GBA: first International Special Talent Zone to be built in Nansha

 Update:2021-02-19    Source: China Daily Global

The 1st International Special Talent Zone will be set up in Nansha District, Guangzhou, according to the 1st document issued by the provincial Leading Group for the Development of the Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) recently.

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For top and urgently-needed talents,preferential policies and special incentives will be implemented as a pilot plan to deepen the reform of global talent management. World-class institutions, international science and technology organizations, and laboratories are welcomed to open their branch offices or co-labs in Nansha.

The development objectives of the International Special Talent Zone under the newly released document are:

1. by 2025, the establishment of the 1st International Special Talent Zone (ISTZ) as a development underpinning within the Greater Bay Area will show noticeable results. A talent development mechanism with openness and innovation will be essentially formed.

2. by 2035, the building of a globally influential ISTZ will be complete. It will support high-level opening-up of Nansha as a major gateway and attract talented personnel around the world to GBA.

To facilitate cross-border travels for inbound talent,Nansha will establish port visa agencies and optimize the living, working and travelling policies for foreign experts and professionals.

Over the past two years, Nansha has achieved high-quality economic development with its GDP growth rates consecutively tops other districts in Guangzhou.

February 18th marked the two-year anniversary of issuing the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, in which the goal of establishing GBA as an international first-class bay area for living, working and travelling was made.