Back then, Huizhou's development still had many shortcomings. Zhang Junhui could easily recount many memories of these shortcomings: for example, export tax rebates were slow, often requiring a wait of more than half a year; logistics efficiency was low, but costs were much higher than in Shenzhen, Dongguan and other places; even starting a business was fraught with obstacles - a business license had to wait for more than a month...

Zhang Junhui told the China Youth Daily and China Youth Network reporter that he "did not hesitate" when choosing to go to Hong Kong. Compared with Huizhou at that time, Hong Kong "was almost all advantages."

To understand the role of Hong Kong in the global economic system, someone once said that the best way to think of it is as a transformer connecting two circuits of different voltages - in the past few decades, as China gradually developed into the world's second largest economy, Hong Kong has cleverly played the role of connecting China and the world.

It was a hot land, Zhang Junhui was looking forward to it, and then he finally came here. The appearance of an international metropolis brought him a huge impact. At the beginning, he could be "excited for a long time" walking on the road with tall buildings. He could hear stories of "every inch of land is worth a lot of money" everywhere in the restaurant. The endless flow of cargo ships in the port showed the prosperity of trade. "I feel that my horizons are different." However, this excitement did not last long. The daily life of firewood, rice, oil and salt occupied most of the real time. He wanted to rent an office. The monthly rent for a space of about 40 square meters was nearly 20,000 Hong Kong dollars. He wanted to take advantage of the international trade port to expand more business, but the business volume did not increase much. On the contrary, the labor cost was high. He began to doubt his choice: "Is it necessary to set up an office in Hong Kong at such a high cost?" In addition to the setbacks in business, the discomfort in life was even more serious, and the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation increased rapidly. Zhang Junhui said that he soon discovered that there were actually two Hong Kongs, one in the high-rise buildings and the other scattered in the gaps of the high-rise buildings, "the gap is huge."

Migration

Just like going to Hong Kong, it took Zhang Junhui and his family only a short time to make the decision to return to Huizhou. Talking about this many years later, he regretted it a little. What he regretted was not the return itself, but the return too late.

The year Zhang Junhui left Huizhou, China's economy set off a new round of growth. Since 2003, China's GDP (gross domestic product) has maintained double-digit growth for five consecutive years. Even during the 2008 financial crisis, this speed has not been greatly affected. The growth rate of 9.7% is still ahead of major economies in the world.

"The rapid economic development is really beyond my imagination." Huizhou, where he grew up, has become less familiar. Zhang Junhui said that if you don't pay attention for a while, you will find that there is a new road on this side of the city and a few new buildings on the other side.

Before returning, he did some calculations: it only costs 8 yuan to rent a square meter of factory building in Huizhou, and the average salary of workers is about 1,000 yuan/month. The logistics system that he cares most about has increased its efficiency several times in just five years, and its costs have been reduced a lot.

In 2008, as the country paid more and more attention to environmental protection issues, Zhang Junhui invested in Shixiang (Huizhou) Plastic Products Co., Ltd. and began to delve into the plastic products industry. He was no longer satisfied with just being a trade "broker". "We are optimistic about the future of the mainland. With a large market of 1.4 billion people, no matter what project you do, I think its prospects are broad."

Over the years, Zhang Junhui's business has grown bigger and bigger, and his understanding of the development opportunities in the mainland has become deeper and deeper. In particular, the proposal of the "Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" made him sigh: everything is moving forward rapidly.

He said that the government now provides them with almost "nanny-style" services, and all kinds of problems can be well communicated and solved, and the services are becoming more and more perfect. A fact that can be proved is that the business license that used to take more than a month to get now only takes one day, "the mainland can do this."

The dividends of the Greater Bay Area have begun to be released continuously. In order to attract young people from Hong Kong and Macao to work and start businesses in the mainland, the government has introduced a series of convenient measures. For example, on July 28, 2018, the State Council issued the "Decision on Canceling a Batch of Administrative Permits and Other Matters", and people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao no longer need to apply for employment permits to work in the mainland. Guangdong continues to promote the construction of a system of innovation and entrepreneurship bases for Hong Kong and Macao youth and various innovation and entrepreneurship carriers, and has made efforts in many aspects such as policies, services, and environment, just to "retain talents."

Zhang Junhui observed that in Huizhou, the companies around him are accelerating their expansion, and new projects are constantly being implemented. Some time ago, a friend who had been doing insurance business in Hong Kong for 20 years chatted with him and hoped that he could introduce more mainland customers to him. "They used to think that Hong Kong was better than the mainland, but now both sides are very optimistic about the mainland market."

The choice of a few people eventually became the majority. This entrepreneur now often participates in some business exchange activities for entrepreneurs organized by the government. One phenomenon that makes him happy is that there are more and more Hong Kong entrepreneurs around him. He said that the government has provided such a large platform, "We must catch up with the express train of this era."

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