What is the history and background of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge?

The history and background of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge;

Since the 1980s, the transportation corridors between Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland, especially the land transportation corridor between Hong Kong and the east coast of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, have made remarkable progress, which has effectively guaranteed and promoted the interactive economic development between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta, but the transportation links between Hong Kong and the west coast of the Pearl River Delta have been weak.

1997 after the Asian financial crisis, in order to revitalize Hong Kong's economy and find new economic growth points, the Hong Kong SAR government thinks it is necessary to build a cross-sea land passage connecting Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai as soon as possible to give full play to the advantages of Hong Kong and Macao. In 2002, it proposed to the central government to build the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

The idea of building a bridge connecting Hong Kong and Zhuhai was first put forward by Hu and Zhuhai, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hopewell Group in Hong Kong, in 1983. At that time, it was called Lingdingyang Bridge, and the budget was to connect Hong Kong and Zhuhai.

It starts from Loujiaozui, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, passes through Neilingding Island and Qi 'ao Island, and reaches Jinding, Zhuhai. Zhuhai even built some bridges in its territory, that is, the Qi 'ao Bridge at the northern end of Zhuhai today. This idea can still be seen on the old map of Chinese mainland.

1983, Hong Kong architect Hu first put forward the idea of building the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. The chief engineer of the main project of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is Su Quanke.

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The significance of the completion of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge;

Since the return of Hong Kong and Macao to the motherland, the exchanges with Chinese mainland have become closer. The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has narrowed the distance between Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao, and the driving time from Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macao has been shortened from three hours to about 30 minutes. At the same time, it has enhanced the feelings of compatriots on both sides of the strait, accelerated the trade between the three places, and promoted the economic prosperity and development of the three cities on the west coast of the Pearl River Delta (Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen), Hong Kong and Macao.

The construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge embodies the Chinese nation's spirit of being brave in difficulties and innovation. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is the most difficult cross-sea bridge in China's construction history. Its engineering scale is large and the construction period is short. The bridge is mainly composed of artificial islands in the west, submarine tunnels and artificial islands in the east. The total length of the cross-sea section is about 35.6 kilometers. After the completion of the construction, there were only over 600 patent applications, which filled the gaps in many fields and broke many world records.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is also known as the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World". It can be seen that the construction of this bridge has overcome numerous difficulties and embodied the spirit of the Chinese nation to be brave in difficulties and innovation.

The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge marks a new step in the construction of bridges and tunnels in China. Many high-tech technologies have been adopted in the construction of this bridge. For example, the bridge adopts multiple layers of new high damping rubber and steel plates alternately superimposed to form bearings, which greatly improves the seismic performance of the bridge.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is a shining business card of China, and it is a very remarkable project all over the world. With the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, China manufacturing will have a great influence in the world.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge took 6 years to prepare and 9 years to build, which lasted 15 years. It has invested countless manpower, material resources and financial resources, and has also made many brilliant achievements. Better apply China's advanced science and technology to practice, show it to the world, and show the charm made in China.

The opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is beneficial to the cultural exchange, trade and economic development of Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao. It is conducive to implementing the principle of "one country, two systems" and safeguarding the prosperity of the motherland.

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