On December 28, the 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation Forum was held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).
It is understood that the event was guided by the Guangdong Provincial Administration of Social Organizations, the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, the Guangzhou Municipal Administration of Social Organizations, the Guangzhou Women and Children's Development Center, the Guangzhou Social Organization Service Exchange Center, and the Civil Affairs Bureau of Nansha District, Guangzhou, hosted by the Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Social Organization Cooperation and Development Center, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation and Innovation Base, co-sponsored by the Secretariat of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum, and co-sponsored by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou Hydrogen Energy and Integrated Smart Energy Industry Development Federation, Guangzhou Bio-Industry Alliance, Guangzhou Institute of Social Organization, Guangzhou Women and Children's Welfare Association, and Guangdong Province Industry-University-Research Promotion Science and Technology *** provide support.
Connectivity: Nansha deepens the development of a highland for social organization cooperation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Since its official opening in December 2022, the base has continuously improved the provincial, municipal, and district co-construction mechanism, continuously enhanced the strength of expert think tanks and strategic partners, optimized and improved the one-stop service function, and achieved fruitful results in social organization cooperation and exchanges. As of the end of November 2023, the base has carried out more than 30 exchange activities, covering talent policy publicity, youth innovation and entrepreneurship, innovation and development of industry associations and chambers of commerce, public welfare venture capital of social organizations, transparency construction of the charity industry, protection of minors, ecological civilization construction and other fieldsReceived nearly 70 visits and surveys from all walks of life, cultivated and incubated 3 social organizations with elements in the Greater Bay Area, and completed the establishment and registration of 2 companies.
According to the relevant person in charge, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation and Innovation Base will focus on four aspects to strengthen its construction in the next step: First, continue to deepen the multi-linkage mechanism and promote the exchange and cooperation of social organizations. The second is to focus on the theme of high-quality development of social organizations, and continuously improve the professional capacity of social organizations to participate in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Third, in line with the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, we will focus on key areas and actively promote the growth and development of science and technology and think tank social organizations, industry associations and chambers of commerce, social service organizations, and charitable organizations. Fourth, strengthen interaction with departments, enterprises, and other parties to jointly create a good environment for the development of social organizations.
Demand-oriented: identify the high-quality development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The relevant person in charge of the Department of Civil Affairs of Guangdong Province emphasized that social organizations should accurately grasp the key tasks of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, actively integrate into the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, continue to build a professional exchange and cooperation platform for social organizations in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, establish interconnection, exchange and cooperation mechanisms, and contribute to the high-quality development of the economy and society.
Ni Mingxuan, President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), emphasized that HKUST(GZ) is committed to cultivating innovative and high-tech talents, and is industrialization-oriented, hoping to strengthen cooperation with enterprises and social organizations, promote cultural exchanges and integration, and explore the road of scientific and technological innovation and development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Wang Zhenyao, chairman of the China Philanthropy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, believes that Guangdong is at the forefront of the professional and diversified development of social organizations, and at the same time, it is necessary to learn from the experience of Hong Kong and Macao to promote the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Through the unity of multiple elements and multiple ties, social organizations have made their own contributions in the historical process of helping to realize the innovation and creation of civilization.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, since the release of the "Nansha Plan", Guangzhou has vigorously promoted Nansha to build a platform for the high-quality development of social organizations, guided social organizations to actively participate in the formulation of industry policies and industry system research, attracted more Hong Kong and Macao think tank experts and young scholars to study, work and live in the mainland, and promoted extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and in-depth integration of social organizations and professionals in various fields in the nine cities in the Bay Area, Hong Kong and Macao.
The relevant person in charge of the people of Nansha District, Guangzhou fully affirmed the role played by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation and Innovation Base and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation Forum in promoting resource sharing, talent training, youth innovation and entrepreneurship, etc., and said that Nansha will further provide more solid strategic support for the innovation and development of social organizations and create an excellent example of high-quality development of social organizations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Cooperation and sharing: Widely link social forces to stimulate the vitality of social organizations.
The integrated development of social organizations is inseparable from the cooperation and interaction with multiple subjects such as enterprises, universities, and scientific research institutes. At the meeting, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Nansha District, Guangzhou and the China Philanthropy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University signed a memorandum of cooperation to carry out cooperation in the specialization of social services and resource development of "one old and one young". The Guangzhou Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Social Organization Cooperation and Development Center, the Secretariat of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum and the Guangdong-Macao Development Promotion Association in Nansha, Guangzhou signed strategic cooperation framework agreements to carry out long-term cooperation in the co-organization of exchange activities and the co-construction of influence. 16 social organizations and enterprises joined the Strategic Partnership Committee of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation and Innovation Base to further lay the foundation of the base platform.
Guangzhou Charity Association Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Public Welfare Cooperation** was also officially launched at the meeting. It is reported that the establishment of the ** aims to widely mobilize diversified social resources to carry out activities such as capacity building, talent training, domestic and international exchanges, project cooperation, cultural dissemination, organizational cultivation, and professional research of non-profit organizations in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The person in charge of the Knowledge Transfer Office of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) believes that there is a broad space for cooperation between social organizations and universities in promoting industry-university-research cooperation and the transformation and application of scientific research achievements, which can effectively accelerate the agglomeration and integration of technological elements and innovative elements such as capital and talents.
Multi-point efforts: Give full play to the professional advantages of social organizations to help the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Nie Xiaowei, Executive Secretary-General of the Greater Bay Area Science Forum, Su Yingyu, Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Wuyi Federation, Li Congzheng, President of the Macao Federation of Trade Unions, Meng Chunshan, Secretary-General of the Guangzhou Women and Children's Welfare Association, and other heads of social organizations introduced the role positioning and role of social organizations on the construction of scientific and technological innovation industry cooperation bases, the creation of youth entrepreneurship and employment cooperation platforms, the joint construction of high-level opening up to the outside world, and the establishment of high-quality urban development benchmarks.
In recent years, industry associations and chambers of commerce have played an increasingly significant role in serving high-quality development. In June 2023, the "Gravitational Bay Area Integrated Development" - Guangdong Social Organization Service High-quality Development Exchange Conference was successfully held in Guangzhou, and hundreds of industry associations and chambers of commerce in Guangdong Province jointly launched ten action initiatives to help Guangdong's high-quality development, and shared the experience of high-quality development of social organizations with urban characteristics. During the forum, the heads of industry associations and chambers of commerce from Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and other places introduced that under the guidance of party building, give full play to the important role of industry associations and chambers of commerce as a bridge to connect enterprises, enterprises and markets, help industry-university-research innovation, industrial chain integration, intellectual property protection, build an industry service platform, formulate industry standards, promote industry exchanges, promote industry transformation and upgrading, and help high-quality economic and social development.
In the roundtable dialogue session, experts from social think tanks and representatives of social organizations from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area conducted in-depth exchanges on how different types of social organizations can give full play to their professional advantages to promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area**, providing reference suggestions for the improvement of policies and the construction of the social organization industry.
It is reported that on the day of the event, the "Gravitational Bay Area Innovation Driven by Science and Technology Insight into the Future" - the 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Nansha) Social Organization Cooperation Forum Science and Technology Special Exchange Meeting was held at the same time. At the meeting, representatives of science and technology social organizations and new R&D institutions enthusiastically discussed topics such as "practice" - the Greater Bay Area Science Forum to promote scientific and technological innovation, "innovation" - where to go with generative AI technology, and "drive" - how social organizations can promote scientific and technological innovation and the transformation of achievements.