Hong Kong’s Development at President Xi’s Heartstrings
China’s President Xi Jinping will attend a meeting on Friday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the return to the motherland of Hong Kong, whose development Mr Xi says has always been in his heart.
Hong Kong’s development has always pulled at my heartstrings, says China’s President Xi Jinping.
Mr Xi who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said this upon his arrival in Hong Kong five years ago for the special administrative region’s 20th anniversary.
Over the years, Mr Xi repeatedly demonstrated his concern for the development of Hong Kong, as well as the well-being of the over 7million Hong Kong residents.
He initiated projects integrating Hong Kong into the national development, interacted with the youth of Hong Kong and encouraged entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams on the mainland.
Under Mr Xi’s leadership, the central authorities have rolled out a series of major policies and measures to help Hong Kong maintain stability and prosperity under the framework of ‘one country, two systems’.
On Friday, the president will also attend the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), which Mr Xi expects to deliver refreshing changes to the governance of Hong Kong.
Mr Xi had said that Hong Kong was at a crucial stage on its path to further prosperity.
Hong Kong has witnessed rapid development since the Chinese Government resumed the exercise
of sovereignty over it on July 1, 1997.
Under Mr Xi’s leadership, the central authorities have promoted infrastructure connectivity and rolled out policies and measures to further expand the space for Hong Kong’s development.
A fine example of infrastructure connectivity is the mega-bridge at the Pearl River estuary connecting Hong Kong, Macao and the Chinese mainland.
During his trip to Hong Kong in 2017, Mr Xi visited the construction site of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. In October 2018, he announced the bridge’s opening and inspected it.
The opening of the bridge marked a new stage in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.