1. Prominent Speaker Series
Regional Integration Between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta and the Prospects for Hong Kong
Leung Chun Ying
10 September 2010
Prominent Speaker Series
The French Chamber

2. Shenzhen 30 Years Ago

3. Shenzhen today

4. Guangdong and HK
Guangdong’s GDP surpassed Singapore in 1998, Hong Kong in 2003 and Taiwan in 2007.
Guangdong’s GDP was roughly the same as HK’s in 2003; in 2009, it was nearly 3 times.
In 2015, the GDP’s of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are respectively estimated to be close to, or even surpass HK’s GDP.

5. Coverage of PRD’s
Pearl River Delta (PRD): Nine cities in Guangdong Province including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.
Greater PRD: The 9 cities plus Hong Kong and Macau.
Pan-PRD was conceptualized in 2003: 9 provinces Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, plus the 2 SARs (9+2).

6. Pan-PRD Pan-PRD Region Sichuan Jiangxi Hunan Guizhou Fujian Guangxi
Guangdong
Yunnan
HKSAR
Macau
Hainan

7. Greater PRD Guangzhou Huizhou Dongguan Shenzhen Hong Kong Macau Zhuhai
Zhongshan
Foshan
Zhaoqing
Jiangmen

8. Satellite Image of the Greater PRD

9. Positioning of the PRD
Pearl River Delta Reform and Development Planning
Outline :
As the pioneer of reforms and the opening-up policy and an important economic hub of China, the Pearl River Delta has played a remarkable leading role and has an important strategic status in the overall effort of China to pursue economic and social development and carry on the reform and opening-up.

10. Coastal Petrochem, Steel and Shipbuilding projects in Guangdong
中国委内瑞拉石化项目
龙穴岛造船项目
中国科威特石化项目
宝钢1000万吨钢铁项目

11. Automobile Manufacturing Industries in Guangdong

12. Infrastructure Coordination (1) Countrywide High-speed Railway
Beijing-Guangzhou-HK Line
Guangzhou-Guiyang-Chongqing Line
Shanghai-Shenzhen Coastal Line
Guangzhou-Nanning-Kunming Line
Western Guangdong Coastal Line

13. Infrastructure Coordination (2) Greater PRD “One-hour Radius”
PRD Intercity High-speed Railway Planning
Beijing-Guangzhou-Hong Kong High-speed Railway

14. Challenges
Changes in the world economy and the need to boost internal demand, the PRD needs to change its mode of development.
Policies include:
~ Upgrading the industries, developing heavy and chemical industries, high-tech industries and modern service industries
~ Inter-city integration in financial and transportation systems, and cooperation in urban planning:
3 Clusters of cities: Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing, Shenzhen-Dongguan-Huizhou and Zhuhai-Zhongshan-Jiangmen
~ Utilize the advanced systems of the HKSAR, further develop the PRD as the pioneer of the country’s reform and openning-up.

15. New Challenges to the Cooperation between Guangdong, HK and Macau
Guangdong is less dependent on the SAR?
Coordinating the infrastructures. e.g. 5 international airports in the Greater PRD: HK, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, Zhuhai. Competition among the ports is also fierce.
Different legal, social and economic systems.
Flow of people, goods and capital.

16. Problems in Coordination of Infrastructures(1) Airspace conflicts in the PRD
Guangzhou Baiyun Int’l Airport
Guangzhou
Flight Information Region
Shenzhen Baoan Int’l Airport
HK Int’l Airport
Macau Int’l Airport
Hong Kong
Flight Information Region
Zhuhai Int’l Airport
Direction of runway

17. The Way to Go for Hong Kong
To support the PRD with advanced professional services.
Further relaxation of policies to foster the “One-hour Radius” concept: cross-border vehicular traffic, co-location Inspection.

18. Supporting the PRD Industries: Maritime Services as an Example
Besides shore-based port services, Maritime desk-based services.
Maritime services include ship registration, management services, financing, sale and leasing, maritime insurance, legal services.
HK can service the ports in the PRD and develop into a major maritime center.

20. The Border Development Zone
港島中環

21. Thank You!