Regional Integration Between Hong Kong and the Pearl
River Delta and the Prospects for Hong Kong
Leung Chun Yinghttp://www.cyleung.hk/
10 September 2010Prominent Speaker Series
The French Chamber
Shenzhen 30 Years Ago
Shenzhen today
Guangdong and HK Guangdong’s GDP surpassed Singapore in 1998,
Hong Kong in 2003 and Taiwan in 2007.
Guangdong’s GDP was roughly the same as HK’s in 2003; in 2009, it was nearly 3 times.
In 2015, the GDP’s of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are respectively estimated to be close to, or even surpass HK’s GDP.
Coverage of PRD’s Pearl River Delta (PRD): Nine cities in Guangdong
Province including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.
Greater PRD: The 9 cities plus Hong Kong and Macau.
Pan-PRD was conceptualized in 2003: 9 provinces Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, plus the 2 SARs (9+2).
Pan-PRD
Sichuan
Guizhou
HunanJiangxi
Fujian
Guangdong
HKSAR
Macau
Hainan
GuangxiYunnan
Pan-PRD Region
Greater PRD
Guangzhou
HuizhouDongguan
Shenzhen
Hong Kong
Macau
Zhuhai
Zhongshan
Foshan
Zhaoqing
Jiangmen
Satellite Image of the Greater PRD
Positioning of the PRD Pearl River Delta Reform and Development Planning
Outline 2008-2020:
As the pioneer of reforms and the opening-up policy and an important economic hub of China, the Pearl River Delta has played a remarkable leading role and has an important strategic status in the overall effort of China to pursue economic and social development and carry on the reform and opening-up.
Coastal Petrochem, Steel and Shipbuilding projects in Guangdong
中国委内瑞拉石化项目
宝钢 1000万吨钢铁项目
中国科威特石化项目
龙穴岛造船项目
Automobile Manufacturing Industries in Guangdong
Infrastructure Coordination (1)Countrywide High-speed Railway
Beijing-Guangzhou-HK Line
Guangzhou-Guiyang-Chongqing Line
Shanghai-Shenzhen Coastal Line
Western Guangdong Coastal LineGuangzhou-Nanning-Kunming Line
Infrastructure Coordination (2)Greater PRD “One-hour Radius”
PRD Intercity High-speed Railway
PlanningBeijing-Guangzhou-Hong Kong High-speed Railway
Challenges
Changes in the world economy and the need to boost internal demand, the PRD needs to change its mode of development.
Policies include:
~ Upgrading the industries, developing heavy and chemical industries, high-tech industries and modern service industries
~ Inter-city integration in financial and transportation systems, and cooperation in urban planning:
3 Clusters of cities: Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing, Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou and Zhuhai-Zhongshan-Jiangmen
~ Utilize the advanced systems of the HKSAR, further develop the PRD as the pioneer of the country’s reform and openning-up.
New Challenges to the Cooperation between Guangdong, HK and Macau Guangdong is less dependent on the SAR?
Coordinating the infrastructures. e.g. 5 international airports in the Greater PRD: HK, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, Zhuhai. Competition among the ports is also fierce.
Different legal, social and economic systems.
Flow of people, goods and capital.
Problems in Coordination of Infrastructures(1)Airspace conflicts in the PRD
Hong KongFlight Information Region
HK Int’l Airport
Shenzhen Baoan Int’l Airport
GuangzhouFlight Information Region
Direction of runway
Macau Int’l Airport
Zhuhai Int’l Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun Int’l Airport
The Way to Go for Hong Kong
To support the PRD with advanced professional services.
Further relaxation of policies to foster the “One-hour Radius” concept: cross-border vehicular traffic, co-location Inspection.
Supporting the PRD Industries: Maritime Services as an Example Besides shore-based port services, Maritime desk-
based services.
Maritime services include ship registration, management services, financing, sale and leasing, maritime insurance, legal services.
HK can service the ports in the PRD and develop into a major maritime center.
The Border Development Zone
港島中環
Thank You!