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enterprises, research institutions and higher space preparation, scientific and technological
education institutes from Hong Kong, Mainland innovation resources, and the park environment.
China and the rest of the world. At present, 370,000 square meters of scientific
research space has been raised, and 126
More importantly, the Park has two major projects have been launched and are being
connecting areas: One is the adjoining area connected.
of the Loop on the Hong Kong side with 182
hectares of land, designated as Area B in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern
development plan. This area is two times larger Service Industry Cooperation Area
than the Loop (Area A) and is reserved for
further development. The other is the Shenzhen On 26 August 2010, the State Council approved
Innovation and Technology Park located the "Overall Development Plan for Qianhai
adjacent to the Loop on the Shenzhen side (Area Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry
C) with a total area of 167 hectares. Both cities C o o p e r a t i o n Zo n e ". T h e s t r a t e g i c p o s i t i o n i n g
agreed to seek stronger policy support from the of the cooperation zone is a modern service
Central Government for the Shenzhen/Hong industry system and mechanism innovation zone,
Kong Technology and Innovation Cooperation a modern service industry development cluster
Zone, which will create cluster and synergy area, a pilot zone for cooperation where Hong
effects. The three areas encompass a total area Kong is closely connected with the mainland and a
of 426 hectares, of similar size to the Hsinchu leading zone for industrial upgrading in the Pearl
Science Park in Taiwan. It will occupy sufficient River Delta.
space to be developed into a global IT hub.
On 28 August 2020, in order to cope with the
In August 2020, the Shenzhen Municipal changes in the current economic situation, further
People's Government issued the “Opinions of promote the injection of high-quality external
the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government increments, the optimization and upgrading
on Supporting the Construction of an of internal stocks, enlarge and strengthen the
International Open Innovation Center in The scale of Qianhai’s local economy, strengthen
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology investment, pro-business, and business education,
I n n ovati o n Co o p e rat ion Zon e Sh e n zh e n Pa r k ”. The Shenzhen Qianhai Maritime Administration
It stipulates that the Shenzhen Park of the issued the "Interim Measures for Investment
cooperation zone must adhere to the two-wheel Promotion and Reward of Shenzhen Qianhai
drive development of institutional innovation Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry
and technological innovation and benchmark Cooperation Zone." The "Measures" are divided
the institutional mechanisms that are most into six chapters: general provisions, industry
conducive to technological innovation in Hong cultivation support, industry introduction
Kong and the world. Comprehensively explore rewards, application and review, supervision and
the establishment of a policy environment management, and supplementary provisions,
conducive to scientific and technological which clarify the scope of rewards, standards,
innovation, including exploring and promoting application procedures, review methods, and
the efficient and convenient flow of innovative supervision and management.
elements such as personnel and materials,
creating an international business environment, In the first quarter of 2020, Qianhai added 130
docking international scientific research rules, Hong Kong-funded enterprises with registered
and building 5G communications, biomedicine capital of 8.811 billion RMB. The number of
and other emerging industry standard rules registered Hong Kong-funded enterprises
demonstration areas. increased from 2,172 in 2015 to 12,232, with
registered capital of 1.3 trillion RMB.
In recent years, driven by a number of
measures, the Shenzhen Park of the Cooperation
Zone has undergone major changes in terms of

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