The Eighteenth Meeting Of The Joint Meeting Of Guangdong And Hong Kong Was Held In Hongkong

On the morning of 9, the eighteenth joint meeting of Guangdong and Hong Kong cooperation was held in Hongkong.

Zhu Xiaodan, governor of Guangdong Province, and the chief executive of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region, Liang Zhenying, CO chaired the meeting and delivered keynote speeches.

Zhou Bo, deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and Yang Jianping, deputy director of the Central Government Liaison Office in Hong Kong, attended the meeting.

Lin Zhengyuee, vice governor Zhao Yufang and Chief Secretary of the Hongkong SAR government, reviewed the cooperation situation in the past year at the meeting.

According to the 10 Nanfang Daily report, the meeting held that the two sides have conscientiously implemented the series consensus reached at the seventeenth meeting of the joint conference in the past year, and unswervingly promoted pragmatic cooperation in various fields. They took the lead in basically realizing the liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong and Guangdong, and jointly promoted the construction of the pilot area of the free trade in Guangdong. They actively participated in the construction of the maritime Silk Road in twenty-first Century and promoted the cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong to a new level.

In the first half of this year, Hongkong's actual investment in Guangdong increased by 22.5%, Guangdong's actual investment in Hong Kong increased by 39%; the Hongkong service providers registered in Guangdong Province invested 826 million yuan, and the total import and export volume of Guangdong and Hong Kong's services amounted to 23 billion 800 million US dollars.

At the same time, cross-border infrastructure construction continued to push forward, and social and people's livelihood cooperation has made new achievements.

Zhou Bo expressed congratulations on the successful convening of the meeting on behalf of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.

He pointed out that the current state is comprehensively deepening reform, opening wider to the outside world and implementing "one belt and one road".

Construction and other major strategies are very important opportunities for Guangdong and Hongkong. This conference is at the right time and is of great significance for promoting further economic and social development in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

After the meeting, Zhu Xiaodan and Liang Zhenying attended the media meeting to discuss the progress of the Guangdong free trade pilot area and Hongkong cooperation, the Guangdong and Hong Kong youth exchanges, especially students' exchanges and cooperation.

And tourism cooperation and other issues were answered in detail.

At the meeting, the relevant departments of Guangdong and Hong Kong signed the "agreement on exchange and cooperation on food safety work in Guangdong and Hong Kong", "cooperation agreement on strengthening cross-border trade e-commerce", "agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong (2015-2016)", "Guangdong and Hong Kong sister school cooperation agreement" and "passenger ship search and rescue center cooperation plan" and other 5 cooperation agreements.

The meeting stressed that the current

Ushered in a new important opportunity, the two sides will seize opportunities and highlight key points and intensify efforts to further promote closer cooperation between Guangdong and Guangdong. First, speed up the construction of the pilot area for free trade in Guangdong, and promote the integration of high-end service elements in Hongkong with the real economic advantages of Guangdong based on Hong Kong and Macao, serving the mainland and facing the global position, and further play the role of the Guangdong free trade pilot zone in the opening up of the country.

Two, we should further promote the liberalization of trade in services in Guangdong and Hong Kong, strengthen cooperation in the fields of professional services such as finance, tourism, law, accounting, planning, and construction, promote mutual recognition of qualifications, and improve the convenience of Hongkong's professional service institutions and talents to enter Guangdong.

The three is to join hands in the national "one belt and one way" construction. Relying on the status of Hongkong international shipping center, trade center and financial center, Guangdong and Hong Kong enterprises will speed up the pace of "going out".

At the same time, we should speed up the construction of cross border infrastructure such as Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge, Guangzhou Shenzhen Hong Kong high-speed rail, and continue to deepen cooperation in social and livelihood fields such as youth exchange, education, medical treatment, environmental protection and so on.