? People are closely related and economically dependent on each other. ? At the meeting, Hong Kong members described the relationship between Fujian and Hong Kong in this way. According to statistics, there are more than 265,438,000 Hong Kong-funded enterprises registered in Fuzhou, and there are 46,000 Hong Kong permanent residents. At the same time, 26 companies in our city went to Hong Kong for listing and financing. Strong emotional ties and solid economic and trade bridges make the exchanges between Fujian and Hong Kong more distinctive and larger in scale.
After more than seven years of development, Fuzhou New Area has formed an industrial system centered on digital economy, new materials and new energy, new displays, airports and ports, biomedicine, and health. A series of figures show the strength of Fuzhou New Area's economic development: in 2021, the regional GDP reached 271.2 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8; the added value of the digital economy accounted for 55% of GDP, and the core industries of the digital economy accounted for 9.5% of GDP, both higher than national and provincial averages. Binhai New City has invested 62.97 billion yuan in key projects; 3,172 new corporate market entities have been added, an increase of 72; a large number of strategic emerging industries such as new materials, new energy, new displays, biomedicine, and health are booming, and the vitality of economic development has been enhanced.
Currently, Fujian is accelerating the construction of the core area of ??the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and has national-level open platforms such as Fuzhou New Area and Free Trade Zone.
Looking at the long coastline of Fuzhou New District, Jiangyin Port, Panasonic Port and Mawei Port are busy. Here, sea, land and air transportation depict the city's relaxed and strong rise.
In the view of Li Lianjun, a partner of Hong Kong's Ryder-Zeberli Law Firm, Fujian Shipping is in an all-round, high-quality development stage, and companies have great demand for financial services. Fujian and Hong Kong can take advantage of Hong Kong's international shipping center and international financial center to strengthen exchanges in shipping, leasing, finance, law, insurance and other fields.
The relevant person in charge of the Fuzhou New Area Management Committee said that Hong Kong is an important transit hub for the import and export of bulk commodities in Southeast Asia. It is hoped that some shipping routes will be grafted to Jiangyin Port Area and Panasonic Port Area to be closer to the market and form an advantage. complementary.
At the meeting, the two parties also focused on cooperation in the fields of digital economy, biomedicine, finance, logistics, tourism and other fields. Is it possible that Hong Kong’s high-level international scientific research, developed professional service industry, and internationally recognized intellectual property protection mechanism, as well as Fuzhou New Area’s advantages in new materials, new displays, grain storage and food, biological health, and cultural tourism, will be realized? A powerful alliance? .