Hong Kong Wen Wei Po reported that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Legislative Council Greater Bay Area delegation led by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, started their last day of visit in Guangzhou yesterday and met with leaders of Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City.
Yesterday afternoon, Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Weizhong, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Guangdong Province, met with Lee Ka-chao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and members of the Seventh Legislative Council of Hong Kong, who came to Guangdong for inspection and visit.
Join hands to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and deepen all-round exchanges and cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong. Wang Linggui, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, He Jing, deputy director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office, and leaders of Guangdong Province Zhang Hu, Zhang Xiaoqiang, and Zhang Xin attended the meeting.
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao (left) led a delegation from the SAR Government and the Legislative Council to visit Guangzhou on April 24 and met with Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Huang Kunming. (Government Information Service)
According to Nanfang Daily, Huang Kunming, on behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, welcomed Li Jiachao and members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council who came to Guangdong for inspection and visit. The series of fruitful work has promoted Hong Kong to maintain prosperity, stability, and long-term peace and stability.
I congratulate you on the new progress made, and express your gratitude to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the Hong Kong Legislative Council and members of Parliament for their long-term support for Guangdong’s reform, opening up, and modernization. He also briefly introduced Guangdong Economic and social development.
He said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the cordial care and strong guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, Guangdong’s economic and social development has accelerated, and various undertakings have reached a new level, laying a solid foundation and creating good conditions for the next step of development.
From April 10th to 13th this year, the General Secretary visited Guangdong in person, delivered important speeches, and made important instructions, endowing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with “a strategic fulcrum for a new development pattern, a demonstration site for high-quality development, and a leading site for Chinese-style modernization.”
“The new strategic positioning has pointed out the direction and provided fundamental guidelines for us to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area at a high level in the new stage. Guangdong will always keep in mind the general secretary’s entrustment, resolutely follow the important instructions of the general secretary, base itself on the overall situation of “one country, two systems”, keep in mind the original intention of serving Hong Kong and Macao, and regard the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as a great opportunity for deepening reform and opening up, and make great efforts to implement it.
Make great efforts and work hard, use the whole province’s efforts to complete this major event, based on the deep heritage, unique advantages and economic depth of the Greater Bay Area, further strengthen close communication with Hong Kong and Macau, and work together to accelerate the construction of a world-class Greater Bay The best-developed bay area will make Guangdong’s new and greater contributions to better serve and integrate into the new development pattern, and to promote the practice of “one country, two systems” in a stable and long-term manner.
Huang Kunming: Sharing the huge dividends of the development of the Greater Bay Area
Huang Kunming said that a family in Guangdong and Hong Kong is close to each other, and the Chief Executive and members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council visited Guangdong, which fully demonstrated the cohesion of the SAR government leading all sectors of Hong Kong society to look forward in unity.
At present, exchanges and exchanges between Guangdong and Hong Kong in various fields are becoming more frequent and livelier, and the cooperation between the two places has shown new vitality, new momentum, and new atmosphere that is accelerating and vigorous. Standing at a new historical starting point, the construction potential of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is unlimited, and the cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong is promising.
It is hoped that the two sides will seize the favorable opportunity to take advantage of the momentum, rely on the Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation mechanism to closely coordinate, and work together to promote the “hard connectivity” of infrastructure and the “soft connectivity” of rules and mechanisms, and accelerate the construction of “the Greater Bay Area on track” The “Great Bay Area on the Internet” promotes the efficient and convenient flow of people, logistics and information; strengthens the construction of major cooperation platforms such as Qianhai, Nansha, and Hetao, strengthens scientific and technological innovation cooperation, gathers more international talents, and effectively promotes industrial technology. Integrate and jointly create an international science and technology innovation center with global influence; focus on education and medical care to strengthen social and people’s livelihood cooperation, and carry out more exchange activities for all sectors of society, especially youth groups, to promote people-to-people bonds and improve people’s livelihood and well-being.
I hope that members of the Council will give full play to the role of bridges and bonds, actively recommend Hong Kong friends to come to Guangdong to visit, invest in business, work and live, and promote Hong Kong from all walks of life to strengthen practical cooperation with Guangdong in various fields such as technology, industry, talent, culture and education, and better stimulate the release of the Greater Bay The region has unlimited potential for development and shares the huge dividends of the development of the Greater Bay Area.
Li Jiachao: To achieve a higher level of mutual benefit and win-win development
Li Jiachao said that he is very happy to visit Guangdong again. The new SAR government and the Legislative Council have always adhered to the principle of “patriots governing Hong Kong” and worked together to build a better Hong Kong. The visit to Guangdong by SAR officials and members of the Legislative Council fully demonstrates the common aspiration and eager expectation of all circles in Hong Kong to actively participate in the construction of the Greater Bay Area and deepen practical cooperation with Guangdong. President Xi Jinping endowed the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with a new strategic positioning during his inspection of Guangdong.
In-depth development, to better leverage Hong Kong’s unique advantages of “backed by the motherland, connected to the world”, and work together to promote the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area. Under the common vision of building the Greater Bay Area, we are willing to further cooperate closely and efficiently with Guangdong on the basis of existing cooperation, and continue to deepen the interconnection of infrastructure, the docking of regional development plans, the joint development of overseas markets, the introduction of talents, the green Development, deep integration of science and technology industries and other aspects of cooperation, consolidate and develop the current good momentum of Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation, promote strong alliances, complement each other’s advantages, and achieve a higher level of mutually beneficial and win-win development.
Liang Junyan: I feel the vigorous development of the Bay Area
Liang Junyan, chairman of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, introduced the situation of the visit. He said that this is the first time for members of the Legislative Council to visit the mainland after the full restoration of normal personnel exchanges between Hong Kong and the mainland. This visit is extensive and in-depth.
Members Through on-site visits, I personally felt the surging vitality and broad prospects of the development of the Greater Bay Area, which further strengthened everyone’s confidence and determination to promote the cooperation and development of Hong Kong and Guangdong and fully integrate into the overall development of the country.
In the future, based on the duties and powers of the Legislative Council, we will strongly support the SAR government in governing in accordance with the law, strengthen the rule of law and institutional guarantees for promoting the construction of the Greater Bay Area, fully stimulate the unique advantages of the three places, and accelerate the transformation of the results of this visit into deepening mutually beneficial cooperation between the two places. Promote Hong Kong’s practical measures to improve people’s livelihood and develop the economy.
During the discussion, several members of the Hong Kong Legislative Council shared their experience of the visit and put forward their opinions and suggestions on further deepening the all-round cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong.
It is reported that about 120 Hong Kong SAR government officials and members of the Legislative Council visited Guangdong this time. The first large-scale visit to mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area. During their stay in Guangdong, the delegation went to Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou and other places to investigate, went deep into a number of representative companies and projects such as BYD, DJI, Huawei, and Bozhilin, and learned more about Guangdong Province’s efforts to promote Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater China. The construction of the Bay Area and the promotion of technological innovation and industrial development.
Hong Kong will focus on “three pursuits” to promote the development of the Bay Area
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Legislative Council Greater Bay Area delegation led by the Chief Executive, Li Jiachao, completed a four-day visit to Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan and Guangzhou in the four mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area yesterday. When summarizing the itinerary yesterday evening, Li Jiachao said that the trip successfully achieved three major achievements: embodying unity, fully demonstrating the importance and active participation of the SAR in the construction of the Greater Bay Area, establishing a warm consensus, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results.
He also emphasized that officials and legislators have been united like never before, which is in sharp contrast to the chaos in the Legislative Council before the electoral system was perfected. We must continue to gather strength to push “patriots governing Hong Kong” to a new level. In the future, we must “chasing time and chasing Achieve results and catch up with the forefront” to continuously promote the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The delegation completed its last day of travel in Guangzhou yesterday and returned to Hong Kong West Kowloon High Speed Rail Station at around 6:00 pm. Li Jiachao expressed his heartfelt thanks to the central government for supporting the visit.
He is also very grateful to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, as well as the municipal Party committees and municipal governments of the four cities Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, and Guangzhou that the delegation visited in turn, for their support. They have done a lot of work for the visit and made the visit go smoothly.
He said that this is the first time that the current SAR government and the current Legislative Council have jointly visited the Mainland. During the four-day visit, SAR government officials and members of the Legislative Council visited various areas including innovative technology, environmental protection, youth development, culture and art, etc. Projects, facilities and enterprises, the itinerary is rich in content, and the members of the group are actively involved, so that the trip can achieve three major results:
Demonstrate the importance attached to the construction of the Bay Area
First, embody unity. He pointed out that this trip allowed government officials and members of the Legislative Council to have closer interactions. Everyone was united and united to plan more good policies for the SAR. A vivid reflection of the level of governance.
Second, fully demonstrate the importance and active participation of the SAR in the construction of the Greater Bay Area. He said that this visit is the largest official foreign visit after Hong Kong and the mainland have fully cleared customs, and the destination is selected as the mainland city in the Greater Bay Area, which shows that the SAR government attaches great importance to the construction of the Greater Bay Area.
The “Integrating into the Overall National Development Steering Group” established after he took office will continue to use the “1+3” leadership to promote and supervise the work of integrating into the overall national development from a macro perspective.
Third, establish a warm consensus to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. He pointed out that this visit has enabled the SAR government to strengthen ties with mainland cities in the major bay areas, deepen cooperation consensus, lay a solid foundation for continuous improvement of high-level cooperation in the Greater Bay Area, and complement each other’s strengths.
Li Jiachao said: “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will make good use of the unique advantages of being backed by the motherland and connected to the world under the “one country, two systems”, and cooperate with other cities in the Greater Bay Area to promote high-quality development, tell the story of the Bay Area on the international stage, and integrate into the overall development of the country. Contribute to the country’s expansion of high-level opening up to the outside world and promote Chinese-style modernization.”
Talking about the experience of the visit, Li Jiachao said that this time is just a starting point, and the SAR government officials will definitely continue to promote different visits to other cities in the Greater Bay Area. I also believe that members of the Legislative Council will continue to inspect different projects in different places in the Greater Bay Area; the second point I realize that it is necessary to “chasing time, chasing results, and chasing the forefront”.
The chaos of the Legislative Council filibusters, paralysis, and destruction has passed. We must turn back time, dare to innovate, and break the bottleneck, so that Hong Kong can stand at the forefront of the world City; the third point is that officials and councilors have never been together before. During the inspection, they were very serious and devoted. “Patriots ruling Hong Kong” has advanced to a new level.
Chen Guoji: Have more in-depth exchanges with parliamentarians
Chief Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji, one of the deputy heads of the delegation, said that during the four-day trip, he and the members of the Legislative Council “faced each other day and night” and had more in-depth exchanges and interactions with each other.
Many Members also took every opportunity to express to him their views on the administration of the SAR Government and the demands of the industry. After improving the election system of the SAR, the Legislative Council has become a place for doing practical things, doing good things, and accomplishing things.
He said that under the leadership of the Chief Executive, he will continue to promote good cooperation between the SAR government and the Legislative Council, and he firmly believes that members of the Legislative Council will continue to support Hong Kong’s efforts to better integrate into the country’s development and implement the principle of complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win results. The purpose is to promote the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area with all the brothers and cities.
Liang Junyan: Administrative Legislation Works Together
The other deputy head of the delegation, the chairman of the Legislative Council Leung Kwan-yen, said that this visit led by the Chief Executive to a large number of Legislative Council members has achieved considerable results. He believes that this visit shows that administrative legislation is “unprecedentedly working together to do one thing”, allowing different mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area to see the unity of this team, unlike in the past when someone dragged the government back.
Liang Junyan thanked the SAR government and the Guangdong provincial and municipal governments for their careful arrangements, allowing members to see the development of innovation and technology, culture, and youth. I believe that members will continue to work hard for the Greater Bay Area and contribute to Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area and the country. He said that this visit enabled the councilors to continue in-depth communication with officials from different provinces and cities. He believes that the councilors will tell the public about their journey experience, so that everyone can have more confidence in the development of the Greater Bay Area and support the government’s active efforts.