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¡@ Prospects for the Pan-PRD
Regional Co-operation
The Pan-PRD regional co-operation among the members focuses on
complementing one another and achieving mutual benefits on an equal
footing. The Pan-PRD Regional Co-operation Framework Agreement has
initially identified ten major areas of regional co-operation,
including infrastructure, industry and investment, commerce and
trade, tourism, agriculture, labour service, science, education and
culture, information building, environmental protection as well as
health and epidemic prevention.
On infrastructure, all parties will actively pursue
the national energy development strategies, such as the strategy of
"West-to-East Power Transmission", and work together on a gradual
basis to develop an integrated transport infrastructure, including
highways, railways, aviation and shipping networks, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge, oil and gas transmission pipelines, with a view to
establishing the one-day "transport circle" for the Pan-PRD region.
On industry and investment, all parties undertake to
enhance co-ordination in order to create a fair, open and attractive
investment environment as well as to develop a transparent,
convenient and standardised mechanism to facilitate and promote
investment. All parties support the collaboration in technology,
production and investment among enterprises within the region to
give full play to the complementary advantages, co-operation and
joint development for industries, thereby enhancing the productivity
of the industries of the entire region.
On commerce and trade, all parties undertake to
enhance their credit arrangement, to eliminate regional barriers
that restrict commodity flow and to establish a healthy,
standardised and good market order. All parties undertake to
encourage trade co-operation and development within the region,
taking concerted efforts to implement the Mainland/Hong Kong Closer
Economic Partnership Arrangement (Hong Kong CEPA) and the
Mainland/Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Macao CEPA).
All parties will implement mutual recognition arrangements for
quality, inspection and certification standards for industrial and
agricultural products within the Pan-PRD region, promote
co-operation among regional authorities and enterprises in the
setting of standards, give recognition to the certification by the
statutory inspection authorities of each other and promote free flow
of commodities under the Hong Kong CEPA and the Macao CEPA in
accordance with the state instructions.
On tourism, all parties support the comprehensive
promotion of regional co-operation in tourism; the joint study and
working out of the development and marketing strategies of tourism
in the region; that a common information platform on regional
tourism be set up; that a marketing system of regional tourism
network be established to provide an electronic business service
platform on travelling; and the planning and promotion of regional
quality travel routes; the building up of the image of regional
tourism and the establishment of a regional brand name in tourism.
On agriculture, all parties agree to establish a
stable relationship regarding the sales and purchase of food and
other agricultural products; to open a "green channel" for the
agricultural products in the region; to support the establishment of
a direct contact mechanism for the leading agricultural enterprises;
to strengthen the research and development of technology in
agriculture and the development of special agricultural projects,
and co-operation in the production, processing and sales of
agricultural products, thereby facilitating the establishment of a
food safety system.
On labour service, all parties agree to strengthen
co-operation in matters related to labour force, to exchange
information regarding the supply and demand of labour force and
collaboration in the importation and exportation of labour, to
promote the regulated and reasonable mobility of labour force in the
market, to co-ordinate the handling of the protection of the legal
rights of labour force and related general management work, to
establish and improve the systems of vocational skills training for
the labour force, the training of skilled labour, the authentication
and certification of vocational skills. All these aim to enhance the
quality of the labour force in the region.
On science, education and culture, the co-operation
among various institutions of higher education and scientific
research in different places in the use of technological and
educational resources will be strengthened. Cultural exchanges and
exchanges of talent will also be promoted. The sharing of web-based
information on fundamental technological and educational resources
such as literature and information of science and technology, expert
base, resources of animals and plants, as well as hydrologic
resources will be expedited. Co-ordination in establishing a
regional system for promoting innovation and technology will be
stepped up. A mechanism to foster regional co-operation in
scientific and technological projects, especially those relating to
the development of high-technology and industrialization, as well as
a platform for commercialization of research output will be
established on a gradual basis, with a view to promoting regional
collaboration of industries and facilitating the regional coalition
for strategic co-operation.
On information building, all parties support the
setting up of a regional network for information exchanges. The
formulation of rules, standards, laws and regulations governing
electronic business and in conformity with both national and
international requirements will be stepped up. A mechanism to
co-ordinate regional information exchanges will be set up to
strengthen regional co-operation in the research, development and
application of information technology through which sharing of
resources will be achieved.
On environmental protection, all parties agree that a
mechanism to facilitate regional collaboration in environmental
protection should be established to reinforce co-operation in areas
such as cleaner production, water environment protection, ecological
environment protection and atmospheric environment protection. Plans
for regional environmental protection should be drawn up. The Pearl
River basin, in particular areas covered by the upper and middle
reaches, should gather strength in ecological construction. The
preservation of resources in the region should be enhanced to
improve the quality of the overall environment of the region and its
sustainability.
On health and epidemic prevention, all parties agree
that a mechanism to co-ordinate efforts in health and epidemic
prevention should be established. In case of an epidemic outbreak,
notifications of the actual situation will be made in a timely
manner in accordance with the established procedures. The mechanism
will assist in co-ordinating the epidemic prevention and control
work, as well as efforts in tackling key problems concerning the use
of science and technology in epidemic prevention and cure.
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