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IAG OCT 2021年10月 亞博匯 12 MACAU AND GUANGDONG TO JOINTLY GOVERN HENGQIN 粵澳將聯合管治橫琴 THE GOVERNMENTS of the Macau SAR and Guangdong Province will jointly govern the 106 square kilometers of land comprising Hengqin as part of a plan to deepen cooperation in order to facilitate the economic diversification of Macau. According to details of the “Master Plan of the Development of the Guangdong- Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin”, a joint management committee will be formed and headed by the Governor of Guangdong Province and the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR. An executive committee will be set up under the management committee, and the SAR government will appoint the principal officers for the executive committee. The strategic positioning of the cooperation zone is a new platform for facilitating the moderate economic diversification of Macau, a new space for Macau residents to live and work, a new enriched showcase for implementing “One Country, Two Systems” and a new seat fromwhich to promote development of the Greater Bay Area. Setting a series of development goals, Hengqin is expected to help build a smooth mechanism of mutual discussion, joint construction, joint administration and shared benefits between Guangdong and Macau by 2024. It is hoped the zone will highly synergise with Macau’s economy and establish a system for in-depth cohesion and regulations that closely match those of Macau by 2029. The idea, it seems, is to diversify Macau away from its current reliance on gaming, which currently contributes more than 85% of all tax revenue taken in by the government each year. This also fits in with China’s recent crackdown on cross-border gambling and those seen to be encouraging Chinese citizens to gamble. The Hengqin cooperation zone will mainly focus on developing four new industrial sectors: “Scientific and Technological Research and High-end Manufacturing Industry”, “Traditional Chinese Medicine and Macau Brand Industry, “Cultural Tourism, Convention and Exhibition and Commercial and Trade Industry” and “Modern Financial Services Industry”. 澳門特區 和廣東省政府將聯合管治106 平方公里的橫琴土地，以深化粵澳合 作，並促進澳門經濟多元。 根據《橫琴粵澳深度合作區建設 總體方案》，廣東省省長及澳門特區行 政長官將聯合組建管理委員會並聯合領 導，下設執行委員會，主要負責人由澳 門特區政府委派。 深合區的戰略定位為促進澳門經濟 適度多元的新平台，便利澳門居民生活 就業的新空間，豐富「一國兩制」實踐 的新示範，推動粵港澳大灣區建設的新 高地。 方案設定一系列的發展目標，希望 橫琴於2024年粵澳共商共建共管共享體 制機制運作順暢。2029年，合作區與澳 門經濟高度協同、規則深度銜接的制度 體系全面確立。 今次的方案是促進澳門經濟多元， 以逐步脫離目前對博彩業的過度依賴， 博彩業目前每年佔澳門全年稅收的85% ，亦切合中國政府近日積極打擊跨境博 彩和吸引中國公民賭博的活動。 橫琴深度合作區將集中發展四大新 產業，包括科技研發和高端製造業、中 醫藥等澳門品牌工業、文旅會展商貿產 業及現代金融產業。