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- Promote innovation-driven development Kong and Macau, and support the operation
by strengthening the support and leadership of of the "Daily Route" from Qinzhou Port to
science, technology and innovation, and promoting Hong Kong; (iii) promote the "port-to-port
reform in the field of human resources. combined transport" between Guigang Port
and Guangzhou Port and other key ports in the
- Build a new channel for international Greater Bay Area and accelerate the integrated
land and sea trade with ASEAN by creating construction of world-class port groups in
a major international channel, innovating in the Greater Bay Area; and (iv) strengthen the
multimodal transport services and building a pilot interconnection between construction of the
demonstration zone for cooperation with ASEAN. Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt and new land
and marine routes for western regions.
- Form an important portal for organic
connection with the "Belt and Road" by building a - In terms of air transportation, Guangxi shall
gateway port for land-sea links in western regions speed up construction of the international aviation
and building a land portal between Mainland China hub to connect with the Greater Bayer Area and
and the Indochina Peninsula. build a regional international aviation center for
Beibu Gulf Port to serve inland areas and connect
Implementation Plan for Guangxi with ASEAN.
to Comprehensively Connect with the
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater II. Enhancing industrial transfer
Bay Area (2019-2021)
- Undertake industrial transfer along the whole
In order to seize the historical opportunities industry chain by promoting new emerging
from construction of the Guangdong-Hong industries such as processing of consumer
Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and accelerate products, electronic information, artificial
comprehensive connection with the Greater Bay intelligence, drones and biomedicine from the
Area, on May 20, 2019, the People's Government Greater Bay Area, and build 15-20 industrial parks
of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the region.
issued the “Implementation Plan for Guangxi to
Comprehensively Connect with the Guangdong- - Construct an industrial belt around Guangdong
Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (2019- Province and the Xijiang Industrial Belt and Beibu
2021)” (the “Guangxi Connect Plan”), proposing Gulf Coastal-border Industrial Belt by focusing on
specific measures on the comprehensive industrial cooperation models such as "finished
interconnection with the Greater Bay Area in terms machine + supporting facilities", "raw materials
of transportation interconnection and industrial + finished products" and concentrate efforts on
transfer. Specific measures include: building three major resource-based industrial
clusters for deep processing of petrochemicals,
I. Expanding the interconnection of infrastructure steel and aluminum.

- In terms of land transportation, actively - Increase the development of business logistics
integrate into the 2-hour commuting circle of the and logistics clusters by building several core
Greater Bay Area by planning and constructing clusters of trade and logistics, service outsourcing,
a railway, and repairing interprovincial highways cross-border e-commerce, border financial
and roads. services and comprehensive services that reach
the Greater Bay Area.
- In terms of water transportation, Guangxi
shall: (i) promote cooperation between the Beibu - Promote the construction of industrial
Gulf Port and major domestic ports such as Hong innovation platforms by actively introducing social
Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc.; (ii) jointly forces such as industry leaders in the Greater Bay
cultivate and increase the number of routes along Area, venture capital investment institutions and
the coast from Guangxi to Guangdong, Hong venture service organizations to accelerate the

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