The Little Pearl River Delta is what we usually call the Pearl River Delta, including nine cities (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Huizhou and Jiangmen), with an area of about 40,000 square kilometers and a population of about 40 million. The Greater Pearl River Delta includes Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The greater Pearl River Delta covers an area of 18 1 10,000 square kilometers, with a total registered population of 86.79 million. The Pan-Pearl River Delta includes nine provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong, and two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, which are geographically adjacent and have close economic and trade relations. The Pan-Pearl River Delta covers an area of 2.006 million square kilometers, with a total registered population of 456.98 million. The Yangtze River Delta includes Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Ningbo, Jiaxing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Nantong, Zhoushan, Yangzhou, Taizhou and Taizhou. The Yangtze River Delta has a land area of 109600 square kilometers and a population of 82 12 12000. Today, the total GDP of the Yangtze River Delta (temporary loan) is nearly twice that of the small Pearl River Delta, but the per capita GDP is not as good as that of the small Pearl River Delta. The Yangtze River Delta has shown a strong late-comer motivation. At this rate, the Pearl River Delta will be completely surpassed by the Yangtze River Delta.
Where is the Little Pearl River Delta?
1. The links between the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong are insufficient. The Guangdong government is too high-profile and always regards itself as the big brother of reform and opening up, while Hong Kong, a tiny place, should be the little brother. In fact, Guangdong should recognize the leading role of Hong Kong in the Pan-Pearl River Delta economy and contact Hong Kong more. Hong Kong is one of the largest ports in the world, with active economy (once rated as the most active region in the world), developed tertiary industry, good industrial structure and high degree of modernization. Hong Kong's international status can help Guangzhou. However, over the years since Hong Kong's reunification, the problem of customs clearance between Guangdong and Hong Kong has not really been solved. Rising to the national level, Hong Kong's economic downturn will not only affect Guangdong's economy, but also be a disgrace to the Chinese nation. I hope the Guangdong provincial government can face up to this problem. The economic growth of Hong Kong mainly depends on the cooperation and support of the Guangdong government, because most of the basic materials of Hong Kong come from Shenzhen, Guangdong.
2. The Yangtze River Delta takes Shanghai as the center and has a large radiation range. Other cities in the Yangtze River Delta, as the hinterland of Shanghai (in fact, the Central Plains after Shanghai is its hinterland), provide the necessary materials (mines such as Anhui) and energy for its development (Shanxi is a major media province). Driven by Shanghai, the Yangtze River Delta dares to fight hard, actively attracts foreign investment and is supported by government policies. Especially in Zhejiang, enterprises are at the forefront, and the government does "logistics", which is an important reason for the rapid economic growth in Zhejiang recently. The geographical position of the small Pearl River Delta is awkward, and there is no place around it that can provide materials and energy like the Great Central Plains. Under the restriction of land and resources, the development is relatively limited.
3. Increase investment in education in Guangdong. There are many universities in the Yangtze River Delta and Yellow Triangle, especially first-class universities. Beijing: Peking University, Tsinghua, National People's Congress, Chinese Academy of Sciences (this can't be helped) and so on; Tianjin: Nankai, Tianda; Shanghai: Shanghai, Fudan, Tongji, Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. In Guangzhou, to be honest, only CUHK can be called a first-class university, and its engineering strength is not good. South China University of Technology pays too much attention to engineering, and there are few research institutes in Chinese Academy of Sciences. On the other hand, it is indeed a very good idea for the Guangdong provincial government to set up a university town, which will complement each other to a certain extent, but as far as I can see, it has not given full play to its due effect. There are still some problems in the cultivation of undergraduates and postgraduates. It is suggested that the government set up a fund to send out students who are willing, have good academic performance or expertise, and have financial problems for two years at the undergraduate stage. The policy is 1+2+ 1. Many excellent students can't accept new ideas because of economic problems (this is not to kiss up to foreigners and control foreigners like foreigners). Then increase the subsidies for students. At all times and in all countries, the biggest investment and the highest return is the investment in "people".
In other words, other netizens also talked about retaining talents and attracting talents. However, I still think the most important thing is to retain talents and attract talents on this basis. There is a famous theory in marketing called "The Thief Ship Theory" (there is absolutely no innuendo), which says: There are thieves on the dock, and the captain often deceives people to board the ship everywhere, and the deceived people are publicized everywhere, and fewer and fewer people can be deceived by the captain. Finally, no one will be cheated again. The meaning behind this is very simple. The cost of retaining a talent is only a quarter of the cost of attracting a talent (the principle of marketing). The government should set up some scientific research funds, talent life guarantee funds and so on. For students at school, we should give them living allowances and set up responsive government scholarships to leave a good impression on Guangdong college students and make them loyal to the development of Guangdong. This is difficult to do, but the performance is also very high. In addition, Guangdong has not done enough in many small aspects, such as the replacement of foreign technicians and so on.
4. Create an active economic atmosphere and foster a hotbed of entrepreneurship. Economic freedom is the key factor for the success of starting a business. Economic freedom index is a commonly used index in the world, which is mainly composed of trade policy, tax level, government intervention, degree of control and monetary policy. Guangdong government can start with business license, securities, merger regulations and incentive policies to create a hotbed suitable for entrepreneurship. As for starting a business, as far as I know, the government-related funds in economic parks should examine many factors (this is necessary), but I know that for entrepreneurs, I know that non-essential parameters such as returnees are generally needed, and so on account for too much weight. I admit that most returnees are elites, but it is not only returnees who can create good enterprises. Many returnees have skills, but have no management experience, and they are obviously too arrogant. On the contrary, many ideas are good, but entrepreneurs with low academic qualifications and no foreign experience have no chance. Gates dropped out of school, so did Dell's founder (beating IBM, the market leader at that time, on the PC), and Sam, the founder of Wal-Mart, was not highly educated ... Education is very important, but it is far less important than what the government now sees. In addition, technological entrepreneurship is one aspect, as well as creative entrepreneurship and service entrepreneurship. It is also possible. Think about Four Seasons Hotel, FedEx and Disney. These companies didn't have any high technology at first.
5. Grasp the development direction of science and technology, combine the reality of Guangdong, and focus on tackling key problems. Let's take technology entrepreneurship now. As we all know, now is the era when information technology dominates all industries. I believe this will not change in the next 20 years. What about the next 20 years? Information technology depends on the semiconductor industry, and semiconductors are based on materials (in fact, manufacturing is based on materials). With people's understanding of material polarization (micro and macro), traditional materials can no longer meet the demand, and nano-materials will trigger the third industrial revolution (I believe it will not be too far away), which has been unanimously recognized at home and abroad. The first industrial revolution created Western Europe, and the second industrial revolution created the United States and Japan. We in China can't miss the third industrial revolution. Only when China has an advantage in the third industrial revolution can it surpass Europe, America and Japan in a big way and stand among the nations of the world. In addition, emerging industries such as biomedicine, genetic engineering, fuel cell, new energy, environmental protection industry and superconducting materials will account for an increasing proportion in the whole industry. The School of Materials and Environmental Engineering of South China University of Technology is very strong, and the government should attach importance to it and set up some government funds to promote scientific research and development and industrial research. CUHK's medicine is a bright spot and should also be paid attention to.
6. Optimization of industrial structure. To tell the truth, since the reform and opening up, Guangdong has mainly developed light industry, which is highly labor-intensive. The tertiary industry can't keep up, and the basic manufacturing industry is relatively backward. After the return of Hong Kong and Macao, the Pearl River Delta should cooperate with Hong Kong and Macao, optimize the industrial structure of the Pan-Pearl River Delta, and focus on developing the tertiary industry, manufacturing industry and the fourth industry (creative industry). Recently, the Guangdong government has issued some policies, and the relocation of Dongguan shoe factory is a good start, which shows that the government has noticed this problem. Now is the period of industrial restructuring in the Pearl River Delta, and it is hoped that Guangdong can successfully complete the industrial restructuring.
Of course, the small Pearl River Delta is not "useless". The small Pearl River Delta is facing huge industrial restructuring. During this period, a large number of labor-intensive enterprises moved out, which will affect Guangdong's GDP in recent years to some extent. However, after experiencing such a "pain" in Guangdong, the economy of the small Pearl River Delta will face a new round of rapid development and regain its economic status.
OMELCO digression: With the inward migration of labor-intensive enterprises in Guangdong, it has brought vitality to the mainland economy and the mainland economy has developed. I believe that the mainland's economy will also develop, and then it will develop into high technology. This is a process problem ... On the other hand, it may not be possible for the mainland to directly introduce high technology at the expense of resources and the environment.
Shanghai, Shenzhen. These two places are simply miracles. Shanghai's GDP is catching up with Hong Kong, and it is expected to catch up with Hong Kong in 20 10, but the per capita GDP is still far behind. Hong Kong has matured, while Shanghai is in its prime. Shenzhen is a "tiny place", with per capita GDP (more than US$ and Shanghai more than US$ 9,000) and incredible purchasing power. Think about it. In 2006, the GDP per square kilometer was 298 million. I believe that no city in the mainland can match it, and its GDP exceeds that of Hong Kong.