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Implement and improve Guangdong and Hong Kong Conference mechanism

Tang Hao, Guangdong Government Deputy Secretary General, director of Communication Affairs Office of Guangdong and Hong Kong cooperation.

1. Hold annual conference.

2. Both sides enhance communication and cooperation to explore mutual interests.

3. Both sides strengthen supervision on groups specializing in cooperation promotion and on projects implementation, which ensure construction of the projects of high quality and efficiency.

GD-HK: be good example of regional cooperation

Chen Shanru, director of Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission

1. Guangdong shall continue to play as the bridge to connect Hong Kong, Macao and Mainland China, and leads in exploring the "9+2" PPRD economic zone's market.

2. Guangdong and Hong Kong joint hands to promote the readjustment of mainland's industry structure.

3. Both sides boost construction of the cross-border infrastructure projects.

4. Enhance communication exchange and cooperation, set up relevant coordinating mechanism.

Upgrade the level of cooperation in manufacturing industry

Liang Yaowen, director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation

1. Encourage enterprises invested by Hong Kong to set up research centers and headquarters in Guangdong; build brand name with independent intellectual property right; encourage HK enterprises to invest in northern mountainous area, east and west wings of Guangdong.

2. Enhance the communication with relative departments in Hong Kong, in a bid to aid Guangdong's private enterprises to invest in Hong Kong.

3. Introduce to the world, especially to Fortune 500, the investment environment of Greater Pearl River Delta and to attract foreign investor to transfer projects which are more tech-advanced and with greater value-added to the area.

4. Better investment environment: accelerate construction of ports connecting Guangdong and Hong Kong to improve clearance ability and efficiency. Establish fair-trade information exchange mechanism and join hands to deal with problems emerged in international trading, such as the 'anti-dumpling' issue.

Set up platform to urge cooperation between Guangdong's manufacturing industry and Hong Hong's service industry

Chen Bing, director of Guangdong Economic and Trade Commission

Guangdong is one of the important manufacturing bases in the world, while Hong Kong is a world-class logistics enter. The two industries see a vast potential in cooperation. Both sides are to set up platform for the cooperation.

Interact to optimize the relocation of financial resources

Luo Jidong, Director of General of Guangdong Financial Services Affairs Office

Encourage Guangdong's enterprises to get corporate financing in Hong Kong and encourage securities agencies of Guangdong to expand services in Hong Kong, meanwhile, attract HK financial institutes to set up branches and invest in Guangdong.

Set up town-planning information platform between Hong Kong and Guangdong

Lao Yingxun, Director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Construction

Set up town-planning information platform to promote information flow and exchange.

Guangdong and Hong Kong will set about research and plan on "Coordinating Development of city cluster of Greater Pearl River Delta", which push this city cluster's shape-taking, and help to raise the competitiveness of the region and set foundation for the Pan-Pearl River Delta regional cooperation and development.

Enhance Hong Kong and Guangdong's cooperation in some key hi-tech aspects

Xie Mingquan, director of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology

To further Guangdong and Hong Kong's cooperation in science and technology, both parts shall work on following aspects:

1. Building funding mechanism for science and technology innovation, inviting public bidding in key projects.

2. Establishing R&D platform to boost the development of industries.

3. Study on development of hi-technology industry.

4. Promoting hi-technology resource integration

Cooperation in education

Zheng Detao, Director of Department of Education of Guangdong Province

The effort to strengthen Guangdong and Hong Kong's cooperation in education will focus on four aspects:

1. Carrying out teacher's language (Mandarin & English) training.

2. Appointing Guangdong teachers of primary and middle schools to be teaching advisors in Hong Kong.

3. Organizing seminar in middle schools and universities.

 4. Supporting school-running cooperation projects.

Promoting exchange between civil servants of Guangzhou and Hong Kong

Tan Zhangqiu, Director of the Personnel Department of Guangdong Province

The exchange between civil servants in Guangdong and Hong Kong will not only promote the management and service level of both governments, but also better the sharing of human resources between the two regions, so as to fire up the implementation of CEPA and the realization of PPRD cooperation.

According to the Guangdong and Hong Kong Cooperation Conference, the 7th session, both parts plan to cooperate in the following aspects:

1. Organize exchange activities in proper sequence;

2. Broaden the field of communication and cooperation and strengthen the training exchange;
Strengthen the information exchange

Boost new tourism cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong upon the launch of PPRD cooperation

Zheng Tongyang, Director of Guangdong Tourism Bureau

Guangdong and Hong Kong have already held a series of tourism promotion activities together in many countries and areas such as Japan, Korea, France, Germany, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

In the trend of PPRD tourism cooperation, the two regions will continue to join hands to participate in a series of international exhibition, to optimize individual HK travel passage, to strengthen tourism quality control, to improve Customs Clearance efficiency, as well as to advance tourism promotion means and make the implication process of individual travel passage more convenient and smooth.

At the same time, both parts will work together to promote tourism cooperation of the Pan-PRD members based on the successful experience of cooperation between Guangdong and Hong Kong.

Editor: Donald