Zou Xiang: On the second day of the Chinese New Year, the seafood street in Yakou Village, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, is crowded with tourists from Hong Kong, Macau, Dongguan and other places. Almost every specialty water crab Congee shop along the street is full, and one shopkeeper showed a full list of bookings. The unprecedented passenger flow brought by the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway has brought new vitality to this street. One road leads to a bowl of Congee and enlivens the street, which epitomizes the tangible changes brought by super projects to ordinary people's lives. Liu Yanhui: That's right, this' golden channel 'is truly worthy of its name. During the Spring Festival holiday, the daily traffic volume of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway exceeded 100000 trips. Within six months after the opening of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway in 2024, the number of tourists received in Zhongshan increased by nearly 90% compared to the previous six months. This super project not only reshaped the traffic pattern of the the Pearl River Estuary, but also changed the life map of the Greater Bay Area, bringing tangible benefits to the people of the Greater Bay Area. On social media, some people refer to the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway as the "Contemporary Magpie Bridge". Mr. Yin and his significant other work in Zhuhai and Shenzhen respectively, and they were "weekend couples" before the opening of the expressway. Now they have moved to Zhongshan and live near the cross city bus stop on the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway. Mr. Yin drives to work in Zhuhai High tech Zone every morning, while his partner takes a cross city bus to his company in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. "Although we have to wake up at 7am, we can sit together and have supper at night," he said. The bridge flying frame shortens the distance of time and space, connects the world of fireworks, and holds emotional bonds. Zou Xiang: A bridge connects both sides of the strait, and good construction requires better operation and management. What innovative measures are worth learning from in improving the travel experience and other aspects of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway? Liu Yanhui: The Shenzhen Zhongshan Expressway is the world's first mega transportation project that integrates "bridges, islands, tunnels, and underwater interconnectivity". In order to achieve safe, smooth, comfortable, and intelligent operation, the Shenzhen Zhongshan Channel Management Center has put effort into "intelligence" to achieve digital control of traffic operation management and emergency events. Simultaneously writing articles on the 'link'. For example, during the National Day holiday in 2024, in the face of sustained high traffic flow, the management center has established a multi-party joint logistics and linkage mechanism with Shenzhen and central China. Road administration, traffic police, fire protection, and emergency units have entered the front line and are centrally dispatched through the road network dispatch center to achieve "three island linkage" and maximize the smooth flow of bridge and tunnel traffic. It can be seen that the convenience brought by super engineering is not only a "hard connection" of infrastructure in the Greater Bay Area on the surface, but also a "soft connection" of rules and mechanisms at a deeper level. Zou Xiang: The rolling traffic drives consumption and also transforms into new driving force and vitality for industrial development. It not only "bridges" the development of the cultural and tourism industry, but also "paves the way" for industrial cooperation, industrial chain integration and optimization between the east and west sides of the the Pearl River. The value of the Shenzhen China Channel is increasingly apparent. Liu Yanhui: Smooth journey, win-win situation for all parties. For Shenzhen, the channel connects new spaces for industrial layout. Holding hands with the west bank of the the Pearl River, which is rich in land resources and has a solid manufacturing foundation, can make its innovation endowment, capital and resource integration ability more convenient to land and grow. For Zhongshan and other cities on the west bank of the Pearl River, the channel expansion is a new possibility for industrial upgrading. With the advancement of the construction of the Shenzhen China Economic Cooperation Zone, the cooperation model characterized by "Shenzhen headquarters+Zhongshan manufacturing", "Shenzhen innovation+Zhongshan transformation", and "Shenzhen chain master+Zhongshan supporting facilities" is becoming increasingly mature and standardized. The two sides of the the Pearl River will work together to upgrade the industrial base and modernize the industrial chain, which will certainly stimulate the multiplier effect of integrated development. Zou Xiang: True integration requires avoiding superficiality and formalism. How to continuously expand the depth of integrated development while preventing homogeneous "internal competition"? Liu Yanhui: Whether it is industrial development or regional integration, how to avoid "inward competition" is a realistic issue that must be answered well. Within a metropolitan area, each city needs to adhere to local conditions and adapt to the times, closely follow its own positioning, combine industrial foundation, resource endowment, and comparative advantages, and scientifically and reasonably formulate policies and goals. Especially, it is necessary to coordinate the relationship between cultivating local industries and undertaking external industrial transfers. We cannot simply focus on the "high-end" and rush forward, but rather achieve development that competes for positions and is mismatched. Taking Jiangmen as an example, with the support of the two mega projects of the Shenzhen Zhongshan Passage and the Huangmaohai Cross Sea Passage, the "China's First Overseas Chinese Hometown" has ushered in an excellent opportunity to connect the east coast and the core cities of the Greater Bay Area. Persistently climbing to new heights, this is the world's largest and most sensitive neutrino detection project; Based on advantages and deep cultivation, this place is truly a "grain warehouse" in the bay area, where the prefabricated vegetable industry is flourishing and the "guy who eats in his hand" is firmly in control. Highlighting the "one map" planning and "one game" construction at the top-level design level, and guarding the boundaries and strengthening guidance at the specific implementation level, provides a starting point for rectifying "internal competition". Zou Xiang: February 18th this year marks the 6th anniversary of the release of the Development Plan Outline for the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. From "hard connectivity" and "soft connectivity" to "heart connectivity", building an international first-class bay area that reflects the characteristics of Chinese path to modernization is related to the "small and beautiful" of people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, reflecting the "big hand" of developing rapidly. Liu Yanhui: Currently, over 200000 Hong Kong and Macao residents are working and developing in Guangdong, and over 340000 Hong Kong and Macao residents have participated in pension, unemployment, and work-related injury insurance in Guangdong. The integration in the field of people's livelihood is even closer. Shenzhen Bay and Gongbei ports have piloted the use of "no need to present documents" border inspection channels, with "face recognition" clearance taking only 10 seconds. The longest intercity railway in the Greater Bay Area has opened up a public transportation operation mode, realizing on-demand travel, and is affectionately known as the "Bay Area Metro". A high-quality living circle that is livable, business friendly, and tourist friendly is accelerating the transformation from blueprint to reality through the power of integration. Both showcasing their Changxing vitality and collaborating to integrate and gather strength, this bay area, this China, has surging momentum and unlimited potential. (New Society)