Recently, the Implementation Plan for the Construction of Guangzhou linked Development Zone in China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Implementation Plan) was issued and implemented. The Implementation Plan makes it clear that Guangzhou linked Development Zone will be built into a "provincial reform and innovation pioneer, innovative modern industry cluster and high-level platform for opening to the outside world".
With the approval of Guangdong Provincial Government, Guangzhou linked Development Zone covers a total area of 118.783 square kilometers, covering four areas, namely, artificial intelligence and digital economy area, Sino Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City area, Airport area and Nansha area.
Among them, the AI and digital economy area is concentrated in the contiguous areas on both sides of the Pearl River, including Pazhou area, Tianhe area and Yuzhu area, covering three administrative regions, namely Haizhu area, Tianhe area and Huangpu area, with an area of 58.463 square kilometers. Efforts will be made to build a high-level research institute cluster in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, a national information and innovation industry base, and a blockchain development pilot demonstration area.
The China Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City area covers 25 square kilometers, including the China Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City International Biomedical Innovation Park, the Bay Area Semiconductor Industrial Park, the core economic belt around the Jiulong Lake Headquarters, the China Singapore International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Demonstration Zone, the New Generation Information Technology Innovation Park, and the Guangzhou Knowledge City Comprehensive Bonded Zone. It will strive to build a new highland for knowledge creation, an international talent free port, a source of innovation in the Bay Area, and an open cooperation demonstration zone.
The airport area includes the central area of the Baiyun Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the terminal building in the south of the airport, the Central Business District, the headquarters economic zone, etc., of which 11.8 square kilometers are in the north and 9.02 square kilometers are in the south, with a total area of 20.82 square kilometers. It will work together to create a more stable, fast and convenient air rail, sea rail intermodal transport import and export channel, and build an international multimodal transport center and an international logistics distribution center.
Nansha Science City covers three areas, namely the north of Longxue Island, Nanshawan Huigu on the east side of Fuzhou Avenue, Mingzhu Science Park and Pearl River Industrial Park, with an area of 14.5 square kilometers. It will build a global marine science and engineering innovation center and promote the formation of a global marine engineering innovation center and a high-end scientific and technological innovation resource cluster.
The Implementation Plan points out that the linkage development zone will take the lead in replicating and promoting the advanced experience of the pilot free trade zone, and put forward a number of supporting tasks and measures in making good use of policy dividends, optimizing the business environment, promoting industrial development, and coordinating Hong Kong and Macao innovation, so as to achieve policy linkage, industrial linkage, and innovation linkage with the pilot free trade zone.
