The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Yau Yinghua, visited the Trade and Industry Department and Invest Hong Kong respectively today (8th) to learn about the latest developments of the two agencies, including support for SMEs and promotion of foreign direct investment.
He emphasized that the Hong Kong government must tell the story of Hong Kong to the international business community, so that they can understand the unique advantages and huge opportunities of Hong Kong under one country, two systems.
Accompanied by the Acting Director of Trade and Industry Ho Siu-kung, Mr Yau Ying-wah visited the Integrated Customer Service Centre of the Trade and Industry Department today.
Launched in May this year, the centre provides one-stop services for information enquiries, various licence applications and registrations.
Afterwards, he visited the SME Support and Consultation Centre and listened to the staff of the Trade and Industry Department explaining the department's support measures for SMEs, especially the online support services during the epidemic.
Yau also met with directorate officers of the Trade and Industry Department to learn about the work related to promoting industrial and commercial development and enhancing trade partnerships. He also learned about the main measures to support SMEs, including various funding schemes, such as "development of brands, upgrading and transformation and expansion of domestic sales markets." Special Fund" and "SME Marketing Fund".
Yau pointed out that SMEs are an important pillar of Hong Kong's economy, creating a favorable business environment and assisting enterprises in upgrading, transformation and marketing is very important.
He also encouraged the Trade and Industry Department to continue to support SMEs to enhance their overall competitiveness, and to assist the industry in deploying business strategies in the Mainland and overseas to expand into larger markets.
Qiu Yinghua, the former chief executive of Greater Bay Area Airlines, joined the new government as the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.
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Yau also visited Invest Hong Kong to hear the latest information on promoting foreign direct investment and assisting overseas and mainland enterprises to set up or expand business in Hong Kong, introduced by the Director of Invest Hong Kong, Mr.
Invest Hong Kong said that it will strengthen the promotion of Hong Kong's business environment and opportunities overseas, share the latest and real situation of Hong Kong, promote more foreign investment, and help overseas enterprises make good use of Hong Kong as an important platform to connect with the mainland.
Yau emphasized that it is necessary to tell the story of Hong Kong to the international business community, so that they can know the unique advantages of Hong Kong under the full support of the central government and one country, two systems, as well as the national "14th Five-Year Plan", the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the "Belt and Road Initiative". "The huge opportunities brought by the initiative.
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