will participate in practical training to assist them in practicing in 9 cities in the Greater Bay Area.

In the field of education, the SAR Government fully cooperates with the implementation of the "Promoting Development Plan for Higher Education Cooperation in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area", and introduces Hong Kong first -class education resources to the mainland city of the Greater Bay Area: the first batch of students of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Medical College has entered school; Hong Kong The University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) campus is planned to be opened in September this year; many other Hong Kong universities, including the University of Hong Kong, are actively preparing for urban cooperation in the mainland of the Greater Bay Area ...

In the medical field, the pilot work of the "Hong Kong and Macao Pharmaceuticals" policy has been successfully completed at the Shenzhen Hospital of the University of Hong Kong, and it was officially implemented in August 2021. It is allowed And clinical urgent needs, medical instruments that have been purchased and used in public hospitals in Hong Kong; measures to promote the construction of the highland of traditional Chinese medicine in the Greater Bay Area have been launched, including Hong Kong registered traditional external use of Chinese medicine products to register and sell in the Mainland through simplifying the registration and approval process. The pilot pilot of traditional Chinese medicine medical institutions in the district cities recruits Hong Kong registered Chinese medicine practitioners in contract ...

Yuan Minzhong emphasized that the SAR government continued to support Hong Kong Youth to work in the mainland of the Greater Bay Area. In 2021, the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Plan" launched by the SAR Government encouraged and funded companies with business in Hong Kong and the Mainland to hire Hong Kong college graduates to work in the city of the Greater Bay Area. At present Essence The SAR Government has launched the "Greater Bay Area Youth Entrepreneurship Funding Plan" under the "Youth Development Fund", which is expected to provide more than 800 young people with more than 800 young people with capital, as well as providing entrepreneurial support and incubation services to about 4,000 young people.

Looking forward to the future, Yuan Minzhong said that the SAR government will continue to use the institutional advantages of the "one country, two systems", highly legalized, market -oriented, internationalized business environment and world -class professional services, actively integrate into the overall national development situation, participate in large domestic cycles and in China and Promote domestic and international dual -cycle development.

"We are very confident that after the return of Hong Kong and mainland personnel to the normal return, the development of the Greater Bay Area will definitely bring unlimited new opportunities to Hong Kong in terms of economy, society, and people's livelihood." Yuan Minzhong said that the SAR government said that the SAR government It will also continue to actively promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area, and to launch more policies and measures to facilitate the Convenience of the Greater Bay Area personnel, goods, funds, and information interconnection.

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