In the five years since the release of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Jiangmen has focused on the new positioning of the Greater Bay Area as "one point and two places", accelerated the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and achieved certain results. The three measures to facilitate the investment reform of overseas Chinese, cross-border government services, and cross-border financial cooperation have been affirmed by the state, and the opening of the Hong Kong-Jiangmen direct high-speed rail has been opened, and the first Guangdong-Hong Kong government service "cross-border office" zone jointly built by provinces and cities in the country has been inaugurated, and enterprises have been promoted to participate in the formulation ...... of 16 "Bay Area Standards".In the future, how will Jiangmen develop to help the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area?The reporter interviewed Zhao Erwei, full-time deputy director of the Jiangmen Greater Bay Area Office.
Promote the pilot project of the special reform of the system for facilitating the investment of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese.
Guangzhou**: The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area clearly states that Jiangmen will be supported to build an important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese. To this end, what measures does Jiangmen have?
Zhao Erwei: Jiangmen is mainly to speed up the construction of an important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese in four aspects.
In terms of cultural exchanges, the China (Jiangmen) Overseas Chinese Museum was upgraded, and the museum was upgraded to be on the list of the top 100 museums in the third quarter of 2023. The 2023 Overseas Chinese Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Conference, Mr. Liang Qichao's 150th Birthday Commemorative Activities, Jianggang, Jiang-Macao New Year Exchange Promotion Conference, China (Jiangmen) Overseas Chinese Carnival and other activities were successfully held. Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town, which officially opened to the public last year, is the only tourist area in the country with the theme of overseas Chinese culture, and welcomed millions of tourists during the Spring Festival this year. Chikan has also been selected as a typical town of the provincial "Millions of Projects". The Overseas Chinese Culture (Jiangmen) Ecological Reserve was rated as a provincial-level cultural and ecological reserve. The Institute of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Overseas Chinese in China was established to accelerate the scientific research and talent training of intangible cultural heritage in Jiangmen.
In terms of economic and trade cooperation, we have further promoted the pilot work of the special reform of the system for facilitating the investment of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, and the pilot task has been basically completed in the two years since the pilot reform. Four provincial-level support items, including the Qualified Foreign Limited Partner Pilot Program (QFLP), the facilitation of the application for the "Foreigner's Work Permit in China", the provincial-level "Talent Preferential Card", and the flexible talent introduction mechanism, were the first to be implemented. This reform effectively solves the problems of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese in terms of asymmetric investment information, low level of investment carriers, and inconvenient entry and exit, and sets an example for the province to facilitate overseas Chinese and Chinese to invest and start businesses in the Greater Bay Area. Accelerate the promotion of China's (Jiangmen) "Overseas Chinese Dream Garden", build an innovation and entrepreneurship base for overseas Chinese at home and abroad, and a total of more than 130 projects have been settled in Hong Kong and Macao, and more than 7,500 Hong Kong and Macao young people have been driven to work and start businesses in Jiangmen. Zhuxi Advanced Industry Outstanding Talent Entrepreneurship and Innovation Park was approved as the third batch of "Nanyue Overseas Chinese Innovation Base".
In terms of safeguarding rights and interests, we have strengthened the linkage of "law + overseas Chinese", "procuratorate + overseas Chinese" and "department + overseas Chinese", built 45 diversified resolution studios for overseas Chinese-related disputes, set up 8 legal advisory committees of the Federation of Overseas Chinese, and created 4 "liaison stations for overseas Chinese". The Jiangmen Center of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration was established, and nearly 200 cases were handled.
In terms of overseas Chinese think tanks, we have accelerated the establishment of a high-end think tank alliance of overseas Chinese and Chinese, formulated and issued the charter and working mechanism of the think tank alliance, and have connected with more than 20 well-known scholars and overseas Chinese leaders at home and abroad. It took the lead in establishing the Research Center for the Protection and Revitalization of Overseas Chinese Culture, and published a total of 37 influential research reports.
It is the first legislation in China for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese.
Guangzhou**: What other policies have been introduced in Jiangmen in terms of cultural exchanges and investment among overseas Chinese?
Zhao Erwei: In February 2021, the Provincial Leading Group for the Greater Bay Area issued and implemented the "Plan for the Construction of an Important Platform for Cultural Exchange and Cooperation between Overseas Chinese and Chinese in Jiangmen", pointing out the direction for the construction of the platform. In November of the same year, the Provincial Economic System Reform Group issued the "Pilot Plan for the Special Reform of the System for Facilitating the Investment of Overseas Chinese and Chinese in Jiangmen" to support Jiangmen to carry out reform and innovation in facilitating the investment and business of overseas Chinese and Chinese from three aspects: investment facilitation, factor marketization, and industrial platformization. It has successively issued a series of policy documents, such as "Several Policies and Measures for the High-quality Development of the Core Area of Jiangmen "Overseas Chinese Dream Garden", "20 Measures for the United Front of Jiangmen City to Implement the "Overseas Chinese Dream Realization Action" to Help Overseas Chinese Enterprises Stabilize Growth and Promote Development", and "The 14th Five-Year Plan for Jiangmen Overseas Chinese Affairs".
In 2023, Jiangmen will complete the legislative work of the "Regulations on the Promotion of Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation between Overseas Chinese and Overseas Chinese in Jiangmen", the first local regulation in the country with the theme of cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). The Regulations are based on the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which will provide a solid legal guarantee for Jiangmen to accelerate the construction of an important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese.
Promote the experience of facilitating the reform of the investment system of overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese.
We will sort out and form a task list for Jiangmen City to promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area in accordance with the key work arrangements for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in 2024 and the work arrangements for the provincial promotion of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in 2024.
The first is to strengthen the "hard connection" of infrastructure. Accelerate the construction of the Shenzhen-Jiangxi Railway and the Zhuhai-Zhaozhou High-speed Railway, as well as the preliminary work of the Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhuhai-Zhuhai intercity, enhance the hub function of Jiangmen Station, and actively strive for the southern extension of the Shenzhen-Jiangxi High-speed Railway to be included in the multi-level railway network planning of the Greater Bay Area. Promote the opening of the Huangmaohai cross-sea channel and the expansion of the Zhongjiang Expressway within the year, speed up the reconstruction and expansion of the Yinzhouhu Expressway and Jianghe Expressway, and strive to start the construction of the Nanxin Expressway within the year.
The second is to deepen the "soft connectivity" of rules and mechanisms. Promote the experience of facilitating the reform of the investment system for overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese, and continue to promote the implementation of pilot tasks. Promote the implementation of the list of cooperation items between Jiangsu and Macao, and replicate and promote reform and innovation matters such as the convergence mechanism of the rules of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the docking of typical cases. Innovate and carry out research on "overseas Chinese medicine", and actively promote qualified medical institutions to apply for the "Hong Kong and Macao Medicines and Medical Devices Pass". We will further promote the construction of the "Digital Bay Area" and promote the "two-way interconnection" of the services of the "Jianggang" and "Jiangao" cross-border communication zones. We will continue to deepen financial opening-up and cooperation, vigorously carry out the "Cross-border Wealth Management Connect" business, and promote the application of the "Enterprise Credit Rating Business Specifications".
The third is to plan to build a major characteristic cooperation platform in the Greater Bay Area. We will continue to promote the construction of an important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and Chinese, and accelerate the high-quality development of the core area of Jiangmen's "Overseas Chinese Dream Garden". Optimize the management system and mechanism of the Greater Guanghai Bay Economic Zone, and accelerate the development and construction of the Greater Guanghai Bay Economic Zone. We will give full play to the advantages of location, industry and land in the hometowns of overseas Chinese, accelerate the construction of modern industrial cooperation zones with Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and build a new platform for the development of Hong Kong and Macao residents and overseas Chinese.
Message to the Greater Bay Area:
An important platform for cultural exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese and ChineseAs an important characteristic cooperation platform for the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Jiangmen is promoting the experience of facilitating the reform of the investment system for overseas Chinese and Chinese, and planning more reform and innovation pilotsAccelerate the construction of a modern industrial cooperation zone with Shenzhen and Hong Kong, build a new platform for the development of Hong Kong and Macao residents and overseas Chinese, and accelerate the high-quality development of the core area of Jiangmen's "Overseas Chinese Dream Garden".
Data Highlights: Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town officially opened to the public last year, and about 1 million tourists visited during the Spring Festival this year.
In the past five years, 24 representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage at the municipal level and 20 representative projects of intangible cultural heritage at the municipal level have been added.
Since 2021, Jiangmen has introduced more than 80 overseas Chinese projects, with a total planned investment of more than 30 billion yuan.
Text, picture Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Huang Wensheng** Editing Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Wen Xiangyin Poster Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Wang Mincong Guangzhou** New Flower City Editor: Zhao Xiaoman.