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Li Jiachao went to Beijing. 4|When will the next stop, the Pearl of the Orient in the Greater Bay Area, be in the north again?

2022-05-31T00:49:40.103Z


Li Jiachao was elected as the sixth chief executive of Hong Kong on May 8. He will visit Beijing on May 28. Yesterday (30), he was appointed by the central government as the sixth chief executive. President Xi Jinping praised him for his firm stance on loving the country and Hong Kong.


Li Jiachao was elected as the sixth chief executive of Hong Kong on May 8. He will visit Beijing on May 28. Yesterday (30), he was appointed by the central government as the sixth chief executive. President Xi Jinping praised him for his firm stance on loving the country and Hong Kong, and his courage to Responsible and active, perform duties and responsibilities in different positions, and make contributions to safeguarding national security and the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong.

The central government fully affirms and fully trusts it.


Xi Jinping stressed that this year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

In the past 25 years, despite many ups and downs, the "one country, two systems" principle has been successful, and the policy has never wavered, let alone changed. Hong Kong has achieved a major turning point from chaos to governance, and is now at a critical period from governance to prosperity.

He believes that the administration of the new government will definitely show a new atmosphere, and Hong Kong's development will definitely write a new chapter.


At the same time, many people in the two places expect him to manage Hong Kong well, and they are more concerned about whether he can clear customs early after his election and develop the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.


Zheng Yongnian, chair professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and chairman of the Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute, recently interviewed by the official media "China Daily" and "Knight Island", commenting on the impact of Li Jiachao's election on Hong Kong, and also talked about Hong Kong issues , the development of the Greater Bay Area, etc.

This article combines the views of Zheng Yongnian, experts and scholars from the two places on the issues of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, and provides a possible way for people to think about the future development of Hong Kong.


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After Li Jiachao took office, the development of the Greater Bay Area in Hong Kong has also become an important goal.

Li Jiachao once mentioned that the Greater Bay Area is a powerful opportunity for Hong Kong's development. The development of different fields, such as innovation and technology, is very important for integrating into the Greater Bay Area. It is also necessary to transform innovation and technology research into industries and commodities, and then upgrade it into industrialization and technology. complete industrial chain.

Guangzhou is dominated by advanced manufacturing industries, driven by the three pillar industries of automobiles, electronics and petrochemicals, and based on six advantageous advanced manufacturing bases including automobiles, ships and marine engineering equipment, nuclear power equipment, numerical control equipment, petrochemicals and high-quality steel. Base.

(Invest Hong Kong)

Zheng Yongnian, chair professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and chairman of the Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute, said in an interview with the media that Hong Kong is an international financial center, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is a major exchange in the world, and it is also the link between China and China. The main window of world capital; Shenzhen Stock Exchange is the centralized listing place for mainland emerging companies; Guangzhou is the seat of financial regulators in South China, and the newly established Guangzhou Futures Exchange is the first mixed-ownership exchange in China.

Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have different and complementary focuses on financial development. Dongguan and Foshan are also world-class manufacturing cities, and the real economy has great demand for finance.

Therefore, the Greater Bay Area should give full play to each other's advantages and build a world-class financial platform.

Zheng Yongnian believes that, on the one hand, the Greater Bay Area will extend the rules of Hong Kong’s financial services industry to mainland cities to support the development of the financial market in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The shock provides an internal stabilizer and provides greater development space for Hong Kong's financial services.

High-tech industry, modern logistics industry, financial service industry and cultural industry are the four pillar industries of Shenzhen.

Shenzhen focuses on the development of "seven strategic emerging industries" such as biology, the Internet, new energy, new materials, cultural creativity, new-generation information technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, as well as life and health, marine, aerospace, robotics, wearable devices, and smart equipment. "Future Industry".

(Getty Images)

Develop the Greater Bay Financial District and Build a World-Class Financial Platform

Liu Yingbin, Vice President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, delivered a speech on the theme of the 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Financial Development Forum on December 6, 2021. He said that the Greater Bay Area is the best entry point for Hong Kong to participate in the internal circulation.

For many years, Hong Kong has been the country's international financial center and a reliable overseas financing platform for mainland enterprises. While assisting the country in promoting the reform and opening up of the capital market, Hong Kong has played a role as a safety barrier to prevent and resolve various risks.

Liu Yingbin believes that the focus of the development of the Greater Bay Area is to promote the free flow of production factors such as capital, talent and technology.

In the past few years, the regulatory authorities of the two places have worked together to introduce a number of financial facilitation measures, which have solved the problems of many residents living and working across borders in the Greater Bay Area and enterprises conducting cross-border business.

Hong Kong is an important financial platform in the development of the Greater Bay Area. It will continue to enhance the competitiveness of the capital market, act as a bridge connecting the Mainland and the world, and support the real economic activities of the Greater Bay Area.

Hong Kong is the most international city in the Greater Bay Area. It has a business-friendly environment, an excellent tradition of rule of law, a free economic system, a sound information technology infrastructure and financial system, as well as high-end talents and professional service industries familiar with the international market. .

(Invest Hong Kong)

Develop higher education in the Greater Bay Area and build a world-class university district

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is the region with the highest degree of openness and the strongest economic vitality in the Mainland. It has an important strategic position in the overall national development and is also a key factor supporting the integration of Hong Kong and Macao into the overall national development.

In terms of higher education in the Greater Bay Area, Zheng Yongnian pointed out that Hong Kong currently has 6 universities ranked in the top 500 in the world, 4 of which are among the top 100 universities in the world, but there is no room for the transformation of scientific research results.

He believes that the seven "double first-class" universities in Guangzhou and Shenzhen have the soil for the transformation of scientific research achievements.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area can also integrate resources to create a world-class science and education platform.

Zheng Yongnian believes that there are a total of 7 "double first-class" universities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, all of which are located in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. However, in terms of the level of education and scientific research of the universities, the mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area cannot surpass Hong Kong in a short period of time.

However, the developed manufacturing industry in Guangzhou and Shenzhen has cultivated the soil for the transformation of scientific research results. For example, South China University of Technology has achieved a good integration of production, education and research in the automotive field, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has also transformed many scientific research results in Guangzhou.

Therefore, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should integrate resources and build a world-class science and education platform.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) will help strengthen knowledge transfer and help Hong Kong make use of the mainland's strong supply chain network to make up for the deficiencies of Hong Kong's high-end I&T industry.

(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou))

He pointed out that now Guangzhou and Shenzhen have been vigorously introducing educational resources from Hong Kong for cooperation in running schools, such as the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), which is expected to open in September this year.

Cooperation in running schools is just the beginning, but more systematic and open cooperation methods should be explored on this basis.

The first is to give full autonomy to running schools, encourage the direct application of the management model and education method of the schools in Hong Kong, provide pilot samples for the education reform of mainland schools, and gradually explore and promote them.

The second is to make full use of the international nature of Hong Kong's educational resources to recruit talents from Asia and even the world.

He mentioned that the former presidents of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chen Fanchang and Zhu Jingwu, held leadership positions in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the National Taiwan University System, and established deeper cooperation through the international network of HKUST, such as promoting university teaching and research and educational qualifications. Connectivity, so as to use HKUST (Guangzhou) as a contact platform to recruit talents from Asia and even internationally, so as to build the Greater Bay Area into an international talent pool.

Make full use of the scientific research achievements in the Greater Bay Area to transform the soil, actively connect with the scientific research achievements of Hong Kong, and smooth the cross-border circulation of scientific research equipment and scientific research funds.

Prof. Lau Zunyi (left) and Prof. Tuan Chongzhi (right), President of CUHK, gave a speech on "The Review and Prospect of CUHK's Development in the Greater Bay Area".

(Shenzhen Research Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Professor Duan Chongzhi, President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, also posted on Weibo on the 9th, saying, "I look forward to sincerely cooperating with the new Chief Executive and the new SAR government to promote the development of higher education in Hong Kong, and give full play to the unique advantages and roles of Hong Kong higher education institutions. Become an important engine for promoting the development of innovation and technology, and establish Hong Kong as a global hub for innovation and technology and talents. The northern metropolitan area plan will be the core of innovation and technology development in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, deepening the new opportunities brought by cooperation between the two places, connecting Hong Kong and the mainland, integrating The development of the country is in line with international standards.”

Yang Fujia, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and President of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, wrote the "Strengthening the Country First and Strengthening the Education Outline" for the Hong Kong University Grants Committee, pointing out that there are six theorems for running a university well: (1) A university must have its own characteristics (2) A university must There must be first-class professors (3) The university must have excellent students (4) The university must have its own independent thinking and free expression (5) The university must have a tolerant and non-impetuous academic environment (6) The university must have non-governmental , adequate funding.

These are also the development factors that universities should consider when developing higher education in the Greater Bay Area.

Customs clearance is Li Jiachao's top priority.

The flow and exchange of people in the Greater Bay Area is a necessary condition for development.

Without the flow of people and exchanges, it is difficult for the Greater Bay Area to develop, and it is difficult to build a world-class bay area and a world-class city cluster.

Improve the quality of life of residents, provide more convenient conditions for Hong Kong and Macao residents to study, work, start a business and live in the Mainland, and strengthen multicultural exchanges and integration.

The Pearl of the Orient shines again, the road is in the north, and the next stop for Hong Kong's development is the Greater Bay Area.

The Hong Kong government should master and practice dialectically to give full play to the flexibility of "one country, two systems"

"One country, two systems" refers to the implementation of two systems within the sovereign state of China. Under the premise of one China, the main body of the country adheres to the socialist system; Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China, maintaining the original capitalist system and life. The method will remain unchanged for a long time; it not only reflects the principle of realizing the reunification of the motherland and safeguarding national sovereignty, but also fully considers the history and reality of Hong Kong, and reflects a high degree of flexibility.

On May 30, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council met Li Jiachao in Ziguangge, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, and issued Order No. 754 of the State Council appointing him as the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

(Xinhua News Agency)

After the electoral system has been improved, the principle of patriots ruling Hong Kong has been implemented, and the Hong Kong government cannot rest on its laurels. To make the most of the situation and keep Hong Kong prosperous and stable, those who rule Hong Kong must be capable people who love the country and love Hong Kong.

Governance in Hong Kong should also keep pace with the times, not just limited by Hong Kong’s history, culture and norms, nor just indulging in the achievements of existing systems and policies, but should boldly address the deep-seated concerns of the central government and Hong Kong citizens conflicting issues.

Understanding how the central government views governance issues is the key to "opening a new chapter for Hong Kong together".

President Xi Jinping once emphasized that it is necessary to increase awareness of problems, adhere to problem orientation, and be good at understanding and resolving conflicts as a breakthrough in opening up the work situation. To accurately grasp the changes in the international and domestic environment, dialectically analyze and accurately grasp the new changes and new characteristics of the economy at different stages of development, and decide the work policy according to the actual situation, this is the work method that we must keep firmly in mind.” to make.

Carrie Lam, center, and her government are sworn in as President Xi Jinping during an inauguration ceremony in Hong Kong on July 1, 2017.

(Getty Images)

Xi Jinping emphasized that practice determines knowledge, which is the source and driving force of knowledge, as well as the purpose and destination of knowledge.

Right perception drives right practice, wrong perception leads to wrong practice.

"These guidelines are in line with the context, context and guidelines of Hong Kong governance, and also point out the direction for Hong Kong governance.

On the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, the Hong Kong government should correctly analyze the problems of government governance in the past 25 years.

The governance of the Hong Kong government must conform to "one country" and respect "two systems". Relying on the central government to "take action" to solve problems within the scope of Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy.

The Hong Kong government should have a correct understanding, promote correct practice, and "take practice as the goal". Only then can it be in line with the central government's governance principles and thinking with Xi Jinping at its core, so as to ensure the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and the implementation of "one country, two systems". Steady and far.

Hong Kong's Chief Executive-designate Li Ka-chiu (right) and Chief Executive Carrie Lam attend a press conference at the Government Headquarters on May 9, 2022.

(Getty Images)

The remuneration of the chief executive of Hong Kong ranks second among government officials around the world; the remuneration of major officials in Hong Kong is even higher than that of the US President, British Prime Minister, Russian President, German Chancellor, Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister of Australia and other national leaders.

How can a high-ranking official and a wealthy man fail to govern without being virtuous, and how can it make the Pearl of the Orient become dusty?

Experts and scholars mentioned in the article:

Zheng Yongnian is currently a chair professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) and chairman of the Guangzhou-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute.

Zheng Yongnian is regarded by the outside world as Xi Jinping's "national teacher" and "think tank" for his participation in the "Symposium of Experts in Economic and Social Fields" hosted by Xi Jinping in 2020 to provide advice and suggestions for the 14th Five-Year Plan.

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