HK eyes opportunities in regional integration

Hong Kong, as an international center for trade, finance and shipping, could help enterprises in the Pan-Pearl River Delta Region expand their presence in the international market and help Chinese mainland cities attract foreign investment, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Friday.

She said Hong Kong’s finance industry could help mainland enterprises be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Lam made the remarks in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where she was attending the 2019 Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation Executive Chiefs Joint Meeting.

Lam said Hong Kong’s Vocational Training Council plans to set up a center in Guangxi to strengthen exchanges between young people in the mainland and Hong Kong.

Participants of the meeting identified six key tasks for the coming year, which include promoting the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, connecting infrastructure and deepening industry, tourism and ecology cooperation.

Lam also visited the Guangxi-Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre (STC) on Friday. The Guangxi government signed a cooperation agreement with the STC in June to offer international quality certification to Guangxi enterprises and promote more Guangxi products in the international market.

The Pan-Pearl River Delta Region, which covers an area that produces one-third of China’s GDP, includes Hainan, Yunnan, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces and the Guangxi region, as well as Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions.