Inside Asian Gaming

IAG JUL 2022年7月 亞博匯 30 COVER STORY the premise of following the Constitution and the Basic Law of the Macao SAR. The management committee will “studyand formulateregulations for the cooperation zone to provide institutional guarantees for long-term development.” The Hengqin Plan identifies four industry families for development in Hengqin: scientific and technological research and high-end manufacturing industries; traditional Chinese medicine and Macau-branded industries; cultural tourism, convention and exhibition and commercial and trade industries; and a modern financial industry. According to the latest data released by tax authorities of the Corporation Zone, the number of newly registered enterprises in the above four industries accounted for 77.68% of the total number of newly registered enterprises, making them an important industrial bloc among newly registered enterprises. The document also sets milestones, including a 2029 deadline for obvious signs of economic diversification and integration of existing regulations and the realization of Macau’s economic diversification by 2035. BUILDING UP, BUILDING OUT After more than a decade of construction, Hengqin is no longer a barren island next to Macau but a modern city in its infancy. According to the Statistics Bureau, the regional GDP of the cooperation zone hit RMB45.46 billion (US$7.14 billion) in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%. Its general public budget revenue came in at RMB10.87 billion (US$1.7 billion), topping RMB10 billion for the first time and up by 14.3% year-on-year. By the end of December 2021, Hengqin was home to 56,176 所及初中2所，即橫琴中心幼稚園、首都 師範大學橫琴子期實驗幼稚園、橫琴新 區第一中學、首都師範大學橫琴子期中 學、橫琴新區第一小學、首都師範大學 橫琴伯牙小學、首都師範大學橫琴子期 實驗小學。此外，民辦教育機構4所，包 括珠海哈羅禮德學校、橫琴容閎公學、 珠海德威國際高中及橫琴艾樂兒國際幼 兒園。2022年春季學期橫琴在校生逾 5200人，其中澳門籍學生逾140名。 醫療資源方面，橫琴目前營運中 的有珠海市人民醫院橫琴醫院。但廣州 醫科大學附屬第一醫院橫琴醫院亦已經 在建中。據悉，該院規劃床位500張， 將按照高水準三級甲等醫院標準建設成 為集醫療、保健、科研、教學於一體並 與國際接軌的綜合性公立醫院，預計於 2025年建成。醫院將配備智慧醫療物流 系統建設，包括採用醫療物流機器人， 極大提高醫院物資傳送效率。 此外，今年1月，橫琴向珠海橫琴臻 林綜合門診部頒發可執業登記證書，該 機構是深合區揭牌後首家獲發放醫療機 構許可證的澳門獨資醫療機構，同時也 是首家通過CEPA協議進駐橫琴的醫療 機構。橫琴臻林綜合門診部坐落於橫琴 粵澳合作產業園的臻林國際康養度假園 內，目前已經對外營業。 至於休閒旅遊方面，則無疑是橫 琴與澳門可以真正地率先融合的領域。