Source: People's Daily (reporter Cheng Long, Cheng Yuanzhou)
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Original title: Breaking out of a new world in the Greater Bay Area
(The general secretary and I have shook hands)
——Return to Chen Sheng, a young Hong Kong man who started a business in Shenzhen
Practice has proved that the road of reform and opening up is correct, and we must be consistent, persevere, and redouble our efforts. Shenzhen should solidly promote the construction of Qianhai, come up with more pragmatic and innovative reform measures, explore more replicable and replicable experiences, deepen cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, rely on each other and complement each other, and play a greater role in jointly building the "Belt and Road", promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and participating in international cooperation at a high level.
——Xi Jinping
Shenzhen Bay, the sky is clear. In Qianhai Stone Park, a giant yellow wax stone in the shape of "sails and sails" stands on the blue seashore, and the word "Qianhai" engraved on the stone is powerful and powerful, and tourists who come to take photos and punch cards are endless.
Every time he comes here, Hong Kong youth Chen Sheng will stand at the edge of the stone and look out into the distance. Recalling the scene when General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Guangdong in 2018, Chen Sheng was always excited.
On October 24, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to the Qianhai Shekou Area of Shenzhen in the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone to inspect the development of Qianhai on the spot. The general secretary shook hands with us one by one and had a cordial conversation, which made us more confident in starting a business in the Greater Bay Area. Carefully recalling the words of the general secretary has great inspiration for the direction of our entrepreneurial development. Chen Sheng said, "We bear in mind the general secretary's entrustment, live up to the times, and strive to break through a new world in the tide of construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area." ”
DreamWorks is a place where dreams come true
Not far from Qianhaishi Park, next to the Shenzhen Metro Line 9 "Menghai Station", there are 8 unique buildings. From the air, it looks like a traditional "dream" word, which is the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory, which is called "the place where dreams begin" by many Hong Kong youth.
"General Secretary Xi Jinping is particularly concerned about us young people. As a representative of Hong Kong's entrepreneurial youth, I reported to the General Secretary on my entrepreneurship in the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory. The general secretary said that the dream factory is a place to realize dreams. This is an uplifting feeling for each of our entrepreneurs. Chen Sheng said that General Secretary Xi Jinping is kind and kind, and affirms and encourages the development of our Hong Kong youth in Shenzhen.
In 2015, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Dream Factory was opened. As one of the first teams to settle in, Chen Sheng and his partners got the keys to the free office. Qianhai Xuexue Technology Co., Ltd., established by Chen Sheng, whose main business is overseas supply chain management and matching, has obtained the first round of financing of 50 million yuan in less than a year since its establishment, and successfully incubated the district 3 years later.
"We are focusing on improving the quality of our services so that Young people in Hong Kong can enjoy more convenience when starting a business." He Haihua, head of operations of DreamWorks, said that the 18 service platform institutions in the park provide one-stop services such as investment and financing, legal and other services for entrepreneurial teams.
"This is a very suitable place for the dreams of Hong Kong youth to sprout." Chen Sheng often recalls the days when he first came to DreamWorks to start a business, "This is the place where my dreams come true. ”
Nowadays, many entrepreneurs like Chen Sheng have started from here and realized their entrepreneurial dreams. Up to now, DreamWorks has incubated 545 entrepreneurial teams, including more than 260 Hong Kong and Macao teams. More than half of the entrepreneurial team has obtained financing, and preliminary statistics have generated more than 900 patents, with an overall revenue of more than 1 billion yuan.
Qianhai's model is feasible
"In December 2012, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Qianhai and delivered an important speech, which was of great concern to all sectors of Hong Kong society. For a time, 'Qianhai' became a hot word for discussion among our colleagues, and also planted the seeds of entrepreneurship in my heart. That year, Chen Sheng and his friends founded a human resources training consulting company in Hong Kong, frequently traveling between the mainland and Hong Kong, and Shenzhen became the city where he stayed the longest.
General Secretary Xi Jinping asked Qianhai to "rely on Hong Kong, serve the mainland, and face the world." "It was only when I saw this sentence that I thought of coming to Qianhai." Chen Sheng clearly remembered that when he first arrived in Qianhai, the surrounding area was still a large construction site, with only two roads, and the traffic was inconvenient.
What used to be muddy mudflats is now lined with high-rise buildings and a bustling city. Chen Sheng witnessed the rapid changes here, "Qianhai is really the same every year." The data shows that the total economic volume has reached the order of 100 billion and has continued to increase; the cumulative number of registered Hong Kong-funded enterprises has exceeded 11,000; the cumulative launch of 645 institutional innovation achievements, and the replication and promotion of 65 in the country... Qianhai, a cooperation zone that was "born of Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation and prospered by Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation", has gradually become a hot land for Hong Kong youth innovation and entrepreneurship.
"That day in front of Qianhaishi, General Secretary Xi Jinping had a cordial exchange with us. The general secretary spoke in a serious and long-term manner, not only talking about the historical background of reform, opening up and the development of Qianhai, but also talking about the great significance of cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The general secretary told us that the Qianhai model is feasible, and it is necessary to study a number of replicable and generalizable experiences and promote them to the whole country. ”
"For us Hong Kong youth, this is a vivid lesson on the national situation, the general secretary cares about us Hong Kong youth, helps us point out the direction of development, and makes us more firm on the road of entrepreneurship." Chen Sheng said.
In 2018, Chen sheng went to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to pursue a master's degree. "After listening to General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, I have a deeper understanding that we Hong Kong youth are the direct beneficiaries of reform and opening up, and we must be active participants in reform and opening up." Chen Sheng found that many teams that went out from Qianhai have also achieved good results in other places, "While studying at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to understand the latest progress in the field of science and technology, I have a deep understanding of the new needs of Hong Kong youth, hoping to share the entrepreneurial experience I have accumulated in Qianhai with more people." ”
Youth are the future of the nation
Today, Chen Sheng has started a "second venture". This time, his goal is to provide professional navigation and incubation services for Hong Kong youth who come to Shenzhen to start a business. He named the company "Harbor" and "hopes that Hong Kong youth will embrace the Greater Bay Area and hope that it will become their 'harbor'".
"The general secretary said that youth are the future of the country. I want to pass on this responsibility and mission to more people. Chen Sheng took General Secretary Xi Jinping's words to heart and strengthened his determination to serve Hong Kong's entrepreneurial youth again and again.
Across the Shenzhen River, the heavens and the earth are broader. This is the voice of many Young People in Hong Kong. In the Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Science and Technology Park in the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone adjacent to the Shenzhen River, the "UNI Hong Kong Youth Entrepreneurship Space" founded by Chen Sheng has signed contracts to settle more than 40 Hong Kong entrepreneurial teams, "hoping that this is a stage that can achieve everyone's dreams".
"Shenzhen and Hong Kong youth read a book together", which is an activity that Chen Sheng is planning recently, "Reading is an important part of learning, and it is also a good way for Hong Kong youth to understand the motherland and integrate into the construction of the Greater Bay Area." It is hoped that young people from the two places will find resonance in common reading, collide with the spark of ideas, and promote mutual learning and common growth. ”
Talking about the experience of entrepreneurship over the years, Chen Sheng's answer was crisp and clean: "Pay attention to the latest policies in time, because this is the outlet." "When the "Qianhai Plan" was introduced, he printed out the plan and studied it carefully; when the Hong Kong SAR Government promoted the construction of the northern metropolitan area, he asked his friends in Hong Kong to receive a special brochure and send it to Shenzhen." I am paying attention to the content of the Qianhai expansion area, and there will be new projects landing in Qianhai. At the same time, the northern metropolitan area is a major opportunity for Hong Kong's development, and I hope to bring back the good experience and good model I learned in Shenzhen to help Hong Kong's science and technology development. When it comes to future planning, Chen Sheng is full of confidence.
Chen Sheng also has a bigger wish, "I hope that along the Shenzhen River, the Hong Kong youth entrepreneurship bases in Luohu, Futian, Qianhai, Nanshan and other places will be linked to form a chain, so that Hong Kong youth have more opportunities and choices." Today, Chen Sheng has participated in the construction of a number of youth entrepreneurship bases and coached more than 300 entrepreneurial teams, "Hong Kong youth are also people in the Bay Area, and the Greater Bay Area can carry the grand dreams of Hong Kong youth." ”
On the shores of Shenzhen Bay, the warm and humid sea breeze once again blows through the Qianhai Stone, and the skyscrapers next to it rise one after another. Keeping in mind the instructions and daring to do it, Chen Sheng and his friends are constantly moving towards their dreams.