The Tianda Research Institute recently (August 9) held a seminar on the theme of "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction and Hong Kong's High-Quality Development", in order to deeply study the important speech of President Xi Jinping on July 1, and explore how Hong Kong should participate in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University. In the process of construction of the Bay Area, we should give full play to our own advantages.
In their speeches, Chief Executive Li Jiachao and Secretary General of the Liaison Office Wang Songmiao both mentioned that they hope that elites from all walks of life and think tanks will actively put forward constructive and forward-looking opinions and give full play to the role of think tanks and think tanks.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao hopes that elites from all walks of life participating in the seminar, including experts and scholars engaged in think tank research, will actively put forward constructive and forward-looking opinions and make greater contributions together.
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The Tianda Research Institute, a non-profit strategic research think tank, was established in Hong Kong in 2005 and mainly studies China and global development issues.
The seminar focused on four areas: "financial and professional services", "shipping, international aviation and logistics", "innovative technology and cultural development" and "the role of Chinese enterprises in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area". More than 70 representatives from think tanks, research institutions, Chinese-funded enterprises, political, business, and academic circles, experts and scholars from Hong Kong and the Mainland attended the event.
Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong itself is an important part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the development of the SAR is inseparable from the development of the country.
He pointed out that the construction of the Greater Bay Area is a national strategy personally planned, deployed and promoted by President Xi, and it is a new practice that enriches the development of the "one country, two systems" cause. Therefore, Hong Kong, as a SAR, must actively participate and continue to play an important role as a bridge and window connecting the mainland of the motherland and the rest of the world. little real progress.
He expects elites from all walks of life to participate in the seminar, including experts and scholars engaged in think tank research, to actively put forward constructive and forward-looking opinions and make greater contributions together.
Wang Songmiao, Secretary General of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, hopes that the think tank will conduct in-depth research on major issues such as promoting the convergence of rules and mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, improving the level of market integration, and creating a world-class legal, market-oriented and international environment.
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Wang Songmiao described that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is built in an environment of one country, two systems, three customs territories, and three legal systems, and there is no precedent in the world; and over the past five years, Hong Kong has taken part in the construction of the Greater Bay Area as a priority. Taking this opportunity, it has achieved better development while accelerating its integration into the overall national development. It is believed that the development strategy of the "Northern Metropolis" being promoted by the authorities will effectively drive the construction of Hong Kong's international innovation and technology center.
He hoped that various think tanks would work together to give full play to the role of think tanks and think tanks, focus on promoting the connection of rules and mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, improve the level of market integration, and create a world-class legalization, marketization and internationalization environment, etc. Major issues, conduct in-depth research, and form a batch of high-quality research results and policy recommendations to provide mirrors for central decision-making and local practice.
Fang Wenquan, chairman of Tianda Research Institute, believes that the key to Hong Kong's unique advantages and higher-quality development lies in talents and popularity. Therefore, efforts must be made to attract high-quality talents and gather popularity from all parties in order to build a solid foundation for industrial development and prosperity and stability.
He put forward two suggestions in this regard: first, finance is the core competitiveness, we must dare to innovate, be good at self-improvement, and cultivate lasting competitiveness, better align with the national strategy, and better undertake the national mission; second, innovation and technology are powerful The driving force is to formulate an innovation and technology policy in line with Hong Kong's conditions, effectively promote the development of innovation and technology, and connect the Cyberport, Science Park, and the northern metropolitan area. "Mushroom Theory" to build a unique "Hong Kong I&T Mushroom Cloud".
Fang Wenquan, chairman of the Tianda Research Institute, believes that the key to Hong Kong's unique advantages and higher-quality development lies in its talents and popularity.
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The participants made suggestions for Hong Kong's role from multiple perspectives, including building a platform for institutional alignment, mechanism alignment and interconnection; enhancing leadership and coordination in the development of the Greater Bay Area, and leveraging international advantages; adjusting the industrial structure and strengthening infrastructure, especially It is shipping terminal, big data infrastructure; strengthening risk management, financial innovation, attracting international talents and enterprises to Hong Kong for development, promoting professional mutual recognition, etc.
Some experts pointed out that the blueprint for the construction of the Greater Bay Area has been drawn, and the key now is to transform ideas and wisdom into the consensus of all walks of life in Hong Kong to address the pain points, difficulties and blocking points in the implementation, and transform them into policy elements and market players of the SAR government. The conscious actions of Hong Kong have been transformed into productive forces that promote the high-quality development of Hong Kong.
