According to the Overall Plan for the Construction of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone and the Overall Development Plan of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, and with the approval of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone Management Committee, the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone Executive Committee and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone Work Office have announced that the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone) will officially close and operate from midnight on March 1, 2024. On February 8th, the Macao Special Administrative Region Information Bureau announced that the Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, He Yicheng, on behalf of the Macao Special Administrative Region government, sincerely thanks the central government for its high attention and strong support to the development of the Special Administrative Region and the construction of the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone. The Special Administrative Region government will fully cooperate and follow up on the relevant work of the closure and operation of the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone, and do its best to achieve the first stage development goal of the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone this year. He Yicheng stated that the overall plan for the construction of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone has been introduced to create more favorable conditions for promoting the moderate and diversified development of the Macao economy. The closure and operation of the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone is of great significance for building a new system of high-level integration and opening up in Macao and Macao. Notice on Import and Export Tax Policies for Goods in the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, Notice on Tax Policies for Personal Luggage and Deliverables in the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, Notice on Adjusting the Scope of Value Added Tax and Consumption Tax Refunds for Goods in the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, and Supervision Measures of the People's Republic of China Customs on the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone The Announcement on Simplified Declaration Requirements for Free Bonded Goods in the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone and the Measures of the People's Republic of China Customs for Tax Collection and Management of Value Added Goods for Domestic Sales in the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone shall be implemented from the date of customs sealing and operation. The Special Administrative Region Government expresses sincere gratitude to the Office of the Central Regional Coordination Development Leading Group, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, the State Administration of Taxation and other central ministries for their support and assistance. In addition, the Macao Special Administrative Region Information Bureau stated that the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone will gradually release documents on the identification of the sources and tax payments of items leaving the zone from the "second line", allowing eligible Macao residents to carry animal and plant products from the "first line" into the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone, and credit information management. A series of measures will promote the better implementation of the "first line opening up, second line management" sub line management model in the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone, and achieve better flow of people and logistics between Macao and the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone The further convenient flow of funds, information, etc. will accelerate the construction and development of the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone. He Yicheng emphasized that the SAR government and the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone Management Committee will continue to work hand in hand, firmly grasp the opportunities brought by the special regulatory system of "separate management", and build the Shenzhen Cooperation Zone into a high-level open area with Chinese characteristics and demonstrating the advantages of "one country, two systems", to help Macao's moderately diversified and high-quality economic development. At the same time, the SAR government will do a good job in propaganda, making the construction results visible and visible, and allowing Macau residents to truly feel the central government's policy care. (Lai Xin She)