The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, met with the visiting Chairman of the People First Party, Mr James Soong, this afternoon (April 16) at Government House. The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Mr Patrick Nip, was also present.
Mrs Lam welcomed Mr Soong's visit to Hong Kong, which is the first stop of his trip to cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and wished his visit every success. She said the Greater Bay Area is one of the most open and economically vibrant regions of China with great development potential and will bring about immense opportunities. Pointing out that Hong Kong is one of the core cities of the Greater Bay Area and will play an active role in its development, she said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is committed to promoting the development of high-end and high value-added financial, commercial and trading, logistics and professional services as well as advancing innovation and technology and establishing Hong Kong as the centre for international legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region. She encouraged Taiwan enterprises to use Hong Kong as a platform to explore the business opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.
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