Themed “Dialogue with the New Era”, the 4th China Reform (Hengqin) Forum was held in Hengqin on 7 September.
Sponsored by Caixin Media, a Beijing-based media group providing financial and business news and information under the aegis of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee, the forum consisted of keynote speeches, roundtable discussions and seminars centered on Development of the New Economy & Unicorn Enterprises, Belt & Road and China-Latin America Cooperation, among other topics.
Yang Chuan, director of the Hengqin New Area Administrative Committee, delivered a keynote speech noting that the development of the Greater Bay Area provides a golden opportunity for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Hengqin, to break through the development bottleneck. He also stated that, aside from providing an important free trade zone, Hengqin is now seeking a new approach to lead the regional economy with a better radiation effect.
Prominent figures in attendance included Long Yongtu, China’s former chief negotiator for the World Trade Organization entry and former vice-minister of commerce; Liu Shijin, deputy director of the Economic Council under the CPPCC and vice president of Development Research Foundation under the State Council; He Yafei, former vice-foreign minister and former deputy director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council; and Antony Leung Kam-Chung, chairman and CEO of Nan Fung Group and chairman and co-founder of New Frontier Corp.
The 2018 Hengqin-Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Training Camp held its opening ceremony on 26 October in Inno Valley HQ in Hengqin.
During the ceremony, the Preparatory Office for Macau’s Featured Financial Service Base also unveiled its plaque.
The plaza is one of the first Macau SAR recommended entrants into Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Industrial Park in Hengqin New Area.
People buy and sell real estate in Hengqin can now register and pay their taxes in one simple transaction.
Zhuhai is listed as one of the 22 cities as additional cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone by the State Council of the P.R.C.
Hengqin Record reported recently that the 4th China-Israel Investment Summit will kick off on Monday 2 July, the largest state-level event of its kind.
Australia’s Ashleigh Barty achieved the biggest win of the year after taking out the 2018 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai at Hengqin International Tennis Center on Sunday.
The 12th China-LAC Business Summit was held at the Zhuhai International Convention & Exhibition Center in Shizimen Central Business District from 1 to 3 November.
Guangdong-Macau Cooperative Development Fund Management Co. will invest RMB2 billion to ensure completion of Hengqin Science City Phase I by 2021 and the inception of Phase II.
Trial operations of the submerged Hengqin Tunnel – Zhuhai’s first underwater passageway and the first sea-area composite large-diameter shield tunnel in China – commenced on 1 November.
The 2018 Hengqin-Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Training Camp held its opening ceremony on 26 October in Inno Valley HQ in Hengqin.
On 23 October, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge at an opening ceremony in Zhuhai.
