Where is the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong? The orientation of the northern metropolitan area is to become a livable, business-friendly and tourist-friendly metropolitan area, with science and technology as the economic engine. It can provide more than 900,000 residential units and is expected to accommodate 2.5 million people. Where is the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong?
Where is the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong? /kloc-On the morning of 0/6, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivered a new policy address in the Legislative Council.
The biggest focus is that Hong Kong will build a northern metropolitan area.
Lin Zheng's original words are: I hope that Hong Kong people and the SAR Government Qi Xin will work together to basically complete the development of the northern metropolitan area in the next 20 years, build an international innovation and technology center, and create a unique urban landscape of "integration of urban and rural areas, coexistence of development and protection", which is comparable to the Victoria Harbour metropolitan area marked by an international financial center, so that the two metropolitan areas located in the north and south of Hong Kong can keep pace and shine each other, adding luster to the Oriental Pearl of the motherland!
After the release of the report, the concept of the northern metropolitan area immediately aroused heated discussion, especially comparing the northern metropolitan area with the most famous and beautiful Victoria Harbour metropolitan area in Hong Kong, which made people look forward to it infinitely. You know, Victoria Harbour is the symbol of Hong Kong. At present, more than 90% of Hong Kong's population and businesses are gathered on both sides of Victoria Harbour. Will the northern metropolitan area play the same important role as Victoria Harbour in the future? In the radio program on the 7th, Lin Zheng said bluntly: The northern metropolitan area will be a plan to "create wealth" and make money.
Where is the northern metropolitan area?
The northern metropolitan area includes two local administrative districts, namely Yuen Long District and North District, which include newly developed new towns, such as Tin Shui Wai, Yuen Long and Fanling/Sheung Shui and their neighboring rural areas. There are six new development areas and development hubs at different stages of planning and construction, including Gudong/Fanling North, Hongshuiqiao/Xiacun, Yuen Long South, San Tin/Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To and New Territories North New Town. Bordering Shenzhen and having seven cross-border land ports, it is the most important area for Hong Kong to promote the integration of Hong Kong and Shenzhen and connect with Greater Bay Area.
The orientation of the northern metropolitan area is to become a livable, business-friendly and tourist-friendly metropolitan area, with science and technology as the economic engine. It can provide more than 900,000 residential units and is expected to accommodate 2.5 million people. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor pointed out that the 300-square-kilometer metropolitan area, covering the Shenzhen-Hong Kong port economic belt and deeper hinterland from west to east, will enjoy the bonus of complementary advantages and integrated development between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and help Hong Kong better integrate into the overall situation of national development.
"Two Cities and Three Circles"
The concept of "two cities and three circles" came into being! "Twin Cities" are Hong Kong and Shenzhen; From west to east, the "three circles" are Shenzhen Bay Quality Development Circle, Hong Kong-Shenzhen Close Interaction Circle and Dapeng Bay/Yinzhoutang Ecological Leisure Tourism Circle. This is the core content of Lin Zheng's policy address and the core of the development strategy of the northern metropolis. The policy address points out that the establishment of the spatial concept of "two cities and three circles" will help the governments of Hong Kong and Shenzhen to promote the close cooperation between the two places in economy, infrastructure, scientific and technological innovation, people's livelihood and ecological environment, and bring into play the strong alliance, resulting in benefits of one plus one greater than two.
Let's take a look at the development goals undertaken by the specific "three circles" and which areas of Shenzhen have been docked.
Shenzhen Bay High-quality Development Zone is located in the western part of the northern metropolitan area, mainly including Hong Kong's Yuen Long New Town, Tin Shui Wai New Town, Hongshuiqiao/Xiacun New Development Zone and Yuen Long Nankai Development Zone, bordering Shekou, Nanshan, Qianhai and Baoan in Shenzhen. Among them, Hongshuiqiao/Xiacun New Development Zone can be upgraded to the core business district of New Territories North. Take the opportunity of the expansion of Qianhai Cooperation Zone within the circle to promote and deepen the development of high-end economic cooperation with Qianhai in financial and professional services, modern logistics and scientific and technological services. Hong Kong can make good use of the development of Shenzhen Houhai Headquarters Base, Dashahe Innovation Corridor and Nanshan High-tech Zone, accelerate the development of the core business district in New Territories North, attract more high-end enterprises to enter the Shenzhen and Greater Bay Area markets, form a stable and comprehensive economic scale and create more new economic jobs.
The close interaction circle between Hong Kong and Shenzhen is the central part of the northern metropolitan area, which mainly includes the Xintian/Lok Ma Chau Development Hub, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation Park, the Northeast Valley and Fanling North New Development Zone, the Fanling/Sheung Shui New Town in Hong Kong and the New Territories North New Town. It borders Shenzhen Luohu and Futian Central District and is the most densely populated area of Hong Kong-Shenzhen ports. This circle will become the core area for Shenzhen and Hong Kong to promote the development and cooperation of creative industries. Expand and upgrade the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Science and Technology Park and the surrounding areas of Xintian/Lok Ma Chau into a complete Xintian Science and Technology City, and form a complete technology industry ecosystem by gathering technology enterprises and supporting facilities.
Dapeng Bay/Yinzhoutang Ecological Leisure Tourism Circle is located in the eastern part of the northern metropolitan area, connecting Shenzhen Shatoujiao, Yantian and Dapeng Peninsula. In this region, both Hong Kong and Shenzhen are rich in natural resources, including nature reserves, marine parks and geological parks, which have high ecological and habitat values.
Key action
According to this macro and beautiful blueprint, the northern metropolitan area, which is fully interconnected with Shenzhen, has a bright future. What are the specific measures to "turn decay into magic"?
For example, the key action directions and projects in the development strategy of the northern metropolitan area mentioned: "Liufushan/Jianbizui's location near the cross-border railway station is of strategic significance, and large-scale and iconic creative industrial facilities can be built on the newly developed land, which echoes the Qianhai Cooperation Zone across the bay and becomes the flagship project of deep cooperation between the core business district of New Territories North and Qianhai Cooperation Zone." It is too unexpected that Liufushan will be transformed into a creative base.
Speaking of Liu Fu, friends who are familiar with Hong Kong will think that the most beautiful sunset in Hong Kong is south of Ha Pak Nai. In the past, to watch the sunset in Liu Fu Mountain Ha Pak Nai, you had to take west rail line to Yuen Long, and then take a minibus from the bus terminal to Liu Fushan. The scenery outside the window is farmland, ponds and groves, and it took half an hour to get to the destination. Standing on the mudflat in Ha Pak Nai, overlooking Shenzhen Bay, as night falls, Shenzhen, which is lined with high-rise buildings on the other side, is brightly lit and bustling, while Hong Kong is in the middle of nowhere or in narrow streets.
Only by standing in the northern part of the New Territories and looking north, the impact brought by this gap is particularly real and strong. In fact, this is a microcosm of the vast area in the northern New Territories. Both Yuen Long, known as the "country", and Tin Shui Wai, branded with "sadness", are the other side of Hong Kong, and the bright and advanced background of Hong Kong.
Sadly, Shenzhen's urban development is close to Shenzhen Bay and the north bank of Shenzhen River, and now it has formed a vibrant urban skyline. As the residents of Yuen Long often say, "I saw with my own eyes that high-rise buildings were built in Shenzhen for a while, but Yuen Long remained the same". I'm sure I've been watching the rapid development of Shenzhen across the river all day. After the Outline of Greater Bay Area Development Plan was put forward, when Qianhai developed rapidly and was highly integrated, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region decided to actively integrate into the overall situation and not dare to lag behind. Now the Hong Kong SAR Government has finally begun to attach importance to the northern New Territories, building high-rise buildings from wasteland, turning backwardness and poverty into advanced innovation, and comparing it with the most famous Victoria Harbour metropolitan area in Hong Kong, which means that the "northern wilderness" in Hong Kong has become a "northern warehouse".
Overlooking Shenzhen from Ha Pak Nai.
Let's take Liufu Mountain as an example. According to the policy address, according to a preliminary estimate, Liufu Mountain and Tsim Bizui have the potential to be zoned for creative purposes, which can accommodate 6000 to 8000 jobs related to the application of innovative technologies, equivalent to the size of a Cyberport. In addition, the policy address proposes that the development of the northern metropolitan area will add two brand-new railway projects and add 65,438+00 stations in Hong Kong. In the route from Hongshuiqiao to Shenzhen Qianhai of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway, besides Hongshuiqiao Station, there will also be stations in Xiacun and Liufushan, which will be connected with Shenzhen.
Will so much planned land destroy the natural environment? The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has long considered building a waterfront promenade with a length of about 65,438+02.5 kilometers from Tsim Bei Tsui to Pak Nai in the Conservation Park, which will provide walking and cycling trails for the convenience of the public to enjoy the natural environment and enjoy the sunset scenery in Pak Nai.
By this time, the northern metropolitan area, which is suitable for living, industry and tourism, and the urban landscape of "urban and rural integration, development and protection coexist" have a concrete look in my mind.
golden opportunity
Why now? Why not develop it earlier?
When people applaud this far-sighted long-term plan, such doubts are naturally indispensable. On the morning of the 7th, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor attended a radio program to respond to the policies in the policy address. Someone asked him why he didn't put forward the planning of New Territories North in the land debate three years ago. Lin Zheng said, "That's a good question," because Hong Kong is now at its best, returning to the correct track of "one country, two systems" and being protected by the Hong Kong National Security Law, and the central authorities need not worry about Hong Kong's integration into national development. After improving the electoral system, we can ensure the emergence of an executive-led government with the Chief Executive as the core.
For example, Lin Zheng said that in the past, the Legislative Council had great powers. For example, the legislative work of "co-location of customs clearance" for high-speed rail was originally full of difficulties, but recently the Legislative Council "unconsciously" passed the "co-location of customs clearance" scheme at Huanggang Port, which is no longer as pan-political as before. She said that as the chief executive, we must grasp the momentum, follow the trend and take the initiative to propose the planning of the northern metropolitan area. "It's good to look after the situation at home. Why not take it out?" ) and smiled and said, "If it had been three years ago, I would have been at a loss." .
Lin Zheng said, very sincere. If this plan had been put forward three years ago, it would have been deliberately attacked and maliciously "rabble" by many opposition parties and even "speculators". At that time, there were still many opposition members in the Legislative Council who undermined the development and prosperity of Hong Kong, seriously undermining the proper positive interaction between the SAR Government and the Legislative Council, just to stifle the work that was conducive to Hong Kong's economic development and improving people's livelihood. Lin Zheng said in the policy address delivered on the 6th that since the group of Members who "opposed for the sake of opposition" left the Parliament in June 2020, this year's Legislative Council can be said to be fruitful, with 46 bills passed and over HK$ 320 billion passed, thus fulfilling the constitutional functions of the Legislative Council.
This fully shows that "patriots ruling Hong Kong" will help to effectively improve the governance efficiency of the SAR. In fact, with the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong and the improvement of the electoral system in the SAR, Hong Kong has turned from chaos to governance, and has ushered in a new situation of returning to the track of "one country, two systems", focusing on the economy and improving people's livelihood, and a good situation of good governance. All the work of people's livelihood and economic development can be carried out steadily and smoothly, and the planning of the northern metropolitan area is just the right time.
We have reason to believe that in the near future, Hong Kong will have two powerful economic engines, one in the south and the other in the north. For a time, people thought of Hong Kong not only as the historic Victoria Harbour, but also as a northern metropolis full of vitality and hope. By then, with the further integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, people in "two cities and three circles" and Greater Bay Area will have a better and happier life, and Hong Kong's tomorrow will be even better!
Where is the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong? 21On October 6th, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, delivered the 202 1 policy address, which was also his last policy address during his term of office.
Among them, the biggest highlight is the proposal to establish the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong, covering an area of 300 square kilometers, spanning the Shenzhen-Hong Kong port economic belt from Shenzhen Bay to Dapeng Bay and a deeper hinterland.
The highlight is that the northern metropolitan area will build an international innovation and technology center.
In the annual report of the Global Innovation Index just released by the International Intellectual Property Organization this year, there is an indicator to measure science and technology centers, that is, Science & Technology Clusters. Greater Bay Area's Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Exchange ranks second in the world and China ranks first.
It should be pointed out that in 20 19 and the previous three years, this report put Hong Kong and Shenzhen together, ranking second in the world, behind Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area, excluding Guangzhou.
The ranking of Hong Kong's innovation index in the global economy has fallen out of the top ten since 20 15, and it ranks 14 this year. In recent years, the ranking of Chinese mainland has surpassed that of Hongkong, and this year it rose from 14 to 12.
Hong Kong once created Shenzhen, but Shenzhen's economic aggregate surpassed Hong Kong in 20 18, and it also undertook the mission of the country in innovation and industrial capacity.
"One country, two systems" has entered a new stage, especially to prove to the whole world that not only Chinese mainland's cities can catch up with Hong Kong, but also Hong Kong can do better.
Hong Kong 1 106 square kilometers, with a population of 7.48 million and a GDP of 346.6 billion US dollars (about 2.23 trillion yuan).
Shenzhen is 2050 square kilometers, with a population of17.56 million and a GDP of 2.77 trillion yuan.
Shanghai is 6,340 square kilometers, with a population of 24.87 million and a GDP of 3.87 trillion yuan.
Beijing 164 1 1 km2, with a population of 21890,000 and a GDP of 3.6 trillion.
The combined area of Hong Kong and Shenzhen is less than half that of Shanghai, or even less than one-fifth that of Beijing. The total GDP has reached 5 trillion yuan.
The most direct way to solve the economic development and social problems of Hong Kong and Macao and meet the challenges faced by Greater Bay Area is to give them room for development. For the whole country, putting limited resources into a more efficient and high-quality growth pole is the strategy to deal with change.
The essence of the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong lies in science and technology. The integration of Shenzhen and Hong Kong, a new metropolis with a capacity of 2.5 million people, has also solved the development space of the two places.
A month ago, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Plan for Comprehensively Deepening the Reform and Opening-up of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, which further expanded the development space of Qianhai Cooperation Zone, and the total area of Qianhai Cooperation Zone was expanded from 14.92 square kilometers to 120.56 square kilometers.
On September 5th of the previous day, the Central Committee of China and the State Council issued the overall plan for the construction of Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone. The implementation scope of the cooperation zone is the customs supervision area between the "first line" and "second line" of Qinheng Island, with a total area of about 106 square kilometers.
Within a month, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Zhuhai launched three projects in succession, winning 52 1 square kilometer of land for development, covering an area close to half of Hong Kong.
As an ambassador, Greater Bay Area shoulders a great mission in solving its own development problems.
Northern metropolis, a field of hope
The northern metropolitan area will become the bridgehead for Hong Kong's full integration into Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's national strategy and a new growth point for Hong Kong in the future. Hong Kong is an international metropolis, one of the eight financial centers in the world with developed information consultation, and the information consultation center in Asia, with a highly prosperous economy. Hong Kong is one of the four little dragons in Asia (Korean, Hong Kong, Taiwan Province and Singapore).
Shenzhen is a frontier city connecting China and Hongkong, and also one of the core cities of Shenzhen and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Relying on its proximity to Hong Kong, the reform and opening up has attracted a large number of Hong Kong investors to invest in Hong Kong, which has become an important force in Shenzhen's rise as an international metropolis. At present, Shenzhen has developed into a world-renowned science and technology innovation city, and world-renowned technology companies such as Tencent, Huawei and DJI have been born. Shenzhen is also the most developed city of high-tech and high-end equipment manufacturing in China. Shenzhen has developed into the third largest first-tier city in China, surpassing the largest cities in Guangzhou and Guangdong.
To sum up, the construction of the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong will become an important strategic fulcrum integrated into the national development strategy and a new growth point for Hong Kong's future development. The construction of the northern metropolitan area of Hong Kong will inject new impetus into the development of Hong Kong.