72 Infrastructure
planners for the future
development of Hengqin Island
Dubai
should cast their eyes to the
united Arab emirates in search
of inspiration - and caution
the numbers
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s questions linger about Du- Organised by Xinhua’s Center for administrative regions, which can evolve
bai’s financial integrity, a top International Affairs, the Research Cen- into China’s first coastline economic belt,
level mainland official has said tre for the Development of the Guang- stimulating the emergence of new areas
the United Arab Emirates should serve dong Government and the Forum on the of prosperity with new responsibilities.’’
as an example and - possibly more im- Island of the Mountain, the event was
portantly - a lesson, for the development only open to the press for part of one Dynamic integration
of Hengqin Island and the integration of day, during which time Yang unveiled a He predicted the new bridge would gen-
Macau into the greater Pearl River Delta. think-tank study into the impact of the erate more exchanges resulting in more
The director of the Xinhua News Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge and opportunities, and that differences that
Agency in Guangdong, Yang Chunnan, the development of Hengqin. exist today between the two SAR econo-
was speaking at a recent a seminar on Yang said: “There is a massive eco- mies will dissolve as the ‘’dynamic’’
the development of Hengqin Island and nomic synergy created by the combina- brings the two places closer together.
the Pearl River Delta. tion of the two economies of the special “Even if there is an anti-foreigner
March 2010
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