On the evening of February 18th, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline of Development Planning for Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Dawan District" (hereinafter referred to as the "Planning Outline"), and issued a notice requesting all departments of various regions to conscientiously implement them in accordance with the actual situation. The "Planning Outline" shares eleven chapters to elaborate on the development plan of the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

The construction of the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao is a national strategy that General Secretary Xi Jinping personally planned, personally deployed and personally promoted. Continued efforts to promote the construction of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Bay Area will help promote in-depth exchanges and cooperation between the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, help support Hong Kong and Macao's integration into the overall development of the country, enhance competitiveness, and help maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao.

Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Bay Area includes Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macau Special Administrative Region and Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing (hereinafter referred to as the Pearl River Delta) With a total area of 56,000 square kilometers and a total population of about 70 million at the end of 2017, it is one of the regions with the highest degree of openness and strongest economic vitality in China, and has an important strategic position in the overall development of the country. Planning for the near future to 2022, the long-term outlook to 2035.

Accelerate the formation of modern integrated transportation system and promote the development of logistics cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao

The "Planning Outline" pointed out that strengthening infrastructure construction, unblocking external communication channels, improving the level of internal connectivity, and promoting the formation of an infrastructure network with reasonable layout, complete functions, smooth connection and efficient operation will provide strong economic and social development for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District. support. Taking the four central cities of Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the core engines of regional development, we will continue to play our comparative advantages to become better and stronger, and enhance the radiation-driven role of the development of the surrounding areas.

Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao is located at the forefront of China's coastal opening, with the Pan-Pearl River Delta region as a broad development hinterland. It has an important position in the construction of the “Belt and Road” and has convenient transportation conditions. It has the international shipping center and throughput of Hong Kong. Important ports such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen, as well as internationally influential aviation hubs such as Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, are conducive to the accelerated formation of modern integrated transportation systems. Mainly in five aspects:

First, enhance the international competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta port group. Consolidate and enhance the status of Hong Kong's international shipping center, support Hong Kong's development of high-end shipping services such as ship management and leasing, ship financing, maritime insurance, maritime law and dispute resolution, and provide services to mainland and Macao enterprises. Enhance the comprehensive shipping service functions of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, further enhance the infrastructure service capabilities such as ports and waterways, and form a port, shipping, logistics and ancillary service system with complementary advantages and mutual benefits for Hong Kong, and enhance the overall international competitiveness of the port group. Focusing on the main coastal ports, we will improve the collection and distribution networks of inland waterways and port railways and highways.

Second, build a world-class airport group. Consolidate and enhance the status of Hong Kong's international aviation hub, strengthen the functions of the aviation management training center, enhance the competitiveness of the international hubs of Guangzhou and Shenzhen airports, enhance the functions of airports in Macau and Zhuhai, and promote the misplaced development and benign interaction of the airport in Dawan District. Relying on Hong Kong's financial and logistics advantages, it will develop high value-added freight, aircraft leasing and aviation financing business. Support Macao Airport Development Regional Business Jet Business. Strengthen airspace coordination and air traffic management, optimize and adjust airspace structure, improve airspace resource use efficiency, and improve air traffic control support capabilities.

Third, smooth access to external comprehensive transport channels. Improve the comprehensive transportation corridor of Dawan District from the east to the west of Guangdong to the surrounding provinces. Promote the construction of railway projects from Zhangzhou to Shenzhen, Guangzhou to Shanwei, Shenzhen to Maoming, Tunxi to Luoding, accelerate the construction of Guangzhou, Shenzhen as the hub, highways, high-speed railways and express railways, etc. The international route of the land route between the triangular region and the ASEAN countries.

Fourth, build a rapid traffic network in the Dawan District. Focusing on connecting the mainland with Hong Kong and Macao and the east and west sides of the Pearl River Estuary, we will build an intercity rapid transit network with high-speed railways, intercity railways and high-grade highways as the main body. We will develop an inter-city (railway) construction plan for the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and improve the backbone network of the Dawan District Railway.

V. Promote the development of logistics cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, vigorously develop third-party logistics and cold chain logistics, improve the level of supply chain management, and build an international logistics hub.

The "Planning Outline" also proposes that in order to facilitate the facilitation of personnel cargo transactions, it is necessary to study and formulate the traffic policy and supporting traffic management measures for Hong Kong, Macao and the Mainland to promote the development of transportation logistics.

Dongguan Securities analyst Huang Xiuyu told reporters that with the construction of the Dawan District, it will bring opportunities to infrastructure companies, the main benefit of which should be related companies in Guangdong Province. “The central enterprises have a small impact on the business of Dawan District, and the enterprises in this province have more layouts here and have obvious advantages.”

Strengthen participation in the construction of the “Belt and Road” to promote the development of shipping and logistics, and facilitate investment

The "Planning Outline" proposes to deepen the cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, further optimize the investment and business environment of the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta, enhance the market integration level of the Dawan District, comprehensively dock the international high standard market rules system, and accelerate the construction of an open economic new system. The all-round opening pattern will create new advantages in international economic and trade cooperation and provide strong support for the construction of the “Belt and Road”.

Strengthen the construction of the “Belt and Road”, give play to the functions and functions of Hong Kong and Macao in the opening up of the country, improve the development level of the open economy of the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta, promote the effective docking of the two markets and resources in the international and domestic markets, and participate in the international level at a higher level. Economic cooperation and competition, building an international transportation logistics hub and an international cultural exchange center with important influence.

Then, relying on the rapid transportation network with high-speed railway, inter-city railway and high-grade highway as the main body, and the port group and airport group, the regional economic development axis is constructed to form a networked space pattern of efficient connection between major cities. We will give full play to the role of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and accelerate the construction of important transportation facilities such as the Shenzhen (Shenzhen) Middle (Shan) Passage and the Shenzhen (Shenzhen) Mao (name) Railway, improve the development level of the Pearl River West Bank, and promote the coordinated development of the East and West.

The "Planning Outline" indicates that investment facilitation should be promoted. Implementing the CEPA series of agreements between the Mainland and Hong Kong and Macao to promote special opening measures for Hong Kong and Macao in the fields of finance, education, law and dispute resolution, shipping, logistics, railway transportation, telecommunications, Chinese medicine, construction and related engineering, and further study to cancel or We will relax restrictions on Hong Kong and Macao investors' qualifications, shareholdings, and industry access, and provide one-stop services for Hong Kong and Macao investors and related employees in Guangdong to better implement the opening measures for Hong Kong and Macao under the CEPA framework. Improve the level of investment facilitation. Under the framework of CEPA, we will introduce further opening measures to enable Hong Kong and Macao professionals and enterprises to enjoy national treatment in more fields of investment and business in the Mainland.

At the same time, optimize the function of Shenzhen Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone. Link Hong Kong to build an open and innovative industrial system and accelerate the move to the high end of the global value chain. Support the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Qianhai United Trading Center to build a commodity trading platform for domestic and foreign customers, and explore a new model for serving the real economy. Construction of a cross-border economic and trade cooperation network service platform to help enterprises go global and explore the international market. Build an international high-end shipping service center and develop modern shipping services such as shipping finance. Establish an offshore innovation and entrepreneurship platform, allowing registration and international operations in the technology enterprise zone.