China News Agency, Guangzhou, June 7 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) This year marks the 8th anniversary of the establishment of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone). "Under the framework of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA), the Qianhai-Shekou Free Trade Zone has deepened cooperation with Hong Kong in intellectual property protection, venture capital and other fields. There are nearly 1 Hong Kong-funded enterprises. Wanjia has a registered capital of more than 1 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below).” Wang Jinxia, deputy director of the Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone Management Committee, said on the 7th.
The Guangdong Provincial People's Government Information Office held a press conference on the same day. As one of the three major areas in the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone, the Qianhai Shekou Free Trade Zone has achieved breakthroughs in cross-border finance, lowering the threshold for Hong Kong financial institutions to enter the mainland market, and Shenzhen-Hong Kong people's livelihood finance. "The cross-border revenue and expenditure of the Qianhai Free Trade (FT) account exceeded 436.2 billion yuan, of which cross-border revenue and expenditure with Hong Kong accounted for 83.7%." Wang Jinxia said at the press conference.
Since its establishment, the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone has focused on system innovation and achieved remarkable results in promoting high-level opening up and high-quality development. The role of a major platform in the Greater Bay Area. At present, a total of 696 institutional innovation achievements have been formed.
Zhang Jinsong, director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, said that in the eight years since its establishment, the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone has made breakthroughs in cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau. A total of 24,000 Hong Kong and Macau-funded enterprises have been established, and the actual use of Hong Kong and Macau funds is 47.377 billion yuan. The area has attracted more than 30% of the total investment from Hong Kong and Macao in the province.
According to reports, the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone closely focuses on building a major cooperation platform in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, expands opening up in the financial, legal services, tourism, construction and other service industries, and lands the first Hong Kong and Macau-owned and controlled bank and securities in the mainland. , fund institutions, and implement innovative measures such as Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau cross-border payment, cross-border Wealth Management Connect, cross-border auto insurance and medical insurance, and cross-border housing mortgages.
At the same time, the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone has set up 11 Hong Kong and Macao-funded travel agencies, 14 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao joint venture law firms, built the first wholly-owned medical institution in the Mainland of Macao, registered 55 Hong Kong engineering construction consulting companies and 253 professionals, more than 1,000 Famous Macau professionals in architecture, design, tourism, and medical care have obtained Hengqin's cross-border practice qualifications, and the Hong Kong and Macau Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship base has incubated 1,442 entrepreneurial teams.
"The Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone pays attention to the connection with the rules of Hong Kong and Macau in terms of cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao." Zhang Jinsong said that the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone has selected a new batch of 15 best institutional innovation cases this year, including the Nansha Free Trade Zone The "rule conversion bridge" case of Hong Kong and Macao residents' preferential tax benefits, providing tax burden and tax reduction and exemption calculation services for Hong Kong and Macao residents, and more than 300 person-times have enjoyed this service.
In Hengqin, Macao residents continue to integrate into the local area. Fu Yongge, Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, said that there are currently 6,763 Macao residents living and working in the cooperation zone; there are currently 199 Macao students; 776 Macao residents are registered for employment, an increase of 54.3% year-on-year; 4,172 Macao residents participated in mainland urban and rural residents' endowment and medical insurance in the cooperation zone...
Zhang Jinsong said that the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone will focus on the connection of rules and mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, further expand the opening up of the service industry in Hong Kong and Macao, improve the free flow of factors in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, support the innovation and entrepreneurship of young people in Hong Kong and Macao, and facilitate the residents of Hong Kong and Macao Life and employment, to create a demonstration zone for the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. (over)