Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-kei and Secretary for Labor and Welfare Sun Yuhan today (20th) attended the "First Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Talent Service High-Quality Development Conference" summit forum co-organized by the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in Guangzhou today (20th) .
Chan Kwok-kei pointed out that under the "one country, two systems", Hong Kong can give full play to its unique advantages of "relying on the motherland and connecting the world" to attract high-quality overseas talents to come and develop. The implementation of a series of measures to attract talents at the end of December last year has also received enthusiastic response.
Sun Yuhan said that the "High-end Talent Pass Program" received more than 10,000 applications within eight weeks, and the annual income of more than 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars accounted for about one-sixth of the total number of applications. "This is not bad!"
In his speech at the opening ceremony of the conference, Chen Guoji said that Hong Kong, as a highly open and international city in the Greater Bay Area, can give full play to its unique advantages of "backed by the motherland and connected to the world" under the "one country, two systems" and serve as the talent highland in the Greater Bay Area A gateway to attract high-quality overseas talents to come and develop.
Chen Guoji also said that in addition to nurturing local talents, the government also implements the spirit of bold innovation. At the end of December last year, it implemented a series of measures to actively attract talents from all over the world, and the response was overwhelming.
He emphasized that Hong Kong, as an international talent hub, will definitely give full play to its own advantages; at the same time, it will cooperate with brothers and cities in the Greater Bay Area to build a high-level talent hub in the Greater Bay Area and make greater contributions to the high-quality development of the country.
Before returning to Hong Kong, Chen Guoji also visited the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Incubation Base to hear about the base's one-stop innovation and entrepreneurship services for young people in Hong Kong and Macao, and communicated with representatives of service organizations stationed in the base and Hong Kong entrepreneurial youth.
He said that the government will continue to encourage and support young people in Hong Kong to look to the Greater Bay Area to seize the huge opportunities that the Greater Bay Area brings to their personal and career development. Director of the exhibition.
Half of the applicants of the "High Talent" Program are under the age of 30
Sun Yuhan pointed out at the summit forum today that talent is the necessary driving force for all countries to return to normal after the epidemic and restart the economy. Therefore, whether it is Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan, or even Singapore, they are all trying to attract overseas talents and enrich their talent pools.
"The mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong and Macau must work together to win this international talent competition, enhance the economic momentum of the Bay Area, and maintain the competitiveness and advantages of the Bay Area."
He said that in the past three years, the epidemic has affected the development of talents from all over the world in Hong Kong, and the working population in Hong Kong has also shown a downward trend, especially the decline in the highly educated and high-tech population.
He pointed out that the just-launched "High-End Talent Pass Program" received more than 10,000 applications within eight weeks, and half of the applicants were under the age of 30, and their annual income exceeded HK$2.5 million, which accounted for about one-sixth of the total number of applications. good!"
We believe that attracting this group of young talents with high salaries and high academic qualifications to develop in Hong Kong will definitely bring benefits to Hong Kong.
and Secretary for Labor and Welfare Sun Yuhan
Integrating into the Greater Bay Area｜Chen Kwok-kee: Today, the visa application for talents traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macau will be implemented to facilitate the arrival of talents in Hong Kong Respondents in the Greater Bay Area expect medical expenses to increase by 40% within 10 years or give up the best treatment option. The Medical and Health Bureau denies the HA’s research on import services in the Greater Bay Area. Assistant Labor Department refuses to ask whether it has ever received applications