Non Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao can apply for a Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao residents, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao joint construction of traditional Chinese medicine standards to promote industrial development, and the acceleration of the establishment of a scientific research management mechanism in Hetao to connect with Hong Kong... Recently, Guangdong Province released the third batch of typical cases of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area rule connection mechanism, covering 16 areas such as cross-border flow of factors, integration of people's livelihoods, business environment, and major platform construction, which not only meet the high-quality development needs of the Greater Bay Area, but also effectively relate to people's livelihoods. Typical cases demonstrate the increasingly smooth flow of various resource elements in the Greater Bay Area, and the deeper and wider integration of technology, talent, industry, and other fields. The field continues to expand. Compared with the previous two typical cases, the third batch of cases continues to have high innovation value and good demonstration effects. "Zhu Wei, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission and Executive Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Greater Bay Area Office, introduced that the third batch of cases further expands the field of rule linkage, accelerating the promotion of interconnection in some new areas such as ecological environment, cultural and sports exchanges, and industrial synergy in the Greater Bay Area. For example, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment promotes enterprises to obtain both Guangdong and Hong Kong carbon labels in one verification, achieving mutual recognition of carbon labels between Guangdong and Hong Kong products, which is conducive to improving the acceptance of enterprise carbon labels in the international market; Huizhou City innovates the "One Alliance, One Standard, One Stop Service" model, breaks down the barriers of cross-border collaboration rules and mechanisms with Hong Kong in the field of assembled composite buildings, and promotes the deep integration and development of the Guangdong Hong Kong assembled composite building industry. In terms of culture and sports, the Greater Bay Area actively explores institutional innovation in "one competition, three locations, one strategy, three locations, and one regulation, three locations". At the end of last year, the 2024 Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Road Cycling Race and the 15th National Games Road Cycling Test Race were held. The participating athletes departed from Zhuhai, using the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge as a link, passing through Macau and Hong Kong, and finally returning to Zhuhai, passing through the ports of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao six times throughout the journey. In order to keep athletes in a high-speed competitive state during the competition and meet the requirements of customs and immigration management in the three regions, the organizing committee of the competition innovatively designed the "pre clearance inspection+closed-loop management" mode to achieve intelligent clearance of people, vehicles, and objects without feeling. At present, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao have established a regular communication and liaison mechanism to work together to promote the convergence of rules. It is understood that in addition to the already held road cycling events, marathon and other race routes connecting Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are also under research and design. The efforts are constantly increasing in the highly concerned areas of cross-border transportation, employment, education, and other livelihood areas. "Soft connectivity" is also continuously deepening, and a high-quality living circle that is livable, business friendly, and tourist friendly is accelerating its formation. The third batch of cases has achieved further optimization and improvement in some areas where rule linkage has already been preliminarily carried out, and the strength of rule linkage continues to increase, "said Zhu Wei. Since July last year, non Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao can apply for a Hong Kong and Macao Resident Travel Permit to travel to and from the mainland. Within 5 years, they can travel to and from the mainland multiple times and stay for 90 days each time, making it a reality to "leave at will and go north at any time". The expansion of the group of Hong Kong and Macao residents issuing travel permits to and from the mainland has promoted extensive exchanges and communication between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, facilitating smooth activities such as commercial investment, cultural tourism, education and scientific research. In addition, the cross-border transportation card in the Greater Bay Area has achieved interconnectivity in public transportation payments between Guangdong Hong Kong (Lingnan Tong and Octopus) and Guangdong Macau (Lingnan Tong and Macau). On this basis, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transport is promoting the integration of cross-border transportation cards into the national transportation card network in mainland China, achieving card swiping interoperability between Hong Kong and Macau and over 300 cities in mainland China, facilitating public travel for Hong Kong and Macau residents heading north. As of December last year, the Lingnan Tong Octopus Card has issued over 62500 cards and processed 13.47 million transactions, while the Lingnan Tong Macau Card has issued over 4400 cards and processed 220000 transactions. In terms of talent introduction and mutual recognition of professional qualifications, Qianhai Innovation has expanded the channels for Hong Kong and Macao professionals to participate in regional governance, taken the lead in publicly selecting high-end specially appointed talents to serve in statutory institutions, innovated the registration and practice mechanism for Hong Kong and Macao professionals, and created a leading area for deep integration and development between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Guangzhou is building a full chain policy system of "examination+evaluation+recognition" for overseas talents to facilitate cross-border talent flow. Prior to the continuous improvement of the level, Guangdong Province had released two batches of 36 typical cases, solving a batch of hot and difficult issues with high attention to Hong Kong and Macao. Zhu Wei stated that in the third batch of typical cases included this time, some fields have achieved integrated connection throughout the entire chain, direction, and process, and the depth of rule connection has been further improved. In Hengqin, the governments of Qinhuangdao and Macao use the "New Neighborhood of Macao" as a carrier, integrate and connect through rules and mechanisms, explore comprehensive convergence in public services such as education, healthcare, and government services, and build a new home for Macao residents. Zhong Yingyi, Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau of the Hengqin Guangdong Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, stated that the government departments of both regions will work together to fully promote the establishment of government service terminals and centers in the cooperation zone in Macau. In Hetao, scientific research projects are implemented from the topic selection stage with a topic solicitation system and a team unveiling system. In the organization stage, a government enterprise linkage system is implemented. In the management stage, a project manager system is implemented, and in the evaluation stage, a peer review system is implemented. The entire process establishes a scientific research management system that connects Hong Kong with the international community. As of November last year, the selection solicitation system and team unveiling system have released 12 rankings and implemented 3 unveiling projects. The government enterprise linkage system, peer review system, and project manager system have implemented 4 pilot projects, actively creating a highly open international scientific research system environment and promoting the "soft connectivity" of advanced scientific research rules between mainland China, Hong Kong, and the international community. After years of efforts, the integration mechanism of the Greater Bay Area's rules has made phased progress and achieved results. Next, we will focus on key areas such as cross-border flow of factors, business environment, integration of people's livelihoods, and major cooperation platforms to promote the implementation of more innovative and leading reform measures and continuously improve the level of market integration in the Greater Bay Area Zhu Wei said. (New Society)