Deepening Economic and Trade Cooperation with ASEAN, Li Jiachao: Leveraging Hong Kong's Advantages ASEAN | Hong Kong | Li Jiachao
Starting from the 23rd of this month, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, led a Hong Kong delegation to visit three ASEAN member countries: Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Li Jiachao was interviewed by the CCTV reporter at the last stop of his itinerary in Malaysia. He stated that he met with local political and business leaders and introduced Hong Kong's unique advantages of relying on the motherland and connecting the world under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy. He encouraged ASEAN companies to expand their business in Hong Kong and made good use of Hong Kong's professional services and financing platforms to expand the market in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.
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Li Jiachao stated that ASEAN is Hong Kong's second largest trading partner and the world's fifth largest economy, with strong economic growth momentum and unlimited development potential. He will use this visit to promote Hong Kong and explore business opportunities.
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao: Hong Kong and ASEAN countries actually have a good foundation for cooperation, and I think our development space is also infinite. Hong Kong has many advantages. I think we can use these advantages to serve ASEAN, and ASEAN can also make reasonable use of Hong Kong to explore more business opportunities and trade.
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In 2022, the trade volume between Hong Kong and ASEAN reached a historic high of HKD 1294 billion, with over 80 companies headquartered in the ASEAN region listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Li Jiachao stated that Hong Kong's mature international financial market, excellent legal system protection, and good business environment are undoubtedly ideal places for investment and financing.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao: Hong Kong is an international financial center, a shipping and trade center, and a regional center for resolving our commercial and legal disputes, all of which can serve ASEAN. And we all have new developments now, including Hong Kong becoming an international innovation center and a center for cultural and artistic exchange between China and the West.
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Li Jiachao stated that as the scale of economic and trade relations between countries and ASEAN continues to expand year by year, Hong Kong needs to seize opportunities, seize opportunities, deepen cooperation and economic exchanges with ASEAN, and consolidate its role as a "window".
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, said that Hong Kong, especially as a bridge between the world and the mainland, is a great opportunity for ASEAN countries to use Hong Kong to enter our large market in China. Therefore, our cooperation is extensive in all aspects. We rely on our motherland, connect with the world, and also give Hong Kong a unique advantage in "one country, two systems".
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