The core of innovation drive is scientific and technological innovation. Adhering to innovation driven development, the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area must focus on promoting scientific and technological innovation and building an innovative development region with international competitiveness.

The Outline of the Development Plan for the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area takes "building an international science and technology innovation center" as an important task to promote the construction of the Greater Bay Area, and emphasizes the need to deeply implement the innovation driven development strategy, deepen the innovation cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, build an open and integrated regional collaborative innovation community, gather international innovation resources, optimize the innovation system and policy environment, and strive to improve the ability to transform scientific and technological achievements, The construction of a global scientific and technological innovation highland and an important source of emerging industries has given the Greater Bay Area an important mission in leading and supporting innovation drive.

Innovation is the first power to lead development. To implement the innovation driven development strategy, we must firmly grasp the "bull nose" of scientific and technological innovation. The planning outline proposes to build the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area into an "international science and technology innovation center with global influence", which reflects a profound insight into the high-quality development momentum of the new era. It is a scientific department based on the overall national development and the development foundation, reality and future of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The three cities have outstanding scientific and technological research and development and transformation capabilities. They have a number of universities, research institutes, high-tech enterprises and national major scientific projects that have important influence in the country and even the world. They have strong attraction for innovation elements and a good foundation for building an international scientific and technological innovation center. At the same time, it should also be noted that a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial reform are poised to take place, and the three regions need to strengthen their efforts in promoting the efficient and convenient flow of production factors and improving the regional collaborative innovation system. We should closely focus on the strategic positioning of building an international science and technology innovation center with global influence, aim at the forefront of world science and technology and industrial development, vigorously develop new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models, and accelerate the formation of an economic system and development model with innovation as the main guide and support.

Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have their own strengths in scientific research, industry, talents and docking with global resources. To build an international scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, efforts should be made to build an open regional collaborative innovation community. The planning outline makes specific arrangements in terms of strengthening cooperation in scientific and technological innovation, building basic innovation capacity, and deep integration of industry, university and research, and emphasizes that Hong Kong and Macao should be integrated into the national innovation system and play a more important role; Build an open and interconnected regional innovation system with reasonable layout; Promote the construction of "Guangzhou Shenzhen Hong Kong Macao" science and technology innovation corridor; Accelerate the construction of national independent innovation demonstration zones, national mass entrepreneurship and innovation demonstration bases and mass innovation spaces; Encourage enterprises and scientific research institutions in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to participate in international scientific and technological innovation cooperation; We will support Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to participate in the national science and technology plan, deepen the reform of innovation systems and mechanisms, and establish an industry university research innovation alliance. To implement the planning outline and deployment, Guangdong must seize the opportunity, take an active role, deepen cooperation, strengthen regional coordination, and jointly stimulate the vitality of various innovation subjects.

High level scientific and technological innovation carriers and platforms are important supports to enhance scientific and technological innovation capabilities. To build an international scientific and technological innovation center with global influence, we should accelerate the construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure, cross research platforms and frontier disciplines in the Dawan District, and strive to improve the level of basic research. The planning outlines clearly promote the construction of national independent innovation demonstration areas, promote the military civilian integration and innovation development of the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta, support the construction of major innovation carriers, research and development centers, and science and technology industry development platforms combining the characteristics and reality of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, and promote the construction of partner laboratories of national key laboratories in Hong Kong and Macao. Guangdong has two national independent innovation demonstration zones, and has a deep foundation of cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao. In recent years, Guangdong has introduced a series of policies, measures and work arrangements to promote the construction of "self created zones" and strengthen basic and applied research. It is necessary to work with Hong Kong and Macao to strengthen basic research and applied basic research, strengthen the construction of major scientific and technological infrastructure and innovation platforms, and seize the commanding heights of technological innovation.

The implementation of the innovation driven development strategy is a systematic project. The most urgent thing is to accelerate the pace of scientific and technological system reform, optimize the regional innovation environment, remove the bottlenecks and constraints that affect the free flow of innovation elements, and further stimulate the vitality of various innovation subjects. According to the plan outline, we should steadily promote the comprehensive innovation reform experiment, deepen the reform of regional innovation system and mechanism, and study and implement more convenient policies

Measures should be taken to encourage exchanges between scientific and technological and academic talents and promote cooperation on major scientific research projects; Innovate the mechanism and improve the environment, build the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area into an internationally competitive scientific and technological achievements transformation base, carry out in-depth cooperation in entrepreneurship incubation, scientific and technological finance, achievements transformation, international technology transfer, scientific and technological service industry and other fields, provide convenient conditions for the transfer and transformation of advanced technological achievements of Hong Kong and Macao universities and research institutions, and cooperate to build a diversified, international, cross regional scientific and technological innovation investment and financing system; We should strengthen the protection and application of intellectual property rights, and strengthen cooperation in the areas of intellectual property protection and professional personnel training in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.

Innovation determines the future.   The original ability of emerging technologies and the ability to transform scientific and technological achievements have been significantly improved, providing strong support for China's economic innovation and competitiveness.