Political situation
Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2020-11-18 13:09
Last update date: 2020-11-18 13:09
Chief Executive Carrie Lam attended the Greater Bay Area Forum this morning (18th). In her keynote speech, she said that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has great potential to bring opportunities to Hong Kong and is also a key direction for Hong Kong to recover its economy faster.
She also pointed out that the Hong Kong government will support the development of the Greater Bay Area in terms of finance, aviation, and trade, and seize the development opportunities in the Greater Bay Area under the "one country, two systems."
Lam Cheng: Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area City should complement each other's advantages and be mutually beneficial and win-win
Lin Cheng also believes that Hong Kong has advantages in tariffs, independence of the rule of law, and financial services. It should complement each other's advantages and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results with cities in the Greater Bay Area.
She mentioned that when she met with Vice Premier Han Zheng in Beijing earlier this month, the other party affirmed the achievements of the Greater Bay Area. Therefore, Hong Kong should be more integrated into the development of the country and resume the flow of people in the Greater Bay Area.
Lin Zheng emphasized that Hong Kong will put the development of innovative technology in the most important position and further cooperate with Shenzhen.
In addition to inviting Leung Zhenying and Lam Cheng as keynote speakers, the forum was also attended by many well-known politicians, including Gao Yongwen, former director of the Food and Health Bureau, Hong Weimin, chief liaison officer for Hong Kong affairs of Shenzhen Qianhai Administration, and founder of Maxim Group The eldest daughter of Wu Zhande, and Wu Shuqing, honorary chairman of Beijing Aviation Food Co., Ltd.
The eldest daughter of Wu Zhande, founder of Maxim's Group, and Wu Shuqing, honorary chairman of Beijing Aviation Food Co., Ltd., also attended the forum.
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Liang Zhenying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also spoke. He said that although Hong Kong has been affected by the epidemic in the past year, the promotion of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area plan has not stopped.
Liang Zhenying pointed out that the national "14th Five-Year Plan" has been issued, which mentioned that it will support Hong Kong and Macau to integrate into the country's development and become innovation centers.
Liang Zhenying also pointed out that the Greater Bay Area strategy has been introduced, and Hong Kong should be prepared to conduct a comprehensive study of the Greater Bay Area cities, complement each other's advantages to meet the challenges, and at the same time encourage different industries to integrate into the Greater Bay Area development.
Liang Zhenying emphasized that there are different talents in the Greater Bay Area and Mainland scientists should be encouraged to cooperate with Hong Kong investors to launch new products.
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