Meta Data
Title in national language: 
粤港合作框架协议
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2009
Effective Start Year: 
2010
Effective End Year: 
2020
Scope: 
Bilateral
Document Type: 
Agreement
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Coal, Power, Gas, Nuclear, Renewable, Other
Issued by: 
State Council
Overall Summary: 
The Framework Agreement consists of two parts, the main text and the list of annual major initiatives. It defines clearly the development positioning of Hong Kong/Guangdong co-operation: (a) promote joint socio-economic development in Hong Kong and Guangdong to create a new world-class economic zone; (b) enhance Hong Kong's position as an international financial centre and expedite the development of financial services industries in Guangdong to build an international financial centre with Hong Kong taking the lead with its financial systems to be supported by resources and services in the PRD(Pearl River Delta) cities; (c) capitalise on the competitiveness of Hong Kong's service industries and Guangdong's manufacturing industries to build an advanced global manufacturing and modern services base; (d) facilitate the flow of key factors such as people, goods, information and capital across the boundary, with a view to building an international aviation, shipping and logistics hub and a world-class modern economic circulation sphere; (e) implement a regional ecology and environment protection regime operating at a leading level by the national standards to create a high quality living area; and (f) promote collaborative development among Hong Kong and the PRD(Pearl River Delta) cities to form a world-class metropolitan cluster.
Efficiency
EE action plans: 
To be the pioneer in introducing electric car to major Greater PRD(Pearl River Delta) cities like Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen etc[...]
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
Implement the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme, support Hong Kong-invested enterprises to conduct in situ assessment, develop demonstration projects[...]
Pollution control action plans: 
Support the increase of nuclear power supply to Hong Kong and other clean energy, realise the fossil fuel phase-out.
Cooperation in env.: 
[...]gradually realising air quality objectives and fuel and emission standards for motorised vehicles and ships at a level above the national standards, exploring new forms of co-operation in the use of reusable materials, developing electric car industry, expanding Cleaner Production Partnership Programme, building a cross-boundary natural reserve and ecology corridor, and building a fully structured regional ecology regime etc. ---strengthen the co-operative efforts in studying the relationship among [...], hazy weather and atmospheric quality, and improve the PRD(Pearl River Delta) Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network. ---The regional co-operation plan on Quality Living Area aims at promoting regional environmental protection and ecology conservation and facilitating development of low carbon economy in energy and industry.[...]to promote development of green transport in the region, facilitate connecting of social services in the region.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
The plan on Infrastructure Construction is to [...] implement the agreements on electricity, [...] and gas supply[...] ---Support the increase of nuclear power supply to Hong Kong and other clean energy, realise the fossil fuel phase-out.
Infrastructure development priorities: 
To support the construction of the Shenzhen LNG project through the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, and to improve the capacity of Hong Kong's natural gas supply.
Cooperation in connectivity: 
To strengthen power grid connectivity, enhance mutual power supply, improve Hong Kong's power supply capacity. --- to support the construction of the Shenzhen LNG project through the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, and to improve the capacity of Hong Kong's natural gas supply.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
On the protection of the environment and ecology, specific policies include jointly exploring the reduction targets and options for the total emission of air pollutants in the PRD(Pearl River Delta ) region in 2011-2020[...]
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
Support the increase of nuclear power supply to Hong Kong and other clean energy, realise the fossil fuel phase-out.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
To support the construction of the Shenzhen LNG project through the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, and to improve the capacity of Hong Kong's natural gas supply.
Natural gas transportation technology: 
To support the construction of the Shenzhen LNG project through the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, and to improve the capacity of Hong Kong's natural gas supply.
R&D pollution abatement: 
strengthen the co-operative efforts in studying the relationship among [...], hazy weather and atmospheric quality, and improve the PRD(Pearl River Delta) Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
Jointly promote technological innovation, breakthrough common technologies, focusing on[...] new materials, energy efficiency and environment protection [...] and other strategic emerging industries [...]