HONG KONG – Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will lead a delegation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government on a visit to Beijing from Sept 19.
The HKSAR government delegation will include Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Prof Sun Dong and Director of the Chief Executive’s Office Carol Yip Man-kuen.
On Sept 20, the delegation will attend the opening ceremony of the 27th Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Symposium and Beijing-Hong Kong Cooperation Promotion Conference.
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The theme of this year’s symposium is the promotion of complementarity to achieve shared prosperity. An Invest Hong Kong-themed promotion event will be held for the first time, with keynote speeches and highlighted programs focusing on Hong Kong’s unique advantages, business environment, and measures to facilitate cooperation between enterprises in Beijing and Hong Kong.
The CE said the HKSAR government will vigorously promote the city’s advantages and foster cooperation between Beijing and Hong Kong to attract more mainland enterprises to leverage the city to access international markets, facilitate exchanges between enterprises from the two cities and inject greater impetus into both economies.
During the visit, the CE will also attend the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement on new industrialization between the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the HKSAR government.
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Through an arrangement involving the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Invest Hong Kong and the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, the HKSAR government has also organized for a delegation of major local chambers of commerce, comprising prominent members from industrial and commercial enterprises, to attend the symposium.
Lee will return to Hong Kong on Sept 21.
