The "hard connectivity" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area represented by the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link has taken shape, while the "soft connectivity" of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which centers on the convergence of systems and rules, is advancing steadily, transforming into new kinetic energy for the high-quality development of all parties in the Greater Bay Area. The new momentum for the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area is being steadily pushed forward.
On July 11, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Engineering Talent Professional Qualification Mutual Recognition Agreement was signed in Guangzhou, and the Greater Bay Area will mutually recognize a number of professional qualifications for engineers and technicians in the areas of construction engineering, metrology and control, and quality management.
"This is an important initiative to explore the construction of a model of building talent resources***build***share in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which will smooth the channel of orderly flow of engineering and technical talents in the Greater Bay Area, and provide protection for the development of engineering and technical talents in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao." Feng Riguang, full-time vice chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology, said.
One country, two systems, three tariff zones, three currencies ...... has always been the difference in institutional rules is an important obstacle to the integration and development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Breaking down institutional barriers, realizing the docking of rules, and turning "institutional differences" into "institutional benefits" are important and urgent issues facing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
"On the high, not low" to create the project of the century
Driving on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, a glimpse of the sea and sky. The bridge has been open to traffic for 20 months, and Lin Ming, the chief engineer of the HZMB project, has become more and more attached to the place. After the completion of the final account at the end of this year, he will have to leave the bridge.
"A small step for the HZMB is a big step for the integration and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area!" Lin Ming said.
The HZMB, as a pioneer and test-bed project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, is China's first cross-border project spanning the waters of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao under the framework of "one country, two systems", and the construction of the bridge involves design, construction, environmental protection, and all aspects of the standards and norms of the three places are different.
"The life expectancy of the concrete used in the HZMB, the mainland standard is 100 years, the Hong Kong standard is 120 years, and the bridge eventually adopted the Hong Kong standard; in terms of the width of the traffic lanes, the Hong Kong specification is 3.667 meters, the mainland is 3.75 meters, and the bridge ultimately adopted the mainland standard.... ... "Zhu Yongling, then Director of the HZMB Authority, said that the HZMB had already established the principle of "high but not low" during the feasibility study stage, and whose standards were high would be implemented by whoever was high, thus integrating the engineering and technical standards of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao. In this way, the engineering standards and specifications of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao are integrated to form a project-specific technical standard system. The technical standards cover the requirements of the HZMB project in the design, construction and operation phases.
"Higher, not lower" is not only the choice of standards in the construction of the HZMB, but also a guideline for breaking down institutional barriers and realizing the docking of rules in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) is also one of the important projects of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area "hard link". At the beginning of the opening, the West Kowloon Station has become a memorable "check-in point" for passengers from the Mainland and Hong Kong, and the convenient and efficient "co-location of immigration and customs facilities" not only shortens the clearance time between the two places by half, but also changes the working and living styles of the people in the two places.
"The company's research and development is located in Guangzhou University City, the production base is in Shunde, and the international business is docked in Hong Kong and Macao, all of which are seamlessly connected through the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Railway." In Guangzhou University City, Chuangzhi Building, Hong Kong and Macao youth "dual-creation" enterprise aroma family (Guangzhou) biotechnology limited company responsible for Chen Guosheng said that the integration of the Bay Area will be the company's entrepreneurs in the three places into an inseparable whole, the flow of factors of production is convenient, scattered in the Bay Area around the R & D team is at sb's beck and call, a variety of research and development infrastructure is readily available Infrastructure is readily available ...... "Such conditions were originally unimaginable, the Greater Bay Area gives us young people in Hong Kong and Macao the opportunity to show their skills." Chen Guosheng said.
Optimizing the business environment into the "Bay Area time"
On May 30, 2019, the Nanhai District of Foshan City launched the Bay Area through the government system online. In the Bay Area Access Self-service Office Area on the 9th floor of THE WAVE Building on Hing Yip Street in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong resident Zheng Han Yan, head of the Boya Sports Association Limited, printed out a business license with a registered address of Foshan's Sanlong Bay Nanhai Area Gonghe Space. This is the first case of Hong Kong and the mainland to self-service terminals to realize the government services "cross-border".
The Greater Bay Area is promoting the online "one network" "cross-border" at the same time, and gradually introduced cross-departmental results "one window", to achieve the whole process of business start-up "one visit at most". "On March 16, Lai Jiajin, the person in charge of Guangzhou Meiyue Medical Technology Co., Ltd. entered information about starting a business, submitted forms, and signed electronically through face recognition at the Guangzhou Panyu District Administrative Service Center. The face recognition for electronic signature, two hours after the one-time receipt of the new registration of the paper business license, seals, invoices and so on.
"In terms of business startup convenience, the parties in the Greater Bay Area are on par with world-class levels." Ding Li, deputy director of the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, introduced that "starting a business" is the first door for business subjects to enter the market, and the ease of starting a business is an important indicator of optimizing the business environment. This year, the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, in conjunction with relevant departments, has launched a series of reform measures against the World Bank's business environment assessment indicators, realizing the goal of starting a business "one form to declare, one link to handle, the fastest half a day to finish", integrating the links that need to be handled by various departments, and finishing the process in a single step, which has provided an opportunity for entrepreneurs in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to start businesses in the Greater Bay Area to realize their business. The goal of "one form declaration, one link processing, the fastest half a day", the original need to go to various departments for the integration of the links, a one-step process, for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao entrepreneurs in the Greater Bay Area to provide a "window, zero-cost" convenience services.
With the implementation of the Outline of the Plan for the Development of the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the optimization of the business environment has entered the "Bay Area Time". The 11 cities in the Greater Bay Area are becoming an important spatial carrier for the country to build a world-class city cluster and participate in global competition. "In the process of continuously expanding reform and opening up and optimizing the business environment, especially in the areas of business registration, enterprise services and capital flow, the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta should learn from Hong Kong and Macao to form a linkage effect, so as to achieve a common goal for the whole Bay Area." Cao Dahua, deputy director of the Development and Reform Commission of Guangdong Province and executive deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Office of the Greater Bay Area, said that in terms of the synergy of the rules of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in the Greater Bay Area, Guangdong has adopted a proactive attitude of learning, accelerated the establishment of an institutional system that is linked to the international high-standard investment and trade rules, and steadily promoted the linkage, coherence and integration of the rules.
"Made in the Bay Area" to promote high-quality development
A few days ago, "Made in the Bay Area" the first batch of application of the enterprise list was announced, the Guangzhou Brand Quality Innovation Promotion Association, the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency **** the same as the Guangzhou Lipai, Ou Pai Home, Kadirian, Hengjie Sanitary Ware and other first 12 certified enterprises issued certificates.
"'Made in the Bay Area' is based on the advantages of Hong Kong, China's internationalization and authoritative position in the field of evaluation and certification, combined with the manufacturing industry in the Greater Bay Area, the establishment of a unified certification mark and a series of evaluation standards." Huang Chunlin, Secretary General of Guangzhou Brand Quality Innovation Promotion Association, introduced that "Made in the Bay Area" will create a regional brand***similarity in the Greater Bay Area, help cultivate world-class manufacturing brands, achieve global influence and leadership in the manufacturing industry in the Greater Bay Area, provide new kinetic energy for the high-quality development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao at a whole new level, and promote the integration of the Greater Bay Area
All these years, we have been working on the development of the Greater Bay Area.
Over the years, the manufacturing industry in the Mainland has made remarkable achievements, but some of the specifications have not been revised and updated for many years, which do not reflect the current level of technological advancement, and the backward standards and specifications may lead to quality problems. The Guangzhou Brand Quality Innovation Promotion Association president Chen Kaixuan said, as the first launch of the Greater Bay Area brand quality evaluation group standards, "Made in the Bay Area" will give full play to Hong Kong's unique advantages and rich experience in international evaluation and certification, "Made in the Bay Area" brand into China's high-quality goods and services, and "Made in the Bay Area" brands.
Made in the Bay Area" will capitalize on Hong Kong's unique strengths and rich experience in international evaluation and certification to make the "Made in the Bay Area" brand synonymous with China's high quality manufacturing brands.
Ho Chi-shing, Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency, believes that the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a rare historical opportunity. The "Made in the Bay Area" project is a good start, the manufacturing advantages of the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong's international certification standards system of strong complementary, will achieve the effect of 1 +1 > 2, to the international output of high-quality Chinese manufacturing brand.