National development is Hong Kong’s best opportunity! Why did Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu say this in Shanghai?
Yesterday afternoon, the "Hong Kong Channel Connecting the World" sub-forum of the Sixth Hongqiao International Economic Forum was held. Guests expressed their opinions on how Hong Kong can further leverage its advantages of "backing on the motherland and connecting the world" to serve the country's development.
Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Lee Ka-chiu said that national development is Hong Kong’s best opportunity. With the strong support of the state, Hong Kong has increasingly broad space for development. Hong Kong will continue to play its unique role as a connecting platform to "bring in and go out" for the country. Looking forward to the future, Hong Kong will not only be a "super contact" but also a "super value-added person". In addition to helping to promote cooperation, Hong Kong will also contribute diversified professional services, provide a broad network and solutions. We welcome international and mainland enterprises to come to Hong Kong to flex their muscles and make good use of Hong Kong's advantages to achieve win-win cooperation.
Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said that this year marks the 45th anniversary of reform and opening up. In the process of national reform and opening up, Hong Kong has unique advantages and has played a leading role in investment and development and a bridge for two-way opening up. In the new era and new journey, the Ministry of Commerce will actively support Hong Kong to develop better, better leverage its advantages, and promote the common prosperity and development of the mainland and Hong Kong; support Hong Kong in expanding international connections, unblocking trade channels, leveraging its professional advantages, building investment bridges, and expanding regional cooperation , to create an open hub.
Yin Zonghua, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, and Hua Yuan, deputy mayor of Shanghai, attended the meeting.