多名广东省人大代表吁抓住恢复通关机遇 加快建设世界级大湾区******
中新网广州1月14日电 (记者 程景伟)广东省十四届人大一次会议正在广州召开，多名广东省人大代表建议，加强粤港澳大湾区金融互联互通、科创合作、交通建设等，推进规则标准“软联通”、基础设施“硬联通”，加快建设世界级湾区、发展最好的湾区。
2023年广东省政府工作报告提出，纵深推进粤港澳大湾区、深圳先行示范区建设，高水平建设横琴、前海、南沙三大平台。
“随着港澳与内地恢复通关，预计粤港澳地区的旅游、留学、商贸等活动需求将迎来爆发式增长。”广东省人大代表、深圳市新国都股份有限公司董事长兼总经理刘祥称。
刘祥建议，应抓住港澳与内地恢复通关的机遇，加快完善粤港澳大湾区数字人民币跨境支付环境的搭建，包括港澳两地受理侧支付终端的更新、数字人民币系统与香港“转数快”等本地支付系统的对接、对公钱包的开立等。
《粤港澳大湾区发展规划纲要》发布以来，粤港澳三地科技产业合作愈发密切，以广深港、广珠澳科技创新走廊为主轴的“两廊三极多节点”创新格局建设加速进行。但同时，大湾区各城市在政策协同、创新要素流通等方面协调难度较大。
对此，广东省人大代表、深圳市政协副主席吴以环建议，成立“粤港澳大湾区政产学研用资联盟”，通过定期召开联盟会议，共同推进并解决大湾区科技创新合作中面临的关键问题，强化区域合作中科技创新合作的战略地位。
吴以环还提出，制定并实施“粤港澳大湾区未来产业创新网络计划”，以政府为主导、企业为主体，与高校及科研院所联盟，与产业基金合作，建立新型产学研协同创新机制。
当前，粤港澳大湾区城际铁路建设取得一系列进展，居民出行选择更加丰富，便捷性、舒适性大幅提升，“轨道上的大湾区”正在加速成型。
目前，广州地铁运营总里程达621公里。广东省人大代表、广州地铁集团有限公司总经理刘智成称，该集团将统筹20条565公里地铁、城际线路和24个铁路综合枢纽项目建设，加快构建世界级轨道交通网络。
“今年，我们要着力实现城际与地铁‘互联、互通、互维、互运’和公交化运营，推动形成大湾区都市圈1小时通勤圈。”刘智成说。
“推进粤港澳大湾区多层次轨道交通融合发展，引领大湾区空间布局优化，促进人员与生产要素有序高效流动。”广东省人大代表、深圳城市交通规划设计研究中心股份有限公司党委副书记、专业总工程师吕国林建议，尽快启动《粤港澳大湾区城际铁路建设规划》中期评估与修编工作，健全大湾区多层次轨道交通融合标准规范体系。
吕国林还建议，统筹规划大湾区低空航路航线网络，研究探索广州、深圳、香港、澳门等重点城市之间的常态化货运无人机航线划设和运行管理模式。(完)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀摄
由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
