On February 28, Dr. Bryan Lin, a member of National Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference prepared a number of proposal this year, including the Flow of Talents in the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong Border Ports’ Upgrading and Transformation, and the interconnection of insurance industry among the Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen. Among them, in the "Proposal on Accelerating the Expansion of Mutual Recognition of Qualifications in the Greater Bay Area to Promote the Flow of Professional Talents", Lin Xiaohui suggested that under the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area, various localities should adopt different policies and measures to accelerate the mutual recognition of talent qualification.

He pointed out that high-quality development cannot be separated from the support of talents. With the acceleration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development, huge economy and talent attraction will be released. To build up a world-class high-level talent-oriented area is also one of the most important goals of the Greater Bay Area Development. Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao have always paid attention to and attached importance to issues such as talent training, talent attraction, and talent circulation. They have negotiated and cooperated in various aspects in terms of mutual recognition of higher education qualifications and professional qualifications. However, there are still differences in the political system, economic environment, legal system, and cultural background among three places, which have become the shackles of talent circulation. For example, a more effective mechanism for mutual recognition of academic qualifications and professional qualifications for the fields like doctors, teachers, and accountants, has not yet been realized. Moreover, Hong Kong's sub-degree qualifications are not recognized by other universities in the Greater Bay Area.

Through interviews and analysis, Lin found that the current scope of mutual recognition of professional qualifications is still small and insufficient to meet the needs of certain important areas. Emerging industries in the Greater Bay Area, such as finance, innovative technology, and medical industries, have not yet been fully opened up, while industries such as IT and modernized services industry, are rarely touched upon; the education and vocational qualification systems in the Mainland are not completely equivalent to Hong Kong's qualifications structure, for example, there are differences in some academic levels, qualification, certification, classification and scope of practice.

He also noticed that it is more difficult to connect with the industry, and the existing policies remain at a relatively superficial level. For example, registered medical professional technicians with legal qualifications in Hong Kong can only practice in the Mainland for a short period of time; the professional qualification examination threshold is high and the procedures are cumbersome. The approval time is too long, and it is not easy for many professionals in the two places to apply for mutual recognition of professional qualifications, and the application intention will be reduced under such circumstances.

In this regard, Bryan Lin suggested that the Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macao should jointly establish a "Coordination Bureau for Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications" to connect with professional industry organizations in various places, so as to play a coordinating role to speed up the process of mutual recognition of professional qualifications. Launch the pilot project to conduct a large-scale research on the development needs of the Greater Bay Area to flexibly docking for the industries with talent shortages in various regions, including mutual recognition of some professional qualifications, direct exemption of qualification examination for some subjects of relevant practitioners, etc; Accelerate the promotion of “Credit Bank” plan to carry out the identification, accumulation and conversion of the academic education and non-academic education learning achievements in the Greater Bay Area; Further relax the mutual recognition of qualifications in emerging industries such as the Internet, real estate, testing and certification, research and development, design, exhibitions, and modern service industries.

He also suggested that the government departments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao should cooperate with famous enterprises to launch special internship programs, and provide highly professional and challenging internship positions for undergraduates or young people who are preparing to obtain professional qualifications in cities in the Greater Bay Area, to lay the foundation for future mobile employment; according to the characteristics of various industries in various places, provide pre-examination training for those who are preparing to obtain professional qualifications, and eliminate the troubles caused by external factors such as examination modes, language habits, and information inconsistencies.