CE meets Secretary of CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, met with the Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee, Mr Chen Gang, at Government House today (February 25) to exchange views on deepening co-operation between Hong Kong and Guangxi. Also attending the meeting were the Acting Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Clement Woo, and the Director of the Chief Executive's Office, Ms Carol Yip.
Mr Lee welcomed Mr Chen's visit to Hong Kong with his delegation for a Guangxi promotion conference themed around the region's role in connecting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to be held tomorrow (February 26). Mr Lee will also attend the conference to witness and support the signing ceremony for co-operation between Guangxi and Hong Kong. He said that Guangxi serves as the country's international passage to ASEAN and, like Hong Kong, is a key link in the Belt and Road Initiative. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government will fully leverage Hong Kong's role as a "super connector" and "super value-adder" and has established the Task Force on Supporting Mainland Enterprises in Going Global to assist Mainland enterprises in overseas expansion with its cross-professional services platform. He expressed confidence in working together with Guangxi to tap into overseas markets, including ASEAN, to explore more global business opportunities.
Mr Lee said that Guangxi is actively developing itself into an important strategic hinterland of the GBA while Hong Kong, as a core city of the GBA, will proactively align with the National 15th Five-Year Plan to continuously deepen regional co-operation in the GBA and promote regional integration and efficient connectivity. As an international financial, shipping and trade centre, Hong Kong will harness its role under the "one country, two systems" principle in connecting with both the Mainland and the world. Hong Kong will utilise its professional and high value-added services and highly market-oriented business environment in promoting Guangxi's further opening-up internally and externally, seize the opportunities in the GBA, and contribute to the country's high-quality development.
Mr Lee highlighted that Hong Kong and Guangxi enjoy close geographical and cultural ties. Hong Kong has long been Guangxi's largest source of external investment, with close co-operation in areas such as economic and trade exchanges, shipping and logistics, people-to-people exchanges, and education. As the HKSAR Government is making every effort to develop Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology (I&T) centre and an international hub for high-calibre talent, Mr Lee expressed the hope that Hong Kong and Guangxi would deepen co-operation for mutual benefit, particularly through more in-depth and extensive exchanges in areas like I&T and youth exchanges. With the advancement of the Western New Land-Sea Corridor's development, Hong Kong and Guangxi will further strengthen practical co-operation in shipping and logistics, jointly seizing the immense opportunities presented by national development strategies.
The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee (right), meets the Secretary of the CPC Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee, Mr Chen Gang (left), at Government House today (February 25) Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
