Guangzhou, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The "one-hour living circle" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is shining into reality.
**Reporter Cai Minjie.
At present, Hong Kong and Macao single-plate cars are staging a "northbound" fever. "In the past, Shenzhen people ran to Hong Kong for consumption, and now, Shenzhen's major complexes attract Hong Kong people to consume. Mo Shunfa, vice president and secretary general of the Hong Kong Pinghu Association, said that some shopping malls in Shenzhen have a lot of people on weekends, and many Hong Kong citizens can be seen.
Lei Luoyao, from Hong Kong, went to Guangzhou with her parents to experience ice and snow sports during the Spring Festival, "It is cost-effective to play in the snow in Guangzhou, and you can experience skiing without taking a plane. She said that in the past two years, many friends around her will take advantage of the weekend to visit Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other surrounding areas to relax.
Drinking morning tea in Guangzhou, tasting roast pigeons in the afternoon, and enjoying the romantic Victoria Harbour at night are already a one-day itinerary for many people, and the "one-hour life circle" in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is shining into reality.
At the beginning of this year, Huo Qishan, vice chairman of Fok Ying Tung Group, invited tourists at home and abroad to the 15th National Games in 2025. He described the current transportation convenience of the Greater Bay Area as follows: "You can go from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to watch football, Guangzhou to watch table tennis, go to Zhongshan to watch other sports, and experience the convenience of the transportation network in the Greater Bay Area through the 2025 National Games, and feel the 'one-hour life circle'." ”
From the opening of large-scale cross-border infrastructure such as the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, to the acceleration of the construction of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor and the Shenzhen-Jiangxi Railway, "hard connectivity" is constantly narrowing the time and space of cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Since the release of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area five years ago, with the help of the opportunities brought by the policy, relying on the geographical and industrial advantages, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is attracting more and more people to integrate into the Bay Area and take root in the Bay Area with its convenient transportation conditions, diverse cultures and integration mechanisms.
With the continuous improvement of the transportation between Macao and Hengqin, Macao resident Cheng Xi "cross-city schooling", "I now take the 'Tongqin' to and from class every day, which is quite convenient". For her, the Greater Bay Area is an expansion and extension of life.
The "two-way rush" from the north to the south is the epitome of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's "smooth traffic, prosperous wealth and prosperous people". As far as the eye can see, there are cross-river and sea-crossing bridges flying in the sky, a column of urban rail high-speed rail connecting the Bay Area, and cars, trucks, and container trucks running day and night. In recent years, the "three-dimensional transportation network" of the Greater Bay Area has become denser and denser, and the country's leading highway network and railway network have been built as a whole, and world-class port and airport clusters have taken shape.
By the end of 2023, the length of highways in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be about 60,000 kilometers, of which the density of the expressway network will reach 9. per 100 square kilometers7 kilometers, comparable to New York, Tokyo and other bay areas; The railway mileage in the Greater Bay Area exceeds 2,700 kilometers. The first phase of Guangqing intercity and Guangzhou-Dongguan-Shenzhen intercity were completed and put into operation.
Standing in Guangzhou Port, Shenzhen Yantian Port and other ports, 10,000-ton ships set sail; The world-class port cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been initially completed, and the number of 100-million-ton ports with a cargo throughput of more than 100 million tons will increase to 6 in 2023. The international shipping network with Guangzhou Port and Shenzhen Port as the core has been continuously improved, and a total of about 450 international container liner routes have been opened, reaching more than 100 countries and regions and more than 300 ports around the world.
At the same time, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and other ports have opened water passenger routes. Taking the Pazhou Hong Kong-Macao Passenger Transport Port as an example, since its trial operation on April 14, 2023, as of February 28, 2024, the number of inbound and outbound passengers at the port has exceeded 100,000.
The relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation said that Guangdong will focus on improving the interconnection of transportation infrastructure in the Greater Bay Area, accelerate the construction of a one-hour fast cargo flow circle between major cities in the Pearl River Delta region, and promote the high-level integrated development of cities around the Pearl River Estuary. (ENDS).
*: China News Network.