On February 21, 2023, the Provincial Department of Commerce (Free Trade Office) held a promotion meeting for the high-quality development of the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone Joint Development Zone in Guangzhou, summarizing the work since the establishment of the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone Joint Development Zone in May 2022 , Arranging and deploying key tasks and goals for 2023.

　　Zhang Jinsong, secretary of the party group, director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, and director of the Free Trade Office, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, fully affirming the work of the linkage Development Zone since its establishment, and putting forward clear requirements for doing a good job in 2023. The leaders of the department in charge of the Department of Commerce reported the construction work and deployed key tasks for 2023. Comrades in charge of the business units of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau and other members of the Free Trade Zone Work Leading Group made speeches on support, service, and the construction of the Free Trade linkage Zone. Representatives of Guangzhou, Foshan, Dongguan, Shantou, and Shaoguan City Commerce Development Zone speaks.

　　The meeting pointed out that in 2023, the construction of the joint development zone of the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone should adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, implement Xi Jinping's economic thought and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and follow the guidelines of the Second Plenary Session of the 13th Provincial Party Committee , the first meeting of the 14th Provincial People's Congress and the province's high-quality development conference, implement the requirements of "accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and focusing on promoting high-quality development", benchmarking the Guangdong Free Trade Pilot Zone and Hainan Free Trade Port, and actively serving the "double "Shenzhen Qianhai, Guangzhou Nansha, Zhuhai Hengqin" and other major national strategies, actively integrate into the domestic and international dual cycle, focus on institutional innovation, continue to optimize the business environment, comprehensively deepen policy linkage, industry linkage, and innovation linkage, Continuously stimulate endogenous power, enhance competitiveness, promote breakthroughs and substantial results in various constructions, and lead and drive high-level openness and high-quality development in the region.

　　The meeting deployed the key points of work in 2023. It is necessary to speed up system innovation and promote the implementation of the tasks and goals of the linkage development zone; focus on key industries to optimize the business environment of the linkage development zone; strengthen coordination and cooperation to promote the high-quality development of the linkage development zone; do a good job in basic work and support Joint development zone construction.

　　The meeting emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, promote the high-level opening up of the free trade linkage development zone, and actively promote regional coordinated development; it is necessary to pay close attention to institutional innovation, focus on the development of modern industries, and promote the high-quality development of the free trade linkage development zone ; It is necessary to strengthen organizational leadership and solidly implement various construction tasks; it is necessary to improve political standing, give full play to political and institutional advantages, strengthen the responsibility of officers for success, and promote the construction of linkage development zones to achieve breakthroughs and substantive progress. 

　　The meeting will be held via video. The Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, the Guangzhou Branch of the People's Bank of China, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau participated in the main venue of the Provincial Department of Commerce (Free Trade Office). Leaders from 13 joint development zones including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Shantou Comrades in charge of the team member units and each district and the 3 districts of the Guangdong Free Trade Zone Pilot Zone attended the meeting at the branch venue.