Liaison Office emphasizes Xi’s inno instructions
The central government’s top representative body in Hong Kong on Tuesday pledged to implement President Xi Jinping’s important instruction on the city’s transformation into an innovation and technology hub, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday.
The Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued the statement after studying the speech Xi gave at the opening of the 19th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 14th Meeting of the Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
In the speech, Xi called for more efforts to develop China into a world leader in science and technology.
The remarks are of great significance in regard to the Liaison Office’s support for Hong Kong’s bid to become an international inno-tech hub under the “one country, two systems” principle, the statement reads.
Earlier, in response to a letter written by 24 Hong Kongbased academicians from the CAS and CAE, Xi issued an instruction to support Hong Kong’s transformation into an international center for innovation and technology.
To implement this, the Liaison Office vowed to attach
The importance and urgency of innovation development need recognition.” Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong SAR
more importance to Hong Kong’s inno-tech development. The importance and urgency of innovation development needed recognition, the statement stressed.
The office pledged to implement the central government’s technology policies benefiting the city, which will improve the level of economic development and also benefit livelihoods in Hong Kong.
It also said key future priorities include maximizing Hong Kong’s advantages in the internationalization of the nation’s science and technology, and promoting integrated development of innovation and technology within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The office vowed to attract international high-end talents while supporting the SAR government in nurturing young people in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship.