11月28日上午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛“粤港澳大湾区合作发展”主题论坛中，广州市南沙区政协副主席、南沙区商务局局长谢晓晖发表了题为《今日南沙正在立足湾区飞跃全球》的主旨演讲。

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各位领导、各位嘉宾、女士们、先生们、朋友们：
大家上午好。

作为青年之一，很高兴有机会与参加2021亚青领袖论坛的各位嘉宾相聚美丽的南沙，共同探讨大湾区合作情谊，共商发展大计。南沙之美，相信各位这两天在南沙的会场以及会场周边已经有所领略，今天我想从南沙的定位、区域、产业发展、营商环境和人才集聚等各个纬度共同分享南沙在大湾区发展中的优势和贡献。

南沙地处大湾区地理中心，从南沙到广州、深圳、珠海市政府的时间一样，距离也基本相同。南沙又叠加了国家级新区、自贸试验区、粤港澳合作全面示范区等多重国家战略，也是广州唯一的城市副中心。去年以来，南沙又相继获批了国家综合保税区、国家进口贸易促进创新示范区、全国首个国际化人才特区等政策，战略核心门户地位日益彰显。

南沙通达，是大湾区综合交通枢纽。由于独特的地理位置，南沙当仁不让肩负起构建大湾区半小时交通圈的光荣使命。从南沙的庆盛高铁站搭乘高铁，20分钟可以到达深圳的福田站，30分钟可以到达香港的西九龙站。南沙客运港每天有8趟客轮，1个小时可以到达香港尖沙咀和中环。此外，亚洲最大的国际邮轮母港已经建成，正在规划建设的直升飞机机场能够迅速抵达香港和澳门。因此，从南到北、从东往西，重大交通基础设施的硬联通推动了区域加快联合发展，使南沙从原来的地理几何中心向交通中心和功能中心转变。

南沙兴业，是未来产业的集聚地。南沙正在积极构建创新型的现代产业体系，推动先进制造业和现代服务业双轮驱动，突出创新经济、数字经济、海洋经济、总部经济导向，大力发展科技创新、先进制造、战略性新兴产业、金融商务和南沙发展的根基航运物流等五大主力引擎。南沙在全区布局了7个各有侧重的主要产业区域。在这些产业里面，南沙正在不断谋求和港澳合作的新机遇。

科技创新方面，南沙正在建设大湾区综合性国家科学中心，南沙科学城引入了包括探测深海的冷泉生态系统研究装置项目、深海新能源项目、深海科技创新中心基地等项目，还有香港科技大学广州校区。

先进制造业方面，南沙的汽车制造业已经连续三年突破千亿大关。广汽丰田目前是全球最大的单一工厂。此外，南沙积极培育的合创汽车等新能源品牌也在蓄谋发力。未来五年，南沙正重点打造智能网联新能源汽车产业集群。

战略性新兴产业方面，南沙落户了粤港澳大湾区精准医学研究院、广东医谷产业园等生物医药产业发展平台，集聚培育了300多家人工智能企业和近300家生物科技企业。其中，小马智行发展成为目前国内估值最高的自动驾驶企业；兆科眼科药物有限公司是香港在南沙创立的企业，去年成功在香港联交所上市。南沙还引进了中科宇航，这个项目将打造成为中国的Space X，生产商业化的火箭。

港航物流方面，南沙已建成中国南方最具规模的集装箱、汽车和通用码头群，航线通达全球200多个港口城市，助推广州港成为2020年货物吞吐量全球第四、集装箱吞吐量全球第五的港口。粤港跨境货站打通了和港澳及欧洲之间的物流通道，货物从南沙运到香港机场后可直接转运到全球。南沙除了航运之外，也逐渐成为全球空运货物处理的中枢地，从南沙保税区处理的货物可以非常便捷地选择香港、深圳、广州、珠海、澳门五个机场之一的货运航班，通达全球和国内。未来五年，南沙还将探索现代货物贸易、离岸贸易等模式，发展文化艺术品保税展示，期货保税交割等新贸易业态，和港澳的合作空间进一步拓展。

金融商务方面，广州期货交易所已获批筹建，国际金融论坛的永久会址、国际风险投资中心等金融服务平台正加快建设。十三五期间，南沙金融和类金融机构增长了9倍，达到6574家。开展自由贸易账户、跨境双向人民币融资等赋予南沙的跨境金融先行政策，累计开立自由贸易账户1300多户，跨境人民币结算量超过了4000亿元。

南沙营商，是大湾区企业发展的高地。南沙的营商环境在全球模拟排名中持续上升，从2017年的51到2019年的24。今年中山大学发布的《中国自贸区制度创新指数成果报告》中显示，南沙投资便利化指数评估位居全国43个自贸片区中第三。在《2020年广州城市治理榜》中，南沙的营商环境也夺得第一。南沙也在不断学习香港的经验做法，让营商环境港澳化、国际化，推动人才交流和经贸往来更加紧密。下面，我分享一些案例来进行说明。

一、南沙不断提升政务办事的便利性。南沙在企业注册、商事仲裁、工程建设管理模式和专业人才资格认可等方面都积极实现了和港澳的规则衔接。港人同样可以无差别地享受内地居民同等的快速开设企业和工商办税等服务。以税务为例，南沙推出的无差别便利办税服务在全省率先用银联卡实现实名认证，港人在南沙用内地通行证、护照、港澳居民身份证等都可以完成实名注册。南沙正积极引进各类服务平台，目前有8家各具特色、各有侧重的港澳青年创新创业基地落户南沙。

二、南沙也是两岸三地人才交流的宝地。作为全球首个国际化人才特区，正积极引聚三地人才，集聚人才创新政策、港澳青创30条、人力资源产业园等服务政策。过去五年，我们推动的港澳青年学生“百企千人计划”有1800名港澳学生在南沙学习交流，参加计划的青年不但可以拿到免费的实习岗位和后勤保障，表现优异的青年毕业后也纷纷选择南沙来工作。

三、我们还在全国率先突破港澳籍人才担任公职人员。南沙有一批港澳青年才俊在政府、法定机构和国企任职，亲身参与到南沙的开发建设之中。

今日的南沙，正乘着粤港澳大湾区建设的东风，瞄准世界一流湾区，开启了飞天、遁地、入海的新产业发展征程。可以预见，大湾区将是未来世界交通最为便利、创新资源高度集中、经济活跃程度最高的湾区之一，让南沙乘着新一轮的东风，在更高的战略平台上，立足湾区、飞跃全球。

真诚邀请各位会后继续来南沙走走看看，也期待我们有更多更密切的交流。

谢谢！


On 28 November, Xie Xiaohui, vice chairman of the Nansha District Committee of CPPCC and director of Nansha Bureau of Commerce, delivered a keynote speech titled “Nansha Will Ride the Wave of GBA Development to World’s Forefront" at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Cooperation and Development Forum of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021.

The full speech is as below.

Dear Vice Secretary-General Gao Yuyue, 
Dear dignitaries, guests, ladies, and gentlemen, 
Good morning. As a young person, I'm very happy to be gathered here with all the guests who participated in the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021 in the beautiful Nansha to discuss cooperation in the Greater Bay Area and developmental plans. I believe that you have already seen the beauty of Nansha in the venue and outside the venue over the past few days. Today, I would like to introduce you to Nansha's advantages and contributions in the development of the Greater Bay Area from the perspectives of Nansha's positioning, location, industries, business environment, and talent attraction.

Nansha is located in the geographic center of the Greater Bay Area. It takes basically the same time to travel from Nansha to the municipal governments of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai, and the distances are basically the same. Nansha is a state-level new area, a pilot free trade zone, and the comprehensive demonstration zone for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation. It is also the only sub-center of Guangzhou. Since last year, Nansha has successively been approved as a national comprehensive bonded zone, national demonstration zone for promotion and innovation of import trade, and the country's first international special zone for talents. Therefore, Nansha’s strategic role as a hub is becoming increasingly prominent.

Nansha is a comprehensive transportation hub in the Greater Bay Area. Due to its unique geographic location, Nansha shoulders the glorious mission of building a half-hour transportation circle in the Greater Bay Area. Take the high-speed train at Qingsheng Station in Nansha, and one can reach Futian Station in Shenzhen in 20 minutes and West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong in 30 minutes. In addition, Nansha Passenger Port schedules eight passenger ships every day, and it takes an hour to reach Tsim Sha Tsui and Central in Hong Kong. Moreover, we have built the largest international cruise home port in Asia. I believe that you will have the opportunity to use it once the pandemic is over. Also, we are planning to build a helicopter airport that will allow us to reach Hong Kong and Macao quickly. Therefore, the connectivity through major transportation infrastructure between south and north and between east and west has promoted the joint development with surrounding regions, transforming Nansha from the original geographic center into a transportation and functional center.

Nansha is a hub for future industries. Nansha has been actively building an innovative modern industry system in recent years. Nansha is promoting the driving role of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries; highlighting the leading role of innovation economy, digital economy, marine economy, and headquarters economy; and vigorously developing five main engines, namely, technological innovation, advanced manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, finance, and shipping and logistics, which is the foundation for the development of Nansha. Moreover, we have determined seven major areas with different industry emphasis in the whole district. Within each industry, we are constantly seeking new opportunities for cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao.

In terms of scientific and technological innovation, we are building a comprehensive national science center in the Greater Bay Area. Nansha Science City is also hosting projects such as the cold-spring ecosystem research equipment for deep-sea exploration, deep-sea new energy, deep-sea science and technology innovation center, as well as the well-known Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).
In terms of advanced manufacturing, the output of our automobile manufacturing industry has exceeded 100 billion yuan for three consecutive years. GAC Toyota has the largest factory in the world. Also, NEV brands such as Hycan Automobile, which we support, are also making their way. In the next five years, we are also focusing on building an industry cluster of intelligent, connected, new-energy vehicles.
In terms of strategic emerging industries, we have accommodated the Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine and Guangdong Medical Valley, among other biomedicine development platforms. We have incubated more than 300 artificial intelligence companies and nearly 300 biotech companies. Among them, Pony.ai has developed into a self-driving company with the highest market value in the industry in China. Zhaoke Ophthalmic Medicine Co., Ltd. is a local company founded by Hong Kong people and was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last year. In addition, we have also attracted Zhongke Yuhang to Nansha, which will become the Chinese version of SpaceX, producing commercial rockets.

In terms of port and shipping logistics, Nansha houses the largest cluster of container, automobile, and general-cargo terminals in southern China, with routes connecting more than 200 port cities around the world. It is the main contributor to making Guangzhou Port the fourth largest in the world in terms of cargo throughput and fifth in terms of container throughput in 2020. Moreover, the Guangdong-Hong Kong cross-border cargo terminal has opened up a logistics channel between Hong Kong, Macao, and Europe. After being transported from Nansha to the airport in Hong Kong, the goods can be directly delivered to the world. In addition to shipping, Nansha is actually gradually becoming a hub for global air cargo processing. Goods handled in Nansha Bonded Zone can be delivered to China and the world with ease through any of the five airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Macao. For the next five years, Nansha will also focus on developing new modes such as modern trade in goods and off-shore trade as well as new trading forms such as bonded exhibition of cultural and artistic works and bonded delivery of futures. This will expand the room for cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao.

In terms of finance, the Guangzhou Futures Exchange has been approved. Construction of financial service platforms such as the permanent venue for International Finance Forum and the International Venture Capital Center is speeding up. During the past 13th Five-Year Plan period, the number of financial and quasi-financial institutions in Nansha increased nine times to 6,574. Nansha has also been approved to pilot policies in cross-border finance such as free trade accounts and cross-border two-way financing in RMB. A total of more than 1,300 free trade accounts have been opened, and cross-border settlement in RMB has exceeded 400 billion yuan.

In terms of business environment, Nansha is at the top in the Greater Bay Area. Nansha’s global ranking in business environment based on mock evaluations continues to rise, from 51st in 2017 to 24th in 2019. This year, the China Free Trade Zone Institutional Innovation Index Achievement Report released by Sun Yat-sen University shows that Nansha ranks the third in investment facilitation among the 43 free trade zones in China. In the 2020 Guangzhou City Governance List, Nansha also ranked first in business environment. In this regard, Nansha is also constantly learning from Hong Kong's experience and practices to align its business environment with international standards and promote exchange in talents, economy, and trade. Next, I'll share some cases to illustrate.

Firstly, Nansha continues to improve the convenience of government services. Currently, in terms of business registration, commercial arbitration, construction management, and recognition of professional qualifications, Nansha has aligned itself with Hong Kong and Macao. That is to say, Hong Kong residents can enjoy the same services as mainland residents, such as quick business establishment and taxation services. Taking tax as an example, we have launched the non-discriminatory tax service and we were the first in the province to use UnionPay cards for real-name authentication. Therefore, Hong Kong people in Nansha can complete real-name registration with their mainland travel permit, passport, or permanent ID card. In addition, Nansha is actively attracting various service platforms. At present, eight Hong Kong and Macao youth innovation and entrepreneurship bases with different characteristics and focuses have settled in Nansha.

Nansha is also a fertile land for talent exchange between the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao. As the world's first international talent zone, Nansha is actively attracting talent from the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao through policies such as the talent innovation policy, the 30 measures that facilitates Hong Kong and Macao youth entrepreneurship, and the human resources industrial park. For the past five years, the Hundreds of Enterprises and Thousands of Talents Program has helped 1,800 young students from Hong Kong and Macao to learn about Nansha. Youths participating in the program can get internship and logistic support free of charge, and after graduation, many outstanding youths have chosen to work in Nansha.

In addition, we were the first in China to employ talent from Hong Kong and Macao as public servants. In Nansha, a group of young talents from Hong Kong and Macao are working in the government, statutory bodies, and state-owned enterprises, and have personally participated in the development of Nansha.

Therefore, today's Nansha, riding the wave of developing Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into a world-class bay area, has started a new journey that focuses on deep-space, deep-earth, and deep-sea exploration. We can foresee that the Greater Bay Area will be one of the bay areas with the most convenient transportation, highly concentrated innovation resources, and the most dynamic economy in the world. With heightened strategic roles, Nansha will ride this new wave of Greater Bay Area development to the forefront of the world. 

I sincerely invite you to visit Nansha after the forum. And I look forward to more closer exchanges. Thank you!