Director of the Hong Kong Office in Shanghai: Looking forward to more citizens visiting Hong Kong, "Shanghai citizens have not forgotten Hong Kong after customs clearance" Economy | Hong Kong | Citizens

Release time:Apr 14, 2024 01:12 AM

On the evening of July 1st, with traditional architecture from Lane 8 of the current trend as the canvas, accompanied by music beats, iconic Hong Kong attractions such as Victoria Bay, Taiping Peak, and Chinese and Western architecture were projected onto it one by one. This "Hong Kong Festival - Light and Shadow Chapter" lighting show marks the beginning of the "Hong Kong Tide · Art Start FUN" - a series of activities celebrating the 26th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.

At the event site, there are iconic neon signs, festive lion displays, street signs, and other characteristic displays of Hong Kong. There is also a Hong Kong style market where Hong Kong enterprises participate, and many citizens come to experience the Hong Kong culture.


Director of the Hong Kong Office in Shanghai: Looking forward to more citizens visiting Hong Kong, "Shanghai citizens have not forgotten Hong Kong after customs clearance" Economy | Hong Kong | Citizens

Cai Liang, Director of the Economic and Trade Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in Shanghai, expressed the hope that this themed event can serve as an opportunity for Shanghai friends to witness, hear, and taste Hong Kong in alleys, and have an "old aftertaste and new understanding" of Hong Kong.

Data shows that since the clearance of Hong Kong and mainland China, the Hong Kong economy has continued to recover, with a year-on-year growth of 2.7% in the first quarter of this year, and an expected annual economic growth of 3.5% to 5.5%. "We certainly hope to move up to 5.5%, so we also hope to receive the support of Shanghai citizens." Cai Liang invited Shanghai citizens, "After customs clearance, the people have not forgotten Hong Kong. Many citizens have set their first destination for leaving Hong Kong, hoping that more tourists will come to Hong Kong to experience the new changes after the epidemic.".


Director of the Hong Kong Office in Shanghai: Looking forward to more citizens visiting Hong Kong, "Shanghai citizens have not forgotten Hong Kong after customs clearance" Economy | Hong Kong | Citizens

"Shanghai and Hong Kong are important central cities with special status and radiating functions in China," said Kong Fu'an, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Municipal Government. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Hong Kong Cooperation Mechanism. We will take this as a new starting point, work together with the Special Administrative Region Government to showcase our respective strengths and draw a blueprint for cooperation, and contribute the strength of Shanghai and Hong Kong to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

At the event, a cultural performance was held, with multiple Hong Kong artists performing harmonica, jazz, brass, Cantonese opera, and contemporary dance, showcasing the diverse and moving side of Hong Kong.


Director of the Hong Kong Office in Shanghai: Looking forward to more citizens visiting Hong Kong, "Shanghai citizens have not forgotten Hong Kong after customs clearance" Economy | Hong Kong | Citizens

It is reported that the celebration will continue until July 9th. Among them, cultural performances, Hong Kong style markets, and workshops will be held on July 2nd, 8th, and 9th, and will continue to be open to the public for free.

The UK has formed the largest exhibition group, with over 2200 companies from 28 of the top 30 countries and regions participating in the Service Trade Fair. Institutions | Organizations | Enterprises
The UK has formed the largest exhibition group, with over 2200 companies from 28 of the top 30 countries and regions participating in the Service Trade Fair. Institutions | Organizations | Enterprises

The 2023 China International Trade in Services Fair will be held in Beijing from September 2nd to 6th. According to a press conference held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing today, this year is the first year for China to fully resume offline exhibitions. This year's Fair for Trade in Services has increased its offline invitation efforts, highlighting internationalization, authority, and professionalism, further promoting exchanges and negotiations between exhibitors, mutually beneficial cooperation, and win-win outcomes. More than 500 Fortune Global 500 and leading enterprises will participate in the 2023 Global Service Trade Summit offline, with an expanded scale and a higher level of offline guests. Some foreign dignitaries, ministerial level guests, and international organization leaders will be invited to attend and deliver speeches. The host country of this year's Service Trade Fair is the United Kingdom, which has formed the largest exhibition group since the exhibition. 51 countries and 24 international organizations will be established offline in the name of national governments or headquarters

The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion
The National Grand Theatre has built the world's largest theater complex, and the three major buildings of the Beijing Urban Sub center have been fully completed. The museum | Beijing | Conclusion

25 kilometers east of Beijing, the water of the Grand Canal flows leisurely. On both sides of the canal, large-scale greening is quietly spreading, and the three major buildings of Beijing's urban sub center are rising from the ground. On the 15th, the reporter visited the three major buildings that were about to be completed. The Beijing Art Center, which looks like a big curtain, shimmers with silver under the sunlight. The Grand Canal Museum seems to be covered with five sails scattered all over the roof, and the Beijing City Library, supported by 144 "ginkgo tree trunks," looks like a sea of forests. At the end of September, the "Three Major Buildings" met the conditions for completion and acceptance. Sha Gang, Deputy General Manager of the Three Major Construction Project Department of Beitou Group's Urban Sub center, introduced that as of now, the main structure and exterior facade decoration works of the three major construction projects have been fully completed. 95% of indoor electromechanical engineering has been completed, 90% of indoor decoration engineering has been completed, and 80% of outdoor municipal and landscape engineering has been completed

More than 3000 people were trapped in three trains in Mentougou mountain area. Fengsha Railway, which was damaged in rainstorm, resumed operation last night | more than 3000 people
More than 3000 people were trapped in three trains in Mentougou mountain area. Fengsha Railway, which was damaged in rainstorm, resumed operation last night | more than 3000 people

On the evening of August 8th, it was learned from the Beijing Railway Bureau of China that after 71 hours of emergency repair, at around 18:30 on August 8th, as the track rolling locomotive slowly passed through the Zhuwo Station of the Fengsha Railway, the Fengsha Railway finally resumed traffic. The Fengsha Railway was completed and opened to traffic on June 30, 1955. It is a mountainous railway and the first mainline railway in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. It is also an important channel for transporting coal from Shanxi to other regions. On July 30, affected by rainstorm for several days, some sections of Fengsha Railway located in Mentougou District of Beijing were seriously damaged. Train K1178, K396 and Z180 were stranded in the mountains, and nearly 3000 passengers and attendants were stranded. After the joint cooperation of the railway department, armed police soldiers, and firefighters, all passengers and crew members were able to escape from the trap for 5 days and arrived at Beijing West Station and Beijing Fengtai Station respectively

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences releases major achievements on a monthly basis, and the "History | Theory | Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle Historical Experience Series" is published
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences releases major achievements on a monthly basis, and the "History | Theory | Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle Historical Experience Series" is published

The key publication of the Central Propaganda Department's theme publication, "A Series of Historical Experience of the Party's Centenary Struggle," has been released recently. On the morning of the 4th, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences organized a "Monthly Conference on Major Achievements of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences" in Beijing, focusing on introducing this theoretical achievement. The "Historical Experience Series of the Party's Centennial Struggle" is a masterpiece that examines and summarizes the history of the CPC from the perspective of historical experience. It is based on the historical resolution passed at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, deeply implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and based on the ten historical experiences accumulated from the Party's century long struggle clearly pointed out in the resolution, it is independently written from ten aspects: Party leadership, people first, theoretical innovation, independence and autonomy, the Chinese path, embracing the world, exploring and innovating, daring to struggle, united front, and self revolution. According to the introduction, the Party

The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition
The millennium old traditional customs in Nanzhao are rejuvenated, with "golden leaves" flourishing, and the body of mugwort picking during the Dragon Boat Festival | modern | tradition

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there has been a custom of picking mugwort in Chinese folk culture since ancient times. The "Jingchu Suishi Ji" from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period records: "On the fifth day of the fifth month, picking mugwort as a person, hanging it on the door to ward off poisonous gas." To this day, many regions still retain the custom of picking mugwort on the Dragon Boat Festival. In Nanzhao County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, a large number of people go up the mountains to pick mugwort around the Dragon Boat Festival every year. The collected mugwort leaves are made into various mugwort products by local enterprises and sold nationwide. Recently, the Aicao Culture Festival was held in Nanzhao County, and reporters visited several local traditional Chinese medicine enterprises. Here, the traditional custom of picking mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival is being given new vitality by the thriving modern traditional Chinese medicine industry in the local area. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of Artemisia argyi has been given new vitality by the modern traditional Chinese medicine industry. The Dragon Boat Festival picking of mugwort has a long history of use in China. At the Xiaokong Mountain Site in Nanzhao County, archaeology