Xingang is now facing a dilemma, after the return of Xingang, it still maintains an independent legal system, financial and monetary system and accounting system, is an independent customs territory of TO, and there are still border obstacles to travel with the mainland, and mainlanders want to go to Xingang, it will not be much easier than going abroad. Newport remains an offshore economy and offshore financial center and has not changed the nature of its small independent economy.

And even if Xingang is willing to fully integrate into the mainland's economic system, there are still many practical problems that are difficult to solve, because the difference between Xingang and the mainland is still too great, such as wages and price levels, and Xingang is very different from the deep city across the strait. Moreover, there are huge differences between the two places in terms of education, medical care, tariffs, etc., and if the entry and exit of the two places are completely liberalized, many existing orders will be completely destroyed, such as the free travel policy alone, which will lead to a large number of mainlanders going to Xingang to frantically sweep goods, and there are also mainlanders who go to Xingang to give birth to children, so that children can obtain Xingang household registration and enjoy the benefits of Xingang, and can avoid the mainland's family planning policy and have more children.

There are too many differences between the policies of the Xingang free port and those of the mainland, and once it is fully liberalized, it will lead to many problems, which cannot be solved now or for a long time to come.

Therefore, in Bao Feiyang's view, although Xingang needs to continue to integrate into the mainland and rely on the mainland, for a long period of time, some differences between Xingang and the mainland, which have a very high degree of internationalization, cannot be completely eliminated, so it is impossible for the border between Xingang and the mainland to be completely eliminated for a long time. Therefore, Xingang should not only rely on the mainland, but also continue to adhere to the path of internationalization and develop based on itself.

A Disneyland can't change this state of Newport, and Newport Disneyland is not even as popular as Newport Ocean Park. Of course, even if the operation of Newport Disneyland is not very good, Newport Disneyland still plays a positive role in driving the tourism and economic development of Newport. So this time I have to pass through Xingang, and Bao Feiyang is still a little sorry.

"Laissez-faire economic policy in the general situation is good, can be a good activation of various factors, so that the economy can achieve rapid development, but laissez-faire also means a lack of long-term vision, although the market has never lacked long-term vision, but more is the pursuit of current gains, Xingang is not the United States, the United States has the world's top scientists, the top investors and financial markets, as well as the top universities and the attraction of the world's talents, the top industrial base and innovation system...... This is a gap that we can't deny, and it's also something that Xingang can't compare!"

Bao Feiyang said to Meng Shuang on the way to the airport: "The laissez-faire of the United States is because they have the best foundation. The best conditions, but even so, in fact, the U.S. government has a lot of interference in the economy, including tariffs and trade wars, including plans like the information superhighway, and for Xingang, as an independent economy, their size is too small, so small that laissez-faire completely depends on the market There is no way to achieve long-term planning, Xingang's economy to get rid of the hollowing out of the industry, get rid of the dependence on real estate and finance, there must be a strong intervention, otherwise in the context of the rapid development of the mainland, Xingang's industry will be completely hollowed out, and Xingang's advantages will gradually fade！”

Meng Shuang nodded and said: "The development of the mainland will indeed form a strong competitive situation in Xingang, in the past, multinational companies usually set up their Asia-Pacific headquarters in Xingang, but now there are some multinational companies in Pujiang to set up headquarters, although most of them are Huaguo headquarters, excluding Asia-Pacific headquarters, but Huaguo headquarters is actually divided from many functions and businesses of the Asia-Pacific headquarters, which has some impact on Xingang. With the entry of the mainland into the TO and the further increase in openness, more and more multinational companies will definitely set up Chinese headquarters in the mainland, or even the Asia-Pacific headquarters in the future, and at that time, Xingang will be gradually marginalized!"

Meng Shuang has mainly worked in eastern Guangdong over the years, and often goes to Xingang, and her understanding of the situation in Xingang is more intuitive and profound. With the development and opening up of China, the gap between cities like Pingjing, Pujiang and Shencheng and Xingang will become smaller and smaller, and it is obviously more convenient to set up headquarters in these cities to do business in the mainland. With the development of China's economy, Huaguo's business will become the most important part of MNCs' business in the Asia-Pacific region, and it is natural for them to set up their headquarters in these cities in the mainland, because it is more convenient than Xingang, the cost of doing business is lower, and it is easier to carry out local operations close to the mainland.

Bao Feiyang nodded, although Xingang's development has not stagnated for a long time, and it has always been ahead of Pujiang and other cities in the mainland in terms of internationalization, the trend of marginalization is becoming more and more obvious, and the gap between Xincheng and South Korea is getting bigger and bigger.

The upcoming NASDAQ stock market crash is also a blow to Xingang, which has put forward a plan to build a Cyberport in the past two years, but the bursting of the Internet bubble has made the Cyberport plan abort, and when the network economy is rising again, Xingang has not gotten any opportunity from it, and Xingang's capital market has even missed Alibaba as a representative of the new economy.

Bao Feiyang went to Xingang this time, naturally it is not a simple tourism, Huixun District previously proposed the development plan, including the construction of the university town planning, is currently taking advantage of the opportunity of domestic university expansion, in the fight for the entry of several universities in Pujiang, in addition to Bao Feiyang also through the relationship of Fang Xia, contacted several famous universities in Xingang, hoping to cooperate with several famous universities in Xingang.

Although Xingang is a small place, it has several world-class universities, including Xingang University, Xingang Chinese University, Xingang University of Science and Technology, Xingang University of Technology, etc. In the latest 1999 Asian University Rankings, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University ranked first and second, and the third place was Xingang University, Xingang Chinese University and Xingang University of Science and Technology also entered the top ten, and the top ten also included Seoul National University, Taihu University, Australia University of New South Wales, University of Melbourne, Seazen National University and Nanyang University. It can be seen that although the top universities in Xingang are inferior to those in Japan, they are stronger than South Korea, Taihu, Xincheng and Australia, and the level is impressive.

Of course, because of its small place and small population, Xingang is much inferior to South Korea, Taihu and Australia in terms of the overall thickness of higher education, but the strength of top universities should not be underestimated.

Bao Feiyang contacted several universities in Xingang through Fangxia Group, among which the most positive response was Xingang University of Science and Technology, which was founded in 1991 and has a history of less than ten years, but in the ranking of scores calculated by the school's reputation, number of faculty members, proportion of advanced degrees, financial situation, proportion of enrolled students, tuition level, etc., it can kill the top ten Asian universities, which shows that the development speed of the university is very amazing.

At Xingang University of Science and Technology, Bao Feiyang met with Li Zhongwei, one of the founders of the school, vice president of the school, Li Zhongwei graduated from Yale University and taught at Hopkins University for a long time, and was later invited to Xingang to help found Xingang University of Science and Technology, and served as the dean and vice president of the school of science.

One of the reasons why Newport University of Science and Technology, including the universities of Newport, are among the best in Asia in terms of academic impact and university rankings is their international philosophy. Xingang University Presidents and Professors basically have the experience of studying abroad or engaging in education and scientific research, and the achievements of Chinese in the field of science are beyond doubt, Xingang opens its doors and absorbs these world-class talents, which will naturally enable the school's academic, scientific research and teaching strength to reach a world-class level, and Xingang University of Science and Technology can also grow into a world-class university in just a few years.

"In the past two years, Xingang universities, including Xingang University of Science and Technology, have been increasing the number of admission places for mainland students, and I am very impressed by the hard work and academic level of mainland students, so I am personally very optimistic about the future of mainland universities, and world-class universities will emerge among them!"

As a world-class student, Li Weizhong seems quite elegant, although there are very few people in the mainland who know his name, unlike the names of Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning, who are well-known in China, but in the academic world, especially in the field of high-energy physics, Li Weizhong's name is still very loud.

At the age of 70, Li Weizhong is still active in the front line of research and teaching, and he is also devoting more energy to education, and he is also very interested in the cooperation between Xingang University of Science and Technology and the mainland.

Bao Feiyang nodded when he heard this, and said: "The importance of education is our Chinese cultural tradition, and the students in the mainland are indeed very hardworking. However, compared with the higher education in Xingang, compared with higher education in Europe and the United States, mainland universities have not done enough in internationalization, most universities lack an international academic atmosphere and learning atmosphere, we hope to make up for this shortcoming through cooperation with Xingang universities, so our cooperation can not only be limited to let a university in the mainland cooperate with Xingang University of Science and Technology, and run an ordinary joint college in China, we need to introduce the teaching and scientific research management methods of Xingang University of Science and Technology, and more importantly, we must create a university with an international vision and international training methods, as well as an international cultural and academic exchange atmosphere, and even higher education towns. ”

Bao Feiyang said: "In this cooperation, we do not pursue scale or efficiency, what we need is to achieve such a vision and goal, a higher education town with an international academic atmosphere." ”