Nandu News Reporter Xu Xiaolei Zhang Pei Shi Xi Sheng Yin Chuyu Correspondent Shi Weizong Fuxin Yesterday, the 15th annual global conference of the International Finance Forum opened in Guangzhou. Zhou Xiaochuan, chairman of the International Finance Forum and former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, spoke to Ma Xingrui, governor of Guangdong Province. Zhang Shuofu, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech. Vice Governor Ouyang Wei is democratic.
Zhou Xiaochuan said that the International Finance Forum has achieved fruitful results in the 15 years since its establishment and has received much attention and high praise. Guangdong has always been the vanguard, pioneering and experimental area of China's reform and opening up, creating many national firsts and providing many useful experiences for the whole country. The International Finance Forum decided to set up the South Headquarters and the permanent meeting site in Guangzhou. On the one hand, it was infected by the spirit of “Dare to be the first person” in Guangdong. On the other hand, it also hoped to contribute to the reform and opening up of Guangdong and the construction of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District. . I hope that Guangdong will thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of the spirit of Guangdong's important speech, seize the opportunity of construction in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and better play the positive role of the international financial forum and other international communication platform carriers, continue to deepen reform, expand openness, and achieve more glory. Achievements. I hope that the guests will have extensive exchanges on the future of economic globalization, the international trade system and mechanism, innovation and globalization, and reform and opening up, explore the challenges and opportunities facing the world, provide ideas and solutions to solve problems, and seek cooperation together. The road to development.
Entrusted by Li Xi, secretary of the provincial party committee, Ma Xingrui expressed his congratulations on the holding of the annual meeting on behalf of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and expressed gratitude to friends from all walks of life who have long been concerned about supporting Guangdong's economic and social development. He pointed out that in recent years, Guangdong has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, vigorously promoted financial reform and innovation, continuously improved the financial market system, promoted a virtuous circle of economic and financial development, and healthy development. The financial industry provided Guangdong's economic transformation and upgrading and social and people's livelihood development. Strong support. As a high-level, high-level, internationalized global financial annual summit, the International Financial Forum will definitely bring important opportunities for Guangdong and even China to better participate in international financial cooperation and development. In the next step, Guangdong will actively build a new open economy system, strive to build a world-class business environment, and create more business opportunities and better services for enterprises at home and abroad including financial enterprises in Guangdong.
Zhang Shuofu said that in recent years, Guangzhou has adhered to the general tone of steady progress and promoted the steady development of the financial industry, and the financial industry has become a new pillar industry. At present, he is studying and implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping inspecting the important speech of Guangdong, practicing the new development concept, grasping the “One Belt, One Road” international cooperation and the construction opportunities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District, implementing the realization of old cities, new vitality, and comprehensive urban functions. New demands for urban cultural comprehensive strength, modern service industry, modernized international business environment, focusing on the establishment of a sound modern industrial system, promoting financial reform and opening up at a higher starting point, further gathering financial institutions and financial talents, and continuously strengthening international Financial cooperation. I hope that all the distinguished guests can get to know Guangzhou and understand Guangzhou by participating in this forum, and hope that more friends will invest in Guangzhou and achieve win-win cooperation.
At the opening ceremony, Christine Lagarde, President of the International Monetary Fund, made a video speech. Forum Co-Chairman, former South Korean Prime Minister, President of the 56th Session of the UN General Assembly Han Seung-soo, Forum Co-Chairman, 23rd Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz, Forum Co-Chair, former Chairman of the European Commission, former Portuguese Prime Minister Barroso, Forum Director, Philippines President, Philippine House Speaker Arroyo, Forum Director, former Italian Prime Minister Dalema, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai CPPCC Zhou Hanmin, Deputy Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Mayor Wen Guohui, Vice Chairman of the National Social Security Fund Chen Wenhui, President of the National Development Bank Zheng Zhijie attended. Guangzhou city leaders Chen Zhiying, Pan Jianguo and Cai Chaolin participated.
Headquartered in Beijing, the International Finance Forum is a non-profit, unofficial independent international organization. It was founded in October 2003 by leaders of more than 20 countries and regions including China, the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations. High-level permanent dialogue exchange and research institutions in the financial sector. Since 2017, the International Finance Forum has been permanently settled in Guangzhou. The annual meeting was co-sponsored by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government and the International Finance Forum. With the theme of “New Globalization: The Road to the Future”, more than 20 formal discussions including academic roundtable summits and policy dialogues were held, attracting more than 200 from around the world. Financial and economic leaders, financial leaders, and industry experts participated.
Focus
How to “open the last mile” in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau?
In the afternoon roundtable “Dawan District Dialogue: From New York, San Francisco, Tokyo to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau”, how to attract talents, accelerate technological development and promote inter-city connectivity in the development of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. Especially in the case that the Bay Area has achieved considerable accessibility, how to deepen the details in terms of talents, capital resources and transportation, and “opening the last mile” has become a topic of discussion among experts.
The former Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Mr. Leung Kam-sung, said that in addition to the Tokyo Bay Area, the proportion of international talents in the San Francisco and New York Bay Areas is relatively high, even more than 40%. . “And comparing the Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and the Greater Bay Area, or bringing together the whole of China, the proportion of foreign talent is far below 5% or even lower.” How to effectively “grab people”? In addition to the various preferential policies that have been introduced, Liang Jinsong believes that it is very important to create a suitable living environment, and it is also a technical job to attract high-quality talents from a suitable scene. He exemplified that “grabbing people” needs to adapt international talents to settle in Dawan District on the one hand, and on the other hand, it can also introduce foreign scientists to settle in Dawan District by setting up colleges and universities. Increase the talent strength.
Xing Zi Qiang, chief economist at Morgan Stanley China, said that compared with other urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and the Yangtze River Delta, the advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Great Bay are that the industrial chain is more coordinated, and there are two special administrative regions, especially Hong Kong can play a greater role in the legal system, arbitration, professional services, etc., to further attract the attraction of foreign investment, and further protect the enthusiasm of private enterprises for innovation.
Cai Chaolin, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee and secretary of the Nansha District Party Committee, said that Nansha is relying on the geographical advantages of the geographical and geometric center of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and the policy advantages of national economic and technological development zones, national new zones and state-level free trade zones. Construction of the environment and business environment. Nansha is responsible for the comprehensive cooperation of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District. “Guangzhou Nansha is in the middle of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou (central area), you are doing well, and the quality resources of the three places will gather there for you. We are building the best living environment and have confidence in this.” Note that Nansha covers an area of 803 square kilometers, and now the urban development intensity is only about 20%. "With a 60-square-kilometer self-trade zone, about 38 square kilometers is yet to be developed." In addition, he revealed that the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has decided to The Nansha Office is expected to start construction in the first half of next year.
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