88 prd
2008-2020: Goals for Delta development
by 2012 by 2020
• Per-capita annual output of the region to reach 80,000 yuan • 85 percent of the region will be urbanised.
(MoP93,473), 53 percent of it from service sector. Increase per-capita • regional per capita annual output will rise to 135,000 yuan,
income. average life span to reach 78 years. More than 80 percent of 60 percent from from service sector. Per-capita income will
the area to be urbanised. be double that of 2012. average life span to rise to 85 years.
• The service sector to account for 20 percent of the regional trade. • service sector will account for more than 40 percent of
• some key areas to gain more autonomy and reach global standards. regional trade.
• Internet and household broadband connectivity to reach 90 and 65 • Development of 10 China based multinationals with annual
percent of the population respectively. 60 percent of the internet users sales of us$20 billion.
will utilise wireless internet. • Development as an innovation hub.
• 85 percent of domestic refuse to be treated, 80 percent of the urban • 100 percent of domestic refuse to be treated, 90 percent of
and rural sewage and 90 percent of the water used by industry to be the urban and rural sewage treated before discharge and 80
recycled or treated before discharge. percent of the industrial water to be recycled.
• a social security system to cover all urban and rural residents. • a social security system to cover all urban and rural
• Pension insurance will cover 90 percent of urban workers, more than residents to ensure basic public health services for all.
80 percent of migrant workers and 90 percent of the farming population. • establishment of one to two renowned universities in
• educational reform. collaboration with foreign institutions of higher education.
and in Lao’s opinion, this is because the Coordination and Development’ - which Unlike the Yangtze River Delta develop-
central government have kept a close eye was three years in the making - was ment where the cities share a common
on the city and have a fairly clear idea made up of mainly urban planning de- political and economic system and can
of what they see as the way forward for partments from Guangdong and Hong mature at the same pace, under the pol-
the city. Kong, economists and urban planners icy of ‘One Country, Two Systems’, it is
“Afterall, the plan was created in from the three regions. a different story for the two SARs and
the view of Guangdong itself, it is un- Lao says the scope of the planning Guangdong. There are a lot of hurdles to
likely to include Hong Kong and Macau was unprecedented. cross,’’ he adds.
in geat detail. However, there have been Another challenge is the competi-
quite a lot of studies and discussions on Globally competitive tion among the regions.
the issue of closer cooperation among Shanghai inevitably takes the lead-
the three regions,’’ he says. The report sees the PRD forged ing role in the Yangtze River Delta
Lao has been involved in PRD de- into a “globally competitive’’ and the development but Macau is unlikely to
velopment planning for the past three “most vigorous area’’ in the Asia-Pa- find itself in a similar position and nei-
years and he says it is generally under- cific region by 2020. It also aims to op- ther Guangzhou, Hong Kong nor Shen-
stood that the big regional picture in a timise the interaction between the three zhen can be assured of taking the lead.
globalised context is the way forward regions and open up the economy: “The If this crucial issue is not addressed, it
and the three regions cannot implement plan lays out solid policies and goals will make decision making difficult.
policies and develop on their own. for cooperation. Despite the fact there One example is that the Hangzhou Bay
He says it is crucial to build strong- has been ongoing co-operation, it has Bridge has been built, yet construction
er ties to bring about higher productivity always been easier said than done,’’ of the Macau, Hong Kong and Zhuhai
across the region. said Lao. crossing hasn’t even started.
The study group behind the ‘Report “One of the challenges are the dif- “This illustrates the position of each
of the Greater Pearl River Delta Urban ferences in the three political systems. city in the Pearl River Delta region has
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