(三)支持香港特别行政区与内地加强各领域的交流合作
香港回归以来,中央政府把保持香港繁荣稳定作为国家整体发展战略的重要内容。“十五”、“十一五”规划纲要明确提出要保持香港的长期繁荣稳定,巩固和加强香港国际金融、贸易、航运中心地位。“十二五”规划纲要首次将涉港澳内容单独成章,并进一步明确香港在国家发展中的战略地位,强调国家支持香港巩固提升竞争力、支持香港培育新兴产业、深化内地与香港经济合作。
3. Supporting the HKSAR in Strengthening Exchanges and Cooperation in Various Fields with the Mainland
Since Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, the central government has made the maintenance of its prosperity and stability an important part of the country's overall development strategy. Both the 10th and 11th Five-Year Plans stress the need to ensure lasting prosperity and stability in Hong Kong, and strengthen its position as an international center of finance, trade and shipping. In the 12th Five-Year Plan, for the first time, the development of Hong Kong and Macau is dealt with in an independent section. This has further defined Hong Kong's strategic position in China's development strategy and stressed the state support for Hong Kong in enhancing its competitive edge, fostering emerging industries and deepening economic cooperation with the mainland.
——支持香港特别行政区与内地深化经贸合作。CEPA及其补充协议的实施,有力消除香港与内地在贸易、投资等方面的制度性障碍,深化了两地经贸关系,拓宽了两地合作领域,实现了两地互利共赢。目前,内地是香港最大的贸易伙伴。2013年,据香港统计,香港与内地的贸易额38913亿港元,比1997年增长2.49倍,占香港对外贸易总额的51.1%。同时,香港是内地最重要的贸易伙伴和主要出口市场之一。香港还是内地最大的境外融资中心。截至2013年底,在香港上市的内地企业797家,占香港上市公司总数的48.5%;在香港上市的内地企业总市值13.7万亿港元,占香港股市总市值的56.9%。此外,内地与香港还互为外来直接投资的最大来源地。截至2013年底,内地对香港直接投资超过3588亿美元,占内地对外直接投资总额的近六成;内地累计批准港商投资项目近36万个,实际使用港资累计6656.7亿美元,占内地累计吸收境外投资的47.7%。
——支持香港特别行政区与内地各省、自治区、直辖市特别是广东省加强区域合作。中央政府批准设立粤港合作联席会议、泛珠三角区域合作与发展论坛。批准实施《珠江三角洲地区改革发展规划纲要(2008-2020年)》、《横琴总体发展规划》、《前海深港现代服务业合作区总体发展规划》、《广州南沙新区发展规划》,批准广东省与香港特别行政区签署《粤港合作框架协议》,明确粤港合作的重点领域,构建珠海横琴新区、深圳前海深港现代服务业合作区、广州南沙新区三大合作平台,促进粤港两地共同打造更具综合竞争力的世界级城市群和世界先进制造业、先进服务业基地。还批准香港特别行政区与北京市、上海市建立区域合作机制,支持香港特别行政区政府在内地设立办事机构。香港特别行政区政府除在北京设立办事处外,还先后在广州、上海、成都、武汉设立经济贸易办事处,在深圳、重庆、福州设立联络处,促进了香港与内地有关地方的经贸合作以及其他方面的交流。
-Supporting the HKSAR further in developing economic and trade cooperation with the mainland. The implementation of the CEPA and its supplementary agreements has removed a great deal of institutional barriers in trade, investment and other sectors between Hong Kong and the mainland, strengthened their economic and trade relations, and broadened the range of cooperation, with both sides benefiting from their cooperation. Currently, the mainland is the largest trading partner of Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong statistics, in 2013 the trade volume between Hong Kong and the mainland reached HK$3.8913 trillion, 3.49 times that of 1997 and accounting for 51.1 percent of Hong Kong's external trade. At the same time, Hong Kong is the mainland's most important trading partner, a key export market and the mainland's largest off-shore financial center. By the end of 2013, mainland enterprises listed in Hong Kong had totaled 797, accounting for 48.5 percent of the total number of Hong Kong listed companies. In addition, their total market value had reached HK$13.7 trillion, accounting for 56.9 percent of the total value of the Hong Kong stock market. In addition, the mainland and Hong Kong are each other's largest source of overseas direct investment (ODI). By the end of 2013, Hong Kong's ODI from the mainland had exceeded US$358.8 billion, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the mainland's total ODI; the mainland had approved nearly 360,000 projects with Hong Kong investment, involving US$665.67 billion in total and accounting for 47.7 percent of the mainland's total ODI.
-Supporting the HKSAR in strengthening cooperation with mainland provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, particularly Guangdong Province. The central government has endorsed the establishment of the Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Joint Conference, and the Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation and Development Forum. It approved the implementation of the Outline of the Plan for the Reform and Development of the Pearl River Delta (2008-2020), the Overall Development Plan of Hengqin, the Overall Development Plan for the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, and the Development Plan for the Nansha New District of Guangzhou, and approved the signing by Guangdong with the HKSAR of the Framework Agreement on Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation, which identifies the three key areas of cooperation, namely, building the Hengqin New District of Zhuhai, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone and the Nansha New District of Guangzhou, the central government has urged Guangdong and Hong Kong to work together to build more competitive world-class urban cluster with cutting-edge manufacturing and service industries. The central government has also approved the establishment by the HKSAR of regional cooperation mechanisms with Beijing and Shanghai, and supported the HKSAR government to set up offices on the mainland. Currently, in addition to its Beijing Office, the HKSAR government has also set up commercial offices in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu and Wuhan, and liaison offices in Shenzhen, Chongqing and Fuzhou, which are instrumental in promoting Hong Kong's economic and trade cooperation with the various localities in the mainland and exchanges in other areas.