As the third state-level new area after Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area, Zhuhai Hengqin New Area, which was inaugurated on December 16, 2009, has been in existence for ten years. The development of Hengqin New Area is closely related to the people of Macao, and it has assumed the mission of serving "one country, two systems" and "serving Macao".
揻Proposed to provide 3,800 units of price-restricted housing for Macau
On December 16, the Zhuhai Municipal People's Government Information Office held a press conference on the "10th anniversary of the Hengqin New Area," in which Yang Chuan, director of the Hengqin New Area Management Committee, said that up to now, the Hengqin New Area has been the only place where Macau's enterprises have been registered. Macao enterprises registered in Hengqin have grown from 5 ten years ago to 2,157. An area of 180,000 square meters "Macao New Neighborhood" project will soon start the land transfer process, will provide 3,800 units of housing for Macao residents at a limited price. However, the relevant details are still to be determined by the Zhuhai and Macao sides.
"Macau new neighborhood" roughly location
Yang Chuan emphasized, Hengqin New Area Management Committee next to communicate with the Macao SAR Government there are a few things: one is the auction program, now the initial thinking is to take by the Macao public institutions to participate in the project's listing tender. After determining the main body of the development of public institutions in Hengqin to set up a specialized project main body to undertake the development of this task. In the future, this project inside the residential about 3800 sets, Enjoy the object of the first must be Macao residents , at the same time there are some other conditions, such as in the Mainland is not a real estate, how much real estate in Macao, there is a qualification, this qualification by the Macao side to formulate the selection conditions.
The second is in order to further benefit the Macau residents, the Macau new neighborhood will take the limit house price and limit land price, in the Hengqin around the market price based on a certain percentage of the rate to be down to the final purchase price of the Macau residents, Let it enjoy the decline of a certain magnitude of the price which leads to the price of the land to limit the price of the land sale. Through the Hengqin limit land price, and finally realize the limit house price to benefit the people of Macao.
Thirdly, it is innovative, Macao new neighborhood will be extended by the Macao SAR Government over the Macao standard public **** services. For example, kindergartens, elementary school, clinics, elderly centers, these public **** services are operated by the Macau SAR government designated institutions, and in the operation of the standards and the entire security system are Macau standards.
Yang Chuan disclosed that the houses of the new neighborhoods in Macao are only sold to eligible residents of Macao in the first hand, and when they want to transfer the second hand, they must still be Macao residents, that is, the owners of both the first hand and the second hand are from Macao residents to enjoy the benefits of this.
According to the editorial (micro-signal: nbdnews) query of some real estate trading websites, the Hengqin area house price in December is about 36,484 yuan/square meter, higher than the whole Zhuhai 21,508 yuan/square meter.
丨Hengqin provides land for Macao's development
According to Nanfang Daily, Hengqin New Area has always been committed to providing Macao with space for development in promoting the diversification of Macao's industries.When Hengqin New Area was set up in 2009, the area of land for operational industries that could be granted was 11.12 square kilometers, and at present, Hengqin's contribution to Macao's business At present, Hengqin's share of land supply to Macao enterprises is about 57%, and together with the 1.089 square kilometers of land supply to the University of Macao, Hengqin's share of land supply to Macao projects is more than 61%. On this basis, Hengqin has recently planned to add 1 square kilometer of land to support the construction of an international research institute for the integration of Macao's industry, academia and research.
Yang Chuan revealed that as of the day of the 16th, the number of Macao enterprises registered in Hengqin has grown from five a decade ago to 2,157, and the cumulative total investment of Australian-funded enterprises in Hengqin has amounted to 18.833 billion U.S. dollars, which is mainly distributed in the industries of leasing, business services, wholesale and retailing, scientific research and technical services. Especially this year, the number of newly registered Australian-funded enterprises reached 745, a cumulative increase of 52.7 percent over the previous nine years.
Yang Chuan said that at present, Macao residents have purchased more than 6,000 sets of various properties in Hengqin, accounting for one-third of the total number of properties sold in Hengqin, and at present, Macao residents permanently residing in Hengqin amounted to 406, of which the number of people participating in the pilot of the basic medical insurance in Zhuhai has reached 370, and the number of Macao residents attending Hengqin hospitals so far this year has exceeded 10,000, and the cumulative cross-border commuter transportation service has transported cross-border The cumulative cross-border commuter transportation service has transported 96,000 cross-border passengers, and the implementation of the "Hong Kong tax for Hong Kong people and Macao tax for Macao people" has granted a subsidy of RMB 154 million, which further facilitates the cross-border life of Macao residents. Yang Chuan pointed out that there is much room for cooperation between Hengqin and Macao in terms of public ****services and people's livelihood.
丨Macao people have a higher standard of living
In 2018, Zhuhai's GDP was 291.472 billion yuan, with a per capita GDP of 167,700 yuan, surpassing Guangzhou and becoming the second-highest city in Guangdong province in terms of per capita GDP.
In the first half of 2019, the income of urban and rural residents in Zhuhai showed a relatively fast growth trend,< strong>disposable income per capita of all residents was 26,938 yuan, a nominal increase of 10.4% over the same period of the previous year, and a real increase of 9.0% after deducting the price factor.
The GDP of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR), which is across the sea from Zhuhai, reached 54.5 billion U.S. dollars (about 381.3 billion yuan) in 2018, and the per capita GDP even reached 86,400 U.S. dollars, ranking second in the world.
"The happiness index of the people of Macau is relatively high." Fu Ziyin, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao, made a calculation in a media interview: in Macao, an elderly person over 65 years old enjoys the following benefits - a monthly pension of MOP3,630, an annual old-age pension of MOP9,000, a cash share of MOP10,000 and a provident fund of MOP7,000, Old Age Allowance of MOP3,630, which works out to an average of MOP6,099 (about RMB5,324) per month.
In the 20 years since the return to the motherland, the living standard of the Macau people has been improving. Public data shows that from 1999 to 2018, Macau's unemployment rate dropped from 6.3 percent to 1.8 percent, and the median monthly income of the employed population increased from MOP4,920 to MOP16,000 (about 14,000 yuan). Through the cash-sharing program, the government's annual "handout" to permanent residents of Macau has increased from 5,000 patacas in 2008 to 10,000 patacas in 2019.
The "Study on Good Governance in the Macau SAR since the Reunification" report released by the Macau Center for Socio-Economic Development and Research at the City University of Macau points out that more than 80% of Macau's public hospital patients are entitled to free specialist treatment and rehabilitation care, and Macau's per capita life expectancy is 83.4 years old, the second highest in the world; Macau is the first region in China to implement 15 years of free education. Macau is the first region in China to implement 15 years of free education, ranking among the world's top in terms of educational equity. In addition, the number of affordable housing units in Macau has risen by 51% in the last 8 years, and the Minimum Livelihood Index for a One-Person Household has risen to MOP4,230, a cumulative increase of 225.3% from 2000.
According to China Economic Weekly, Mr. Chan, 53, a native of Macau, said the Macau of 20 years ago can be said to be worlds apart compared to the Macau of today. At that time, Macau's economy was in the doldrums, the unemployment rate was high, and the law and order situation had seriously deteriorated. Since the handover, the SAR government has focused on people's livelihoods and advocated "enjoying the fruits of development". Nowadays, in addition to his salary, he receives nearly MOP30,000 a year in subsidies, including a utility bill subsidy, healthcare vouchers, school supplies for his children, and a book allowance, among other things.
(Daily Economic News synthesizes China Economic Weekly, Observer, Nanfang Daily, etc.)