The state recently issued the "Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone Overall Development Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the "Qianhai Plan"), which for the first time gave Qianhai the positioning of "Shenzhen-Hong Kong Deep Integration Development Leading Area", requiring Qianhai to insist on relying on Hong Kong and serving Hong Kong, "accelerate the integration of rules and mechanisms, infrastructure integration and connectivity, and integration and integration in the field of people's livelihood, promote extensive exchanges, comprehensive exchanges and in-depth integration of young people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and further expand space for Hong Kong's economic development".
You have me, I have you.
According to statistics, in the "Qianhai Plan", the cumulative frequency of "Hong Kong and Macao" and "Hong Kong" is as high as 154 times. Qianhai is already the closest area for Shenzhen-Hong Kong co-operation.
In August 2010, the first approval document made a comprehensive plan for Qianhai to link up with Hong Kong to develop a modern service industry, which opened the prelude to the development and opening up of Qianhai. As the first Shenzhen-Hong Kong Co-operation Zone approved by the state, after more than 13 years of development, the total area of the Qianhai Co-operation Zone has been expanded to 120It covers an area of 56 square kilometers, with a total of 765 institutional innovation achievements, nearly 10,000 Hong Kong-funded enterprises, and 95 percent of Hong Kong-funded foreign investment7%……
Zhi Zhenfeng, director of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Law Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that Qianhai has always insisted on supporting Hong Kong's integration into the overall development of the country, and has achieved significant results in development and construction. With such a solid foundation for development, Qianhai can further undertake a more important historical mission, which is to promote Shenzhen and Hong Kong to change from "cooperation" to "integration", that is, Qianhai as a cooperation zone should be changed from 1Version 0 is upgraded to 2Version 0.
Zheng Yongnian, Dean of the Qianhai Institute of International Affairs of the University of Chinese of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, said that as a major cooperation platform between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Qianhai's positioning and development have always been closely linked to Hong Kong. After the release of the Qianhai Plan, Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation needs to further explore new models of cooperation and explore the convergence points of cooperation in an all-round way. Hong Kong is a global financial, shipping and logistics centre with a mature and developed service industry. However, Shenzhen and the entire Greater Bay Area are still centered on manufacturing, and the industrial chain needs to be extended to specialization and high-end. The high-level service industry will help improve the production efficiency and brand value of the real industry.
Under the historical trend of integrating Hong Kong and Macao into the overall development of the country and the integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, integration and upgrading are also objective needs for the further development of both sides. Hong Kong is looking forward to taking another leap forward by integrating into the vast mainland market. From the 2023 Policy Address of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region John Lee to the release of the Northern Metropolis Action Plan by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region**, Shenzhen and Hong Kong have entered a new stage of "you have me, I have you".
Fang Zhou, research director of the Hong Kong "One Country, Two Systems" Research Center, said that the change in wording from "cooperation" to "integration" means that Shenzhen and Hong Kong have shifted from physical cooperation on cross-border flows of Hong Kong capital and Hong Kong people to "chemical reaction" cooperation with the superposition and integration of the advantages of "two systems", "which is of great significance to the theory and practice of 'one country, two systems'."
Rules are connected and mechanisms are docked.
In the era of Shenzhen-Hong Kong integration, how can Qianhai do a good job as a "leading area"?"Continuously deepen the convergence with Hong Kong's rules and mechanisms" is the consensus of everyone.
Zhi Zhenfeng believes that the "Qianhai Plan" requires "the integration of rules and mechanisms, the integration of infrastructure, and the integration of people's livelihood", and the first thing is "the integration of rules and mechanisms". Under the institutional difference of "one country, two systems, and three customs territories", there is no convergence and communication of rules, and there is no smooth flow of logistics, capital flow, and data flow, and there is no way to talk about industrial cooperation and personnel exchanges.
Combing through the "Qianhai Plan", it can be found that the document involves the blockages and difficulties in many fields such as finance, law, science and technology, and international development, and regards the "soft connection" of Shenzhen and Hong Kong as the focus of work, and the goal is also very clear - by 2030, it will be deeply connected with the rules of Hong Kong and Macao, and the mechanism will be highly connected;By 2035, capital, technology, data and other elements will be conveniently flowed and efficiently allocated.
Zheng Yongnian believes that the core strength of Hong Kong's service industry is the openness of rules, mechanisms, management and standards. Li Jiachao welcomed the "Qianhai Plan" as soon as it was introduced. He said that Hong Kong will consolidate and enhance its own advantages, assist Qianhai in continuously accelerating the convergence of rules and mechanisms, and help Qianhai deepen the opening up and innovation of the financial industry, accelerate the development of the technology service industry, improve the internationalization level of the professional service industry, and expand the level of opening up to the outside world in areas such as ** and legal affairs.
Zhi Zhenfeng suggested that we should be good at "transforming the differences between the 'two systems' into the benefits of the 'two systems'." Qianhai should absorb Hong Kong's leading international standards and rules in financial services, intellectual property protection, consumer rights protection, higher education, social services, etc., as a free port, and continue to promote institutional and policy innovation, so that Guangdong and Hong Kong can achieve the degree of "integration" and "integration" in terms of personnel, commodities, capital, communications, vehicles, medicines and equipment, etc., and then move towards high-quality development.
Shenzhen and Hong Kong are making efforts to cooperate in the front-end and upstream links, that is, scientific and technological innovation. Qu Jian, president of the Qianhai branch of the China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute, said. At present, Qianhai has gathered a number of Hong Kong-funded technology companies such as SenseTime, which hold the first-class R&D results of Hong Kong universities, but sometimes fall into the dilemma of lack of landing and export. Technology transformation and even industrialization are Shenzhen's strengths. Once the blockages in the fields of science and technology, finance and other fields are cleared and the mechanism docking is completed, the business forms of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation will be greatly enriched.
Stay in Qianhai and contribute to Qianhai.
According to a research report by the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association, Shenzhen is the most popular mainland city for Hong Kong job seekers, and Hong Kong people are full of motivation to "go north" to Qianhai and embrace the development of the "blue ocean". The Qianhai Plan clearly states that the employment and entrepreneurship environment for talents will be optimized, and the number of Hong Kong residents will reach 10,000 by 2025.
A prerequisite for Hong Kong professionals in various fields to explore the Mainland market is mutual recognition of professional qualifications between the two places. Previously, 22 types of professionals, including Hong Kong and Macao physicians and tax accountants, have been able to practice in Qianhai after filing for the record. The Qianhai Plan will further establish a list of international professional qualifications, formulate regulations on the practice of overseas professionals, and promote professionals in the fields of finance, taxation, planning, culture, tourism and other fields who meet the conditions for Hong Kong, Macao or international professional qualifications to provide services in Qianhai after filing or registration, and recognise their overseas work experience. Mr Lee praised the measures as "greatly expanding the development space for Hong Kong's talents and enterprises".
The Hong Kong youths who started their own businesses are even more sympathetic. "Qianhai is a symbol of the integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong. In the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth DreamWorks building, Yu Guangtao, a Hong Kong youth who graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, said that Qianhai has become a fertile ground for Hong Kong young people to innovate and start businesses in the mainland. From the introduction and implementation of the "12 measures" to support the employment and entrepreneurship development of Hong Kong youth, to the continued implementation of the "double 15%" tax incentives for qualified Hong Kong enterprises and overseas high-end talents in short supply, Qianhai has made all-round efforts to promote the "integrated" exchange of Shenzhen and Hong Kong talents, especially young people.
While retaining people with careers, Qianhai also pays attention to retaining people with life, and will build a high-quality living circle for the international community and create a new home for Hong Kong and Macao residents. In Zhi Zhenfeng's view, international professional education, high-quality health services, prosperity of culture, sports and tourism, and the enrichment of Hong Kong and Macao residents' ID application scenarios are all very important to attract talents. The focus here is on a "high-quality" lifestyle, so that high-end talents, including Hong Kong people, are willing to stay in Qianhai and contribute to Qianhai.
As a Hong Kong youth, Liu Jia, chairman of Chuangbohui**, said that after reading the "Qianhai Plan", the specific chapters go deep into the fields of talent recruitment and cultivation, improvement of the scientific and technological innovation environment, life services, and medical facilities, which makes people feel excited and motivated. "I believe that more Hong Kong residents will come to Qianhai to settle down, and the integrated development of Shenzhen and Hong Kong will become more and more popular. Liu Jia said. (Reporter Ren Chengqi).