1.The Greater Bay Area's innovation momentum is growing.
In the Global Innovation Index 2023 released by "The World Intellectual Property Organization", the "Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou" science and technology cluster has been ranked second for four consecutive years among the top 100 clusters in the world.
Hong Kong ranked 17th out of 132 economies in the world and 5th in Asia.
Guangzhou jumped to the 8th place in the global ranking in "Nature Index Science Cities 2023".
The number of national high-tech enterprises in Shenzhen in 2023 increased by more than 1,000, up to 24,000.
63 companies from the Greater Bay Area are on the Global Unicorn List.
In the "Global Unicorn List 2023" released by the Hurun Research Institute, 63 unicorns from the Greater Bay Area had made the list. Guangzhou has emerged as the fastest-growing city in China for these unicorns. 33 companies from Shenzhen were included in the "Global Unicorn List 2023", making the city sixth place globally for unicorn numbers.
It leads other Bay Areas in terms of comprehensive patent capacity.
The total number of invention patents disclosed in the Greater Bay Area from 2017 to 2021 is 1,769,900, with a compound growth rate of 21.74%, ranking first among the four major Bay Areas.
2. Four platforms have become a powerful engine for the Greater Bay Area
The mode of "sci-tech R&D in Macao and conversion in Hengqin" is becoming the norm.
There are 282 national high-tech enterprises in the Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin, including 16 Macao-funded enterprises.
41 national and provincial enterprises use special and sophisticated technologies, of which 4 are Australian-funded.
The Zhuhai UM Science ＆ Technology Research Institute (the first industry-academia-research demonstration base set up by the University of Macao in the Greater Bay Area) has received more than 150 government science and technology grants and has conducted more than 100 commercial projects including joint researches and commissioned studies.
Qianhai New District has become the primary gateway for Hong Kong individuals and enterprises to expand into the Chinese mainland.
Qianhai and Hong Kong jointly issued "18 Measures for Supporting Venture Capital Investments" and "16 Measures for the Development of Intellectual Property. More than 200 policies have been launched to benefit Hong Kong businesses. At present, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurial Hub has incubated a total of 600 Hong Kong start-up teams.
The appeal of Nansha for innovation and start-up is steadily growing.
Nansha has attracted more than 20,000 high-caliber and key talents, quadrupling in three years.
In 2023, Nansha introduced 29 investment projects from the world's top 500 companies. (accumulating to a total of 270 projects)
Nansha has added 13 national "little giant" companies that adopt special and sophisticated technologies and established 13 Hong Kong and Macao youth entrepreneurship bases, attracting over 700 Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan youth innovation and entrepreneurship project teams and enterprises.
Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone has evolved into a hub of innovation. By November 2023, Hetao Shenzhen Park has substantially advanced and successfully landed over 150 high-end research projects, including 24 academic projects and 90 high-tech institutes and enterprises.
Hetao spans only 3.89 square kilometers, yet it hosts 38 innovation projects per square kilometer.