Chinese internet tycoon Pony Ma proposed building a development bank and a university for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area on the sidelines of the ongoing annual two sessions in Beijing on Sunday.
The number of patent applications and authorizations in the year was 9,875 and 4,521 respectively, an increase of 98.5% and 79.8% over the same period of last year. The number of invention patent applications among them was 2,830, a year-on-year increase of 76.3%. The growth rate ranked second in all districts of Guangzhou.
The plan proposes the establishment of Hong Kong and Macao employment and entrepreneurship pilot areas in Qianhai of Shenzhen, Nansha of Guangzhou and Hengqin of Zhuhai.
China is committed to developing an international innovation and technology hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which will serve as a leading force for national innovative development, the country's top economic regulator said.
The cross-border e-commerce symposium organized by the Port Office of Nansha Development Zone was successfully held on Feb 22.
The presentation of Guangdong-HongKong-Macao Development Plan jointly organized by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Macao Special Administrative Region Government was held in Hong Kong on Feb 21.
With the official announcement of the development plan of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the dream of Nansha's one-hour life circle will come into reality with high speed.
Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, was voted the most preferred destination for foreign investment from a list of 35 cities on the mainland, according to a study conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in South China.