"SCO Looking South" to Form Synergy Between the National Strategy and the Greater Bay Area
The spirit of openness is a common feature of bay areas. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is at the forefront of China's reform and opening up. Located in Jiaozhou Bay, SCODA is also a pioneer in opening up.
To build a new platform for Belt and Road international cooperation and solve the difficulties in practical cooperation, SCODA must have a global vision and an open attitude.
Zhang Xinzhu, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, and Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of SCODA, led a team to visit the Greater Bay Area. They held the Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou and attended the Shandong-Macao Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference. Practical cooperation agreements were reached during the visit.
Under the background of the previous successful collaboration with Beijing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Chongqing, with the successful conclusion of this trip to the Greater Bay Area, the external collaboration framework of SCODA, namely "traversing East and West, connecting North and South" has taken shape, and will help to serve the construction of a new development pattern featuring "links running eastward and westward, across land and over the sea".
In the surging tide of the times, only those who work diligently can stand out in the competition. SCODA should audaciously enlarge its public product attributes, not only to expand the "circle of friends" in key domestic areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Greater Bay Area, but also to accelerate the "going global" of domestic enterprises and "bring in" international investment, and gather high-quality resources and elements on a global scale to facilitate the high-quality development of the Belt and Road.
Joining Hands with Guangdong Enterprises for a Gathering Between Two Bay Areas in Autumn
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. As the Belt and Road cooperation has moved from "sketching" to "meticulous painting", it has become the most popular international public good and the largest platform for international cooperation.
As a new platform for Belt and Road international cooperation, SCODA should contribute new ideas for high-quality co-construction of the Belt and Road, which is both its mission as a "major national task" and an inevitable requirement for forming a new development pattern.
A pioneer should ride on the momentum. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a strategic junction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. It has many advantages, such as a prime location, a robust industrial base, a comprehensive financial system, a concentration of innovation resources, and a strong influence in the region. It is enhancing its economic, trade, and scientific cooperation with other countries and regions that participate in the Belt and Road Initiative. It is also promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges that support and exemplify the Belt and Road Initiative. It is an important pillar for the integration of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
The two sides are "major national task" and "major national strategy". We share the spirit of openness and are both cooperation platforms of the "Belt and Road". Therefore, the collaboration between the two sides is both natural and complementary.
Facing the good opportunity, SCODA takes pragmatic measures.
On October 18, the "Together with Guangdong Enterprises to Achieve Win-Win Results" Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held in Guangzhou.
The seminar focused on the "connection of platforms, production capacity cooperation, coordinated collaboration, and coordinated development", fully leveraged the nature of SCODA as a public good, promoted all-round cooperation between the two sides in industrial cluster convergence, upgrading of shipping capacity, people-to-people exchanges and interaction.
During the seminar, the strategic cooperation of the Invest in SCODA· Greater Bay Area Business Association was launched, and nine business associations, including the Guangdong Province Federation of Industry Association and the Guangdong Automobile Aftermarket Dealers Association, became partners of "Invest in SCODA".
From the perspective of cooperation areas, SCODA prioritizes several industries in cooperation with partners from South China, including the advantageous industry of Guangdong Province—the automobile industry. As a large developed province with the largest automobile production and consumption in China, Guangdong's automobile output reached 4.1537 million units in 2022. In this context, the cooperation between SCODA and the Guangdong Automobile Aftermarket Dealers Association will not only open up new sales for Guangdong's automobile industry, it is also expected to improve its economic and trade level with partners from SCO countries and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
This event establishes connections between the two sides, which are 1,000 kilometers away from each other, and links SCODA with the high-quality resources of the Greater Bay Area, which is represented by Guangzhou, and will facilitate the building of the "four centers" of SCODA.
Guangzhou, a "millennium commercial city", has been a hub of trade and logistics since ancient times. The airport logistics hub in the north has brought a boom in cross-border e-commerce. the Nansha Port logistics hub in the south could access the world. In the west, there is Guangzhou International Port, and the railway container center station, which is the only national railway freight station in Guangdong Province, and the largest in South China. The railway intermodal transport hub in the east is the only super large transport logistics hub in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou's logistics hub distribution advantages can facilitate SCODA to access markets in ASEAN countries and RCEP member states to the south. Considering that SCODA itself can influence Central Asia to the west, such an international logistics channel from Central Asia through SCODA to Guangzhou Port can also promote the construction of a major channel with "links running eastward and westward, across land and over the sea".
In addition, the ASEAN countries directly facing Guangzhou and SCO countries facing SCODA are all internationally recognized emerging markets for foreign trade. With the deepening of the Belt and Road Initiative and the signing of the free trade agreements between China and ASEAN countries, ASEAN and SCO countries have become important destinations for China's imports and exports. Therefore, with Guangzhou as the pivot, SCODA could expand trade exchanges with ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, SCODA could also facilitate trade exchanges between SCO countries and Guangzhou, which can not only empower SCODA's building of a modern trade center and a two-way investment center but also bring new opportunities for the development of foreign trade in Guangzhou, bringing mutual benefits and win-win results for both sides.
To develop a region, industry is the cornerstone, and science and technology is the engine. Guangzhou's strong industrial base and rich scientific and technological innovation resources are also areas in which SCODA could collaborate.
During this seminar, five projects, including the North China Settlement Center of Gowe Group and the SCO Biomedical Industry Platform, have been signed, covering biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, and other fields, which are industrial directions prioritized by SCODA.
The spirit of openness is a common feature of bay areas. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is at the forefront of China's reform and opening up. Located in Jiaozhou Bay, SCODA is also a pioneer in opening up.
To build a new platform for Belt and Road international cooperation and solve the difficulties in practical cooperation, SCODA must have a global vision and an open attitude.
Zhang Xinzhu, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Qingdao Municipal Committee, and Secretary of the CPC Working Committee of SCODA, led a team to visit the Greater Bay Area. They held the Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between the China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangzhou and attended the Shandong-Macao Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference. Practical cooperation agreements were reached during the visit.
Under the background of the previous successful collaboration with Beijing, Shanghai, Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Chongqing, with the successful conclusion of this trip to the Greater Bay Area, the external collaboration framework of SCODA, namely "traversing East and West, connecting North and South" has taken shape, and will help to serve the construction of a new development pattern featuring "links running eastward and westward, across land and over the sea".
In the surging tide of the times, only those who work diligently can stand out in the competition. SCODA should audaciously enlarge its public product attributes, not only to expand the "circle of friends" in key domestic areas such as the Yangtze River Delta and the Greater Bay Area, but also to accelerate the "going global" of domestic enterprises and "bring in" international investment, and gather high-quality resources and elements on a global scale to facilitate the high-quality development of the Belt and Road.
Joining Hands with Guangdong Enterprises for a Gathering Between Two Bay Areas in Autumn
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. As the Belt and Road cooperation has moved from "sketching" to "meticulous painting", it has become the most popular international public good and the largest platform for international cooperation.
As a new platform for Belt and Road international cooperation, SCODA should contribute new ideas for high-quality co-construction of the Belt and Road, which is both its mission as a "major national task" and an inevitable requirement for forming a new development pattern.
A pioneer should ride on the momentum. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a strategic junction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. It has many advantages, such as a prime location, a robust industrial base, a comprehensive financial system, a concentration of innovation resources, and a strong influence in the region. It is enhancing its economic, trade, and scientific cooperation with other countries and regions that participate in the Belt and Road Initiative. It is also promoting cultural and people-to-people exchanges that support and exemplify the Belt and Road Initiative. It is an important pillar for the integration of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
The two sides are "major national task" and "major national strategy". We share the spirit of openness and are both cooperation platforms of the "Belt and Road". Therefore, the collaboration between the two sides is both natural and complementary.
Facing the good opportunity, SCODA takes pragmatic measures.
On October 18, the "Together with Guangdong Enterprises to Achieve Win-Win Results" Seminar on the Economic and Trade Cooperation between China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held in Guangzhou.
The seminar focused on the "connection of platforms, production capacity cooperation, coordinated collaboration, and coordinated development", fully leveraged the nature of SCODA as a public good, promoted all-round cooperation between the two sides in industrial cluster convergence, upgrading of shipping capacity, people-to-people exchanges and interaction.
During the seminar, the strategic cooperation of the Invest in SCODA· Greater Bay Area Business Association was launched, and nine business associations, including the Guangdong Province Federation of Industry Association and the Guangdong Automobile Aftermarket Dealers Association, became partners of "Invest in SCODA".
From the perspective of cooperation areas, SCODA prioritizes several industries in cooperation with partners from South China, including the advantageous industry of Guangdong Province—the automobile industry. As a large developed province with the largest automobile production and consumption in China, Guangdong's automobile output reached 4.1537 million units in 2022. In this context, the cooperation between SCODA and the Guangdong Automobile Aftermarket Dealers Association will not only open up new sales for Guangdong's automobile industry, it is also expected to improve its economic and trade level with partners from SCO countries and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
This event establishes connections between the two sides, which are 1,000 kilometers away from each other, and links SCODA with the high-quality resources of the Greater Bay Area, which is represented by Guangzhou, and will facilitate the building of the "four centers" of SCODA.
Guangzhou, a "millennium commercial city", has been a hub of trade and logistics since ancient times. The airport logistics hub in the north has brought a boom in cross-border e-commerce. the Nansha Port logistics hub in the south could access the world. In the west, there is Guangzhou International Port, and the railway container center station, which is the only national railway freight station in Guangdong Province, and the largest in South China. The railway intermodal transport hub in the east is the only super large transport logistics hub in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou's logistics hub distribution advantages can facilitate SCODA to access markets in ASEAN countries and RCEP member states to the south. Considering that SCODA itself can influence Central Asia to the west, such an international logistics channel from Central Asia through SCODA to Guangzhou Port can also promote the construction of a major channel with "links running eastward and westward, across land and over the sea".
In addition, the ASEAN countries directly facing Guangzhou and SCO countries facing SCODA are all internationally recognized emerging markets for foreign trade. With the deepening of the Belt and Road Initiative and the signing of the free trade agreements between China and ASEAN countries, ASEAN and SCO countries have become important destinations for China's imports and exports. Therefore, with Guangzhou as the pivot, SCODA could expand trade exchanges with ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, SCODA could also facilitate trade exchanges between SCO countries and Guangzhou, which can not only empower SCODA's building of a modern trade center and a two-way investment center but also bring new opportunities for the development of foreign trade in Guangzhou, bringing mutual benefits and win-win results for both sides.
To develop a region, industry is the cornerstone, and science and technology is the engine. Guangzhou's strong industrial base and rich scientific and technological innovation resources are also areas in which SCODA could collaborate.
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During this seminar, five projects, including the North China Settlement Center of Gowe Group and the SCO Biomedical Industry Platform, have been signed, covering biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, cross-border e-commerce, and other fields, which are industrial directions prioritized by SCODA.
It can be said that the collaboration of SCODA with regional partners has already reached a deeper level of coordinated development, transforming the traditional single-point cooperation into two-way and mutually beneficial cooperation through various platforms and models. This shift reflects not only the "hard connectivity" of the economic and trade cooperation platform and "soft connectivity" of the economic and trade demonstration model, but also the Silk Road spirit of "peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning, and mutual benefit".
Such efforts deliver substantial results at present and will benefit future generations.
With version 1.0 of regional collaboration taking shape, it will be the new expectation of SCODA to leverage its public product attributes and further amplify the role and advantages of the hub platform, thus facilitating high-quality Belt and Road development and building a new platform for Belt and Road international cooperation.