On August 26, coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, a «Theoretical Symposium on the 45th Anniversary of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone» was held simultaneously.
Zhuhai appears to be using a high-profile «birthday celebration» to showcase its ambitions to the outside world, clarifying the path for the next phase of industrial breakthroughs and urban development. Experts at the symposium actively offered suggestions on how to make the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone «better and of a higher standard,» generally viewing industrial upgrading and regional cooperation as key priorities for Zhuhai’s future development.
Experts from various fields such as macroeconomics, private economy, technological innovation, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation, urban construction, and cultural development gathered to discuss key focuses and development strategies for Zhuhai.
One expert stated that Zhuhai must shoulder the new mission entrusted by the new era, transforming its geographical advantage of connecting Hong Kong, Macao, and the mainland into a gateway function for domestic and international dual circulation. It should also convert its comprehensive advantages in ecological environment, industrial foundation, and openness into functions as nodes in domestic and international innovation networks, and turn its early advantages in urban governance into new efficiencies in modern urban construction, striving to build a model city for Chinese-style modernization.
New Industrial Tracks
Zhuhai has been committed to promoting the deep integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. In recent years, it has targeted new industrial trends such as artificial intelligence, low-altitude economy, and marine economy, accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system.
Compared to other cities in the Greater Bay Area, Zhuhai’s industrial structure is «newer,» «lighter,» and «stronger,» with less historical baggage, allowing it to move forward unburdened. Though not large in scale, it is robust and resilient, well-suited to adapt to current technological innovations and industrial changes. Zhuhai has the conditions and foundation to seize this wave of industrial development and move toward new tracks of productive forces.
Currently, the雏形 of the «Cloud Smart City» is taking shape, attracting and nurturing over 40 large-scale artificial intelligence model enterprises, with a core AI industry output value exceeding 20 billion yuan. The «Sky City» is accelerating its formation, gathering representative enterprises such as AVIC General Aircraft, Aerospace Yu Micro, and Southern Airlines General Aviation, promoting the introduction of regulations for low-altitude traffic construction management, and launching the nation’s first low-altitude airspace coordination and operation service platform. The «New Maritime Special Zone» is poised for action, systematically deploying «new maritime infrastructure» projects, planning a «4+3+1» modern marine industry system, and accelerating the construction of key projects such as the National Marine Comprehensive Test Field (Zhuhai) and modern marine ranches.
It was suggested that Zhuhai should seize the major opportunities presented by the new round of technological revolution, promoting the accelerated development of three new industrial tracks: artificial intelligence, humanoid robots, and the low-altitude economy.
Another expert stated that in the future, Zhuhai needs to «forge new paths, promote integration, and broaden horizons,» continuously shaping new competitiveness by exploring industrial «new blue oceans,» improving the «full chain» of成果转化, and deepening the «big picture» of collaborative openness.
Zhuhai is cultivating new productive forces through new tracks, forming new spaces for industrial upgrading. Many experts offered suggestions regarding industrial support.
It was proposed that Zhuhai should promote industrial agglomeration, creating cultural industry parks and bases such as film and television production parks, animation and gaming industry bases, and cultural creative districts, to foster the clustered development of cultural enterprises and form industrial cluster effects. At the same time, it should improve park infrastructure construction and健全public service platforms, creating a favorable development environment for enterprises.
It was also suggested that resources should be aggregated, leveraging the trend of technological and industrial resources flowing back to central urban areas, and strengthening and refining the urban core area composed of the High-tech Zone, Xiangzhou urban area, and the western central area, based on区位conditions. Additionally, the application and promotion of various new scenarios should be accelerated, creating a core area of the Pearl River West Science City with distinct High-tech Zone characteristics.
Zhuhai’s Role in the Region
Zhuhai is not only shaping development momentum through new industrial tracks but also expanding strategic space through regional linkage. In the regional development landscape, Zhuhai’s role is being重新»examined.»
In the overall context of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction, Zhuhai shoulders the important mission of being a bridgehead and
