As early as 1985, Hong Kong and Shenzhen experts and scholars had studied the development of the northern part of the New Territories to promote economic cooperation between the two places and put forward various proposals. Unfortunately, the SAR government did not take corresponding measures after the reunification. .
Zhang Keke, an expert from the Shenzhen Municipal Decision Advisory Committee’s Pilot Demonstration Zone Bay Area Group and an adviser to the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Alliance, described the proposal to build a "Northern Metropolis" as "repaying debts."
So, how should it be paid back?
Different from the past "market-led" thinking, the SAR government must play a more proactive and active role in communicating and cooperating with Shenzhen. For example, in the transportation infrastructure of the North District, the Legislative Council Member Liu Guoxun is very aggressive and said that Shenzhen should be introduced. Railway contractors compete with the MTR.
He also pointed out that the Science Park is to find tenants after the building is built, but in the Mainland or other places, the "leading enterprises" are first found and land is granted to enterprises to build.
This model is low in cost, fast in time, and in line with needs. It is more able to use leading companies to drive the periphery to form an upstream, midstream, and downstream industrial chain.
The development of modern logistics and smart logistics also requires leading enterprises. The picture shows the Kwai Chung Container Terminal.
(Photo by Ou Jiale)
Professor Shen Jianfa of the Department of Geography and Resource Management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong stated that Hong Kong has long had a consensus on the development of the logistics industry in the north. Among them, leading companies must develop new technologies, such as providing a logistics technology platform so that other companies can use the logistics platform. Provide information to arrange services...
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