On February 16, the 2023 "big hand in small hand" and strategic industrial cluster supply chain docking activities (biomedicine and health industry cluster) were held in Guangzhou International Pharmaceutical Port. The reporter learned from the meeting that in order to help the industrial agglomeration form move towards high-end, on the same day, the "100 pharmaceutical enterprises' selection procurement alliance and the procurement base in Dawan District" was established. By building an industrial collaborative sharing platform, it will help Guangdong accelerate the expansion of the biomedical and health industries and build a trillion-level industrial cluster. In recent years, in the face of the complex and severe international situation and challenges such as the COVID-19, Guangdong's biomedical and health industry has grown steadily, its industrial structure has been constantly optimized, and its innovation ability has been constantly enhanced. In 2022, the operating revenue of Guangdong Biomedical and Health Industry Cluster reached 411.283 billion yuan, up 14.71% year on year. Ten comprehensive bio-pharmaceutical industrial parks have been initially built and two enterprises with sales revenue exceeding 50 billion yuan have been cultivated. Guangdong's biomedical industry as a whole ranks first in the country. In the view of the participating enterprises, this activity promotes the optimization and cooperation of the industrial chain and supply chain between the large backbone enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises in the biological medicine and health industry cluster, and can effectively help the cluster to achieve upstream and downstream docking, industrial upgrading, and promote the coordinated and sustainable development of the industrial cluster ecosystem. As an important carrier of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Comprehensive Medical and Health Pilot Zone, the Guangzhou International Medical Exhibition and Trade Center, the first phase of the Guangzhou International Medical Port Project, is a one-stop procurement center for traditional Chinese medicine and tonic products in the world. It has gathered more than 1000 large health industry enterprises and businesses from all over the country. "In recent years, we have set up the big health industry live broadcast e-commerce incubation base, built the Ark Zhibu e-commerce platform, and continuously introduced high-quality resources to help you 'buy the world and sell the world'," said Lu Hankun, vice chairman and president of Guangzhou International Pharmaceutical Port Group. According to the statistics of industry organizations, the current domestic biomedical industry market is expected to exceed 4 trillion yuan, with a huge scale. Experts pointed out that Guangdong should give full play to and make good use of the advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, such as institutional innovation, the forefront of reform and opening up, and the international scientific and technological innovation center, to accelerate the building of the biomedical industry highland. (Xinhua News Agency)