On February 4, a high-level delegation from the Executive Committee of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, led by Dai Jianye, director of the committee, inspected four pivotal infrastructure and industrial projects in Hengqin.
The tour, marking a critical start to the first year of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), began at the Service Centre for Economy and Trade between China and Portuguese/Spanish-speaking Countries (CECPS). As a one-stop service platform for enterprises expanding into Lusophone and Hispanic markets, the center has already established a 1 billion yuan Economic and Trade Industry Development Investment Fund. The center's international digital intelligence talent training base—a joint venture with Huawei—has also entered trial operations.
To bolster its global reach, the center is currently setting up localized service stations and teams in strategic hubs including Shenzhen, Macao, Portugal, Brazil, and Mexico. Dai Jianye urged the center to expedite its role as a dual-way springboard, helping mainland Chinese firms go global while attracting international enterprises and products into the Chinese market.
The delegation then transitioned from trade to high-tech research at the Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The laboratory has recently achieved a global first by launching an end-to-end digital-intelligence outpatient clinic that pioneers human-machine collaborative personalized TCM diagnosis.
Focusing on industrial physical space, the committee then visited the Macao-Hengqin Innovation Industrial Park. As the zone's first "vertical factory" project, the park saw the structural topping-out of its first five buildings last December.
These facilities are expected to be operational by June 2026, with three buildings specifically reserved as exclusive spaces for Macao enterprises to meet their expansion needs. The leadership emphasized the importance of attracting upstream and downstream ecological partners to create a cluster effect that drives regional innovation.
The final stop was the Hengqin Micro-drama Base, a specialized facility leveraging Macao-themed scenes and Hengqin's industrial ecosystem. As China's first filming base focused on the overseas export of micro-dramas, the site has already completed 94 diverse international-style sets and is hosting multiple production projects.
Dai Jianye noted that this creative industry aligns perfectly with Hengqin's identity as an International Leisure and Tourism Island, calling for a more robust supporting service chain to foster a high-quality digital content ecosystem.
Reporter | Guo Chuhua
Photo | Hengqin Online
