Chief Executive Attends Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Symposium, Emphasizing Future Collaboration and Development

2026-11-04 18:00 Last Updated At：18:35

CE continues visit to Beijing

The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, continued his visit to Beijing this morning (November 4) and attended the opening ceremony of the 29th Beijing Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Symposium, themed "Beijing-Hong Kong: Together into the 15th Five Year Plan".

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr Lee said that the Symposium has achieved fruitful results over nearly three decades, during which co-operation between Beijing and Hong Kong has gradually expanded from trade, commerce and infrastructure to high-end areas including financial services, innovation and technology, green and low-carbon development, intellectual property and professional services. By bringing in Hong Kong's international resources to serve Beijing's high-quality development and opening up channels for Beijing's innovative industries to go global, the Symposium has promoted two-way investment and joint development, and played an important role in deepening Beijing-Hong Kong collaboration.

Mr Lee said that Beijing and Hong Kong can further deepen collaboration in three main directions in the future. These include advancing two-way financial opening up, where Hong Kong, as the most convenient international financing platform for Beijing enterprises, could join hands with Beijing to expand green finance and offshore Renminbi business; deepening collaboration in innovation and technology between the two places, accelerating the development of the Northern Metropolis and building an internationalised university town to promote the integrated development of education, technology and talent, opening a new chapter for Beijing and Hong Kong institutions to jointly nurture high-calibre talent and foster new quality productive forces; and giving full play to Hong Kong's roles as a "super connector" and a "super value-adder" to fully empower enterprises in going global and help bring the country's culture and soft power to the world. He said that Hong Kong will continue to proactively serve the country's needs and work with Beijing to transform the achievements of co-operation between the two places into a new impetus of high-quality development, making greater contributions to the country's high-standard opening up.

Mr Lee later departed for Shanghai. He will attend the welcome dinner of the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE) in the evening, and exchange views with various participants from all over the world.

Mr Lee will attend the opening ceremony of the ninth CIIE and the Hongqiao International Economic Forum tomorrow (November 5). He will also visit the Hong Kong exhibition area and the exhibition booths of Hong Kong enterprises, and deliver a speech at the Hong Kong sub-forum of the Hongqiao International Economic Forum.

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The Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Professor Sun Dong, attended the Global Cooperation and Innovation Forum on Mutual Trust, Interconnectivity and Interoperability of AI Agents - Jointly Building the Intelligent Internet as well as the Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Internet Development Forum of the 2026 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, today (November 4). During the summit, he also attended the Opening Ceremony and the Ministerial Meeting yesterday (November 3) where he exchanged the latest status of Hong Kong's innovation and technology (I&T) developments with representatives of government institutions, international organisations, enterprises and research institutes from various places.

Addressing the Global Cooperation and Innovation Forum on Mutual Trust, Interconnectivity and Interoperability of AI Agents - Jointly Building the Intelligent Internet this morning, Professor Sun stated that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government is actively aligning with national development strategies and promoting the innovative development of artificial intelligence (AI) and AI Agents. He stated that the HKSAR Government is advancing related development in three areas: promoting the wide application of AI and AI Agents, improving the governance framework, and fostering international exchanges and co-operation. He also mentioned that the HKSAR Government and the Hong Kong Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Institute will jointly issue a set of AI Agent safety-management guidelines applicable to the entire community next year. This will further enhance the governance framework for AI development and application, ensuring that the technology is developed for good, safe and manageable means. The HKSAR Government will also actively support the country's Global AI Governance Initiative by organising a large-scale international AI conference in Hong Kong to promote open sources and openness as well as co-operation and sharing.

Professor Sun attended the Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Internet Development Forum in the afternoon and delivered the opening remarks. He said that HongKong is developing new quality productive forces through technological innovation and has positioned AI as a core industry for future development. To that end, the HKSAR Government is developing a new paradigm of "three major innovation and technology parks and five key research and development institutions", further enriching the I&T development system and public research infrastructure, thereby injecting new impetus into the economy.

Professor Sun said that the HKSAR Government is fully advancing the "AI+" development strategy, leveraging AI to empower all sectors and drive the growth of the digital economy and smart society. The HKSAR Government has already established the Committee on AI+ and Industry Development Strategy to co-ordinate the deep integration of AI with industry. The Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster, located in the Northern Metropolis, has already begun construction. It is projected to provide computing power of 180 000 peta-floating point operations per second (PFLOPS) after 2030. This capacity will provide pivotal support for the development of AI and the digital industry. The HKSAR Government will also inject an additional HK$1billion into the Artificial Intelligence Subsidy Scheme to support frontier research and the development of an intelligent computing industry.

The Acting Commissioner for Digital Policy, Mr Daniel Cheung, also delivered keynote speeches today at the Cybersecurity Forum for Technology Development and International Cooperation, and the Digital Economy Forum of the summit.

Professor Sun and Mr Cheung attended the Opening Ceremony of the summit yesterday (November 3). Professor Sun also attended the Ministerial Meeting and spoke on "Working Together to Take a People-Centered Approach and Develop AI for the Positive and for Good". He reaffirmed that Hong Kong upholds a people-centred approach to AI development and, under Hong Kong's First Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong is committed to building an international I&T centre. He also introduced the "AI for All" Inclusive Programme; Hong Kong's governance strategy of balancing development and risk management; as well as its role as a "super connector" and a "super value-adder" in promoting international collaboration on AI. In the afternoon, Mr Cheung visited Zhejiang Qiangnao Technology Co Ltd and DBAPPSecurity Co Ltd, to learn about the innovative development achievements and practical applications of the two enterprises in technology fields such as life and health, brain-computer interfaces, and cybersecurity.

In addition, the Digital Policy Office's project "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Multi-party Collaboration to Safeguard Cybersecurity for Major Events such as the 15th National Games and Ensure Cross-boundary Cybersecurity" was commended as an outstanding case of "Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace" in 2026. On the day before yesterday (November 2), Mr Cheung attended the certificate presentation ceremony for outstanding cases of "Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace", and represented the HKSAR Government to receive an outstanding case certificate and give a presentation on the case. On the same day, he also attended the 2026 edition of the Straight to Wuzhen Global Internet Competition - the Wings of Digital Innovation Night and took the opportunity to cheer for the Hong Kong teams that had won in the Asia-Pacific regional competition and wished them great success in the final.

Professor Sun and Mr Cheung concluded their visit today and returned to Hong Kong in the evening.

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