The Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge flies over the Lingdingyang Bay, and the Shenzhen China Channel and Huangmaohai Cross sea Channel have been completed and opened to traffic this year. The "hard connection" between the east and west sides of the the Pearl River Estuary continues to empower the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. As an important node city in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area and known as the "Capital of Chinese Overseas Residents", Jiangmen has also ushered in the window period and golden period of the "Bridge Economy". Jiangmen is deeply integrating with cities in the Greater Bay Area, accelerating integrated development, complementing and promoting industries, and embarking on the "fast lane" of high-quality development. The closer the distance, the faster the logistics, and the greater the barrier, the more accessible it becomes. The 'hard connectivity' in the Greater Bay Area promotes efficient and convenient circulation of factors such as people, logistics, capital, and information flow, optimizes resource allocation, and effectively reduces logistics costs for enterprises. As a key "horizontal" of the "A" shaped transportation network framework around the the Pearl River River estuary, the Shenzhen China Channel, which was opened at the end of June this year, has enabled the two major urban agglomerations of "Shenzhen Dongguan Hui" and "Pearl River Central" on both sides of the Pearl River estuary to realize direct cross sea connection. Jiangmen also benefits from this. Not long after the company started production, it received good news that the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway has been completed and opened to traffic, and the export logistics of products have become faster Ma Hongfan, General Manager of the Production and Research Center of Jinduo Food Group, said. This enterprise is a leading exporter of Chinese candies, with 50% of its products exported to overseas markets such as the United States and Canada. In March of this year, the company's production and research and development base in Jiangmen was officially put into operation. Ma Hongfan said that after the container is loaded at the production base in Jiangmen, there is no need to detour north to Humen Bridge. It can easily reach the port of Shenzhen for loading and export through the Shenzhen Zhongshan passage, which improves logistics efficiency and saves costs. On December 11th, the Huangmao Sea Cross Sea Passage connecting Taishan City in Jiangmen and Zhuhai City was opened, reducing the travel time from over an hour to about 30 minutes. It is directly connected to the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge via a highway, forming a "super channel" from west to east, "straightening" the Greater Bay Area and closely linking the four cities of Jiangmen, Zhuhai, Macau, and Hong Kong. The fresher the oysters, the more valuable they are. The logistics time for products to go to Macau and Zhuhai has been greatly reduced, and the time from the base to the dining table has been faster He Weihui, Technical Director of Da Jin Island Oyster Industry Technology (Taishan) Co., Ltd., said that "Taishan oysters" are national geographical indication agricultural products. After the opening of the Huangmaohai Cross Sea Passage, it will be more conducive to the quality and freshness of oysters, further expanding the sales market. The cooperation has deepened the hinterland and broadened the the Pearl River Estuary East Bank Urban Agglomeration represented by Shenzhen and Dongguan has advanced manufacturing industry and strong scientific and technological innovation capability, but the space and land use costs are high; The opposite is true for the urban agglomeration on the west bank of the the Pearl River Estuary represented by Jiangmen and Zhongshan. The development of industries on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is complementary, but it was previously blocked by rivers and seas. The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area clearly proposes to "support the cooperation between Jiangmen and Hong Kong and Macao in building the Daguang Bay Economic Zone" and "accelerate the development of the Yinhu Bay Coastal New Area in Jiangmen". The opening of cross river and cross sea channels helps deepen industrial cooperation between cities in the Greater Bay Area and achieve greater freedom of resource flow. We are working together with Shenzhen and Hong Kong to plan and build a cooperative park in the Greater Bay Area Economic Zone, deeply participating in the industrial division of labor in the Greater Bay Area urban agglomeration, vigorously developing marine economy such as shipbuilding, marine new energy, fisheries, and coastal tourism, and providing industrial hinterland and economic depth for the new round of development in the Greater Bay Area Hu Qibo, Director of the Jiangmen Greater Bay Area Office, said. Jiangmen covers one sixth of the land area of the Greater Bay Area and has a large industrial cluster area that can be developed on a large scale. In particular, the planned area of the Daguang Bay Economic Zone has reached 3240 square kilometers, but the development intensity is less than 6%, leaving ample room for imagination for enterprises in the Greater Bay Area to develop here. Nowadays, deep cooperation in the industry is unfolding in Jiangmen. For example, in the past three years, driven by the cooperation models of "Shenzhen headquarters+Jiangmen production" and "Shenzhen R&D+Jiangmen manufacturing", Jiangmen has introduced a total investment of over 78 billion yuan in projects worth over 100 million yuan from Shenzhen. Li Jianzhong, Director of the Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Jiangmen City, said that we are currently promoting large-scale equipment updates in Jiangmen by linking advanced intelligent equipment and other industries in Shenzhen. This year, we plan to encourage over 500 enterprises to carry out technological upgrades and transformations. Jiangmen is the transportation gateway from the Greater Bay Area to western Guangdong and southwestern China. With the opening of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Passage and the Huangmao Sea Cross Sea Passage, which serves as the western extension of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge, Jiangmen's role as a hub for "connecting the east and opening up the west" has become more prominent. It can not only receive radiation from the central city of the Greater Bay Area in industry, technology, talent and other aspects in a larger space, but also link with the "Rongwan" of western Guangdong, providing more deep hinterland for the high-quality development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. Tourism has boosted our hearts and brought us closer. Jiangmen City has a long history, a rich cultural heritage, and abundant cultural and tourism resources. It has the world cultural heritage "the Kaiping Diaolou and Villages", the "Overseas Chinese Approval File" included in the Memory of the World, the Bird Paradise, Shangxiachuan Island are famous far and wide, the ancient well roast goose, Taishan eel rice, the pig foot noodles with fire in the film and television drama "Crazy Wind" are all food that tourists punch in and taste. In the Guangdong Chikan Ancient Town Overseas Chinese International Tourism Resort located in Kaiping City, Jiangmen, many cars in the parking lot have license plates from other places such as Shenzhen, Dongguan, Hong Kong, and Macau. The person in charge of the scenic area operator introduced that after the opening of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Passage and the Huangmaohai Cross Sea Passage, the tourism radius for residents in the Greater Bay Area has increased. Thanks to the implementation of the policies of "Hong Kong cars heading north" and "Australian cars heading north", the number of tourists from Hong Kong and Macao visiting Jiangmen has significantly increased. According to incomplete statistics, one in every five Hong Kong residents and one in every three Macau residents is of Jiangmen nationality. After the opening of the Huangmaohai Cross Sea Passage, the road for Hong Kong and Macao residents to visit and return home has become closer and smoother. The close geographical proximity and close relationship between Jiangmen and Hong Kong and Macao will spark more sparks in cultural exchanges, tourism and leisure, industrial cooperation, innovation and entrepreneurship, and other fields Yao Ting, Associate Professor of Guangdong Overseas Chinese Cultural Research Institute at Wuyi University, said. Overseas Chinese resources are important resources for promoting high-quality development in Jiangmen. According to statistics, there are over 4000 overseas Chinese funded enterprises in Jiangmen, with a cumulative investment of over 47 billion US dollars. In recent years, Jiangmen has proposed projects such as "Hong Kong Macau Integration" and "Empowering Overseas Chinese Cities", actively expanding the depth and breadth of cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau, continuously improving the functions of economic and trade cooperation, and continuously improving the international business environment, making the "Overseas Chinese Brand" a "trump card" to promote high-quality development. Chen Anming, Secretary of Jiangmen Municipal Party Committee, said that Jiangmen will fully rely on the coordination and linkage function of the major cross river and cross sea channels to accelerate the transformation of comparative advantages such as location, space, industry and overseas Chinese affairs into high-quality development advantages, and strive to become a new growth pole in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, a comprehensive pilot area for coordinated regional development in the province, and an important platform for overseas Chinese to attract investment, wisdom, entrepreneurship and innovation, so as to contribute to promoting the integration and interaction between the east and west sides of the the Pearl River Estuary and the coordinated development of the Guangdong region. (New Society)