继行政长官李家超日前访问广州和深圳后，香港传媒高层人士大湾区参访团近日也抵达广东，贴身感受大湾区建设蓬勃向上的新气象。广东省委书记黄坤明鼓励香港传媒大力宣传大湾区建设的重大部署和工作进展，真实反映大湾区给三地群众特别是年轻人创新创业带来实实在在的好处，为促进两地文化交融、民心相通贡献更大力量。通过这次访问，香港社会更能体会到大湾区发展的活力和前景无限，也应当以时不我待的紧迫感，更积极投身大湾区建设。

　　建设大湾区是一篇大文章，需要各方面共同协力，这离不开良好的舆论氛围。香港与内地全面通关不久，香港传媒机构高层就到访大湾区内地城市，一方面向香港社会及全世界展示大湾区发展的全貌，另一方面也可以就推进大湾区合作走向深入、建设人文湾区建言献策。香港传媒对大湾区建设的积极参与，对合力说好“香港故事”、“广东故事”、“大湾区故事”发挥重要作用。

　　刚到广东履新不久的黄坤明，以推动广东高质量发展、“再造一个新广东”而广为港人所知，展现了一向“敢为天下先”的广东，在推进中国式现代化、实现中华民族伟大复兴进程中勇当“排头兵”的形象。其实，过去长期主管宣传领域的黄坤明对香港媒体人也十分熟悉，会见一开始，就和参访团成员一一握手，甚至可以直接叫出许多人的名字，对香港传媒的掌故和营运状况也是娓娓道来。他首先认真听取了参访团顾问、香港中联办副主任卢新宁介绍参访团的情况，以及参访团成员的参访感受和意见、建议，然后深情讲述港澳同胞对广东省乃至国家改革开放和现代化建设中的贡献，在内地遭遇灾情时血浓于水的同胞之情，以及国家及内地同胞即使在最困难的情况下，依然慷慨地向香港同胞提供最好的水、食品蔬菜和防疫物资等。特别是过去三年共同抗击疫情，内地派人供物，确保香港市场供应“量足价稳”，直指“这是一家人才会有的感情”。黄坤明还讲到港澳年轻人在大湾区城乡创业就业成功的故事，希望传媒多提供有利年轻人创业、就业、学业等有用信息，为他们成功、成才搭梯搭台。

　　原定1小时的会面，延长到1小时45分，现场交流热烈，大家畅所欲言。这次会见，不仅体现了广东省委、省政府对香港传媒的重视，更展现广东加速推动大湾区建设的殷切之心。正如黄坤明所指出，香港传媒来广东交流考察，充分体现了对深化粤港澳全方位交流合作、以良好舆论环境助推粤港澳大湾区建设的热切期待和责任担当。他希望香港传媒引导广大香港同胞特别是香港青年投身大湾区建设，共同建好我们美好的家园，更好融入国家发展大局；同时积极面向国际社会加强宣介推广，以全面、真实、立体、精彩的报道，向全世界展示大湾区良好形象和发展前景。他也邀请大家多到广东走一走、看一看，进一步发挥桥梁纽带作用。

　　香港已重回发展经济、改善民生的轨道，而要提高香港竞争力，寻找发展新动能，深化与广东合作，积极对接粤港澳大湾区等国家战略是当然之选、必然之选。大湾区建设迎来最好时光，香港与广东合作是强强联手，优势互补，空间无限。最重要的是抓住机遇，实现基建“硬联通”和机制规则的“软联通”，乘势而上。

Creating good public-opinion atmosphere for development of the Greater Bay Area

　　Following Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu's visit to Guangzhou and Shenzhen previously, a delegation of Hong Kong media chiefs also arrived in Guangzhou the day before to personally perceive the mew, vigorous ambience of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area) under construction. Huang Kunming, the secretary of Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), encouraged Hong Kong media to give wide publicity to major plans for and progresses achieved in the development of the Greater Bay Area and truthfully show the tangible benefits brought by this for people in the three places, especially for young people to make innovations and start up their businesses, so as to make greater contributions to promoting cultural integration and people-to-people bond between the two places. Through this visit, Hong Kong society could better realise the great vitality and brilliant prospects of the development of the Greater Bay Area, and also should more proactively participate in this course with the sense of urgency of time and tide waiting for no man.

　　Development of the Greater Bay Area is a huge project. It requires joint efforts from all sides, which cannot do without good public opinion atmosphere. Shortly after fully boundary reopening with the Mainland, Hong Kong media chiefs paid a visit to Mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area. They, on the one hand, could help show Hong Kong society and the world a complete picture of the development of the Greater Bay Area, and on the other make suggestions on how to deepen cooperation in the Greater Bay Area and to construct it into a culture-enriched area. Hong Kong media's proactive participation in the development of the Greater Bay Area will play an important role in jointly well tell "Hong Kong's story", "Guangdong's story" and the "Greater Bay Area's story".  

　　Huang Kunming, who has just assumed his new office in Guangdong, is well known to Hong Kong people for pushing forward with high-quality development in Guangdong to "re-forge a new Guangdong", showing Guangdong's image of always daring to be the first to pioneer and being the "vanguard" in advancing Chinese-style modernisation and achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Actually, Huang Kunming, who has overseen publicity affairs for a long time, is also very familiar with Hong Kong media. Right when the meeting with the delegation started, he shook hands with every member and even greeted many with their names, and talked eloquently about anecdotes and operations of the Hong Kong media. At first, he sincerely listened to briefings about the delegation by Lu Xinning, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR and to opinions and suggestions by delegation members. Then he affectionately talked about Hong Kong and Macao compatriots' contributions to Guangdong's and the country's reform and opening-up and modernisation and the blood-thicker-than-water compatriotship shown by them whenever the Mainland was hit by natural disasters, and the Motherland and Mainland compatriots' generous supplies of best-quality water, foodstuff , vegetables and anti-epidemic items, etc. even under the most difficult circumstances. He particularly recalled that in jointly fighting the virus over past three years, the Mainland sent personnel and supplied goods to ensure that supplies ample and prices stable in Hong Kong markets, straightforwardly pointing out that "only in one family can there be such affection". Huang Kunming also told stories about Hong Kong and Macao young people's successes in starting up their businesses in the Greater Bay Area, and voiced his hope that the media provide more usable information to help young people start up their businesses, find jobs and education opportunities, setting up a ladder for them to climb the first step toward success.

　　The meeting, originally scheduled for one hour, was extended to 1 hour and 45 minutes. At the meeting, views were exchanged enthusiastically with everyone speaking their mind freely. This meeting shows not only the attention given to Hong Kong media by the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC and Government, but also Guangdong's ardent passion for speeding up the development of the Greater Bay Ares. As pointed out by Huang Kunming, the delegation's inspection tour in Guangdong fully shows that Hong Kong media eagerly look forward to, and are willing to take their responsibility for, deepening all-dimensional exchange and cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and helping pushing forward with development of the Greater Bay Areas with a good public opinion environment. He expressed his hope that Hong Kong media guide the vast majority of Hong Kong compatriots especially youths to throw themselves into the development of the Greater Bay Area and jointly construct elegantly our beautiful homeland, to better integrate into the overall national development; and at the same time proactively enhance international publicity and promotion to show the world the Greater Bay Area's good image and prospects with comprehensive, truthful, three-dimensional and excellent reports. He also invited Hong Kong journalists to make more trips to Guangdong to further play the role as a bridge and link.

　　Hong Kong has already come back to the track of economic development and improving people's livelihood. To strengthen Hong Kong's competitiveness, to seek new driving force for development, the natural and inevitable option is to deepen cooperation with Guangdong and to collaborate with national strategies such as the development of the Greater Bay Area. Development of the Greater Bay Area now ushers in its best time. Cooperation between Hong Kong and Guangdong is a win-win one with their combined strength, complementary advantages and no boundary. Riding on the wave, the most important thing now is to seize opportunities to realise the "hardware connection" in infrastructure and "software connection" in mechanisms and rules.