On May 18, 2018, the "2018 Regional Innovation Committee Directors Enlarged Meeting and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Seminar" co-sponsored by the Regional Innovation Professional Committee of the China Science and Technology Policy Research Association and the Guangdong Asia-Pacific Innovation Economic Research Institute "Held in Guangzhou. More than 100 representatives from Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau and other places attended the meeting to discuss the construction of the regional innovation committee and discuss the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The enlarged meeting of the directors of the Regional Innovation Committee held on the morning of the 18th discussed and approved the additions to the advisers and vice-chairmen of the special committee, discussed and determined the work plan of the special committee in 2018 and the forum plan of the "2018 National Symposium on Regional Innovation", and studied and implemented the important matters of the annual work of the Regional Innovation Committee. At present, there are many hot spots of regional innovation in China, and the regional innovation committee has great potential.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Science and Technology Innovation Strategy Seminar was subsequently held. Li Zhijian, chairman of the Guangdong Asia-Pacific Innovation Economic Research Institute, presided over the meeting and first conveyed the speech of Director Wang Ruijun of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology. Li Jianmin, director of the Regional Innovation Professional Committee, pointed out that in the future, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be able to become the country's vanguard, forerunner, and experimental field in terms of innovation; Yang Yaowu, secretary general of the Regional Innovation Professional Committee, said that the international community's attention to China's innovation is very high. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area must have confidence in innovation; member Li Zhijian made a keynote report, he believes that the construction must build a global innovation center, second, we must build a global industrial innovation ecology, and third, we must give full play to the advantages of institutional innovation. In the speech session of regional representatives, Zhang Shiyun, director of the Beijing Science Research Center and deputy director of the special committee, believes that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area should achieve breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation through docking and the introduction of global resources; the director of the Tianjin Institute of Science and the special committee Deputy Director Li Chuncheng believes that it is necessary to further explore the details of Guangzhou and promote the formation of synergy between Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau and Hong Kong. Committee member Long Kaiyuan, deputy director of the China Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy, believes that Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao must have a global perspective in the process of development. In addition, representatives from the government, enterprises, universities and other units also made wonderful speeches. Government, industry, university and research jointly discussed the innovation and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the meeting was a complete success. Xinhuanet, Economic Daily, Nanfang Daily, Phoenix New Media, Southern New Media, Guangzhou Reference, Economic Herald and other media made relevant reports, and the response was enthusiastic.

On the afternoon of the 18th, the participants also went to Guangzhou Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou Radio Group and other units to conduct field research. At the same time, the meeting carried out the practical exploration of the regional innovation committee into the member units, deepened the cooperation with the new think tank representative Guangdong Asia Pacific Innovation Economic Research Institute, and strengthened the contact and exchange with Guangdong soft science institutions, with good results.