The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Wuhan (WHETO) today (June 29) held the Reception for the 21st Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in Wuhan, Hubei province. Around 150 guests attended the reception, including representatives from various government departments and authorities, consulates and related institutions, chambers of commerce and corporations in Hubei and Wuhan as well as Hong Kong people and students staying in Wuhan and representatives from Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Offices in Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi and Shanxi.
In his welcoming remarks, the Director of the WHETO, Mr Vincent Fung, said that since Hong Kong's return to the motherland 21 years ago, the socio-economic development of the HKSAR has been progressing steadily and firmly under the framework of the country's constitution and the Basic Law. Along with key national policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area development, Hong Kong will leverage its own advantages to perform the role of "super-connector" to contribute to the economic development of the country and Hong Kong, he added.
Thematic exhibitions on the Basic Law, the Belt and Road Initiative and various talent migrant admission scheme were also held at the reception so as to increase the participants' understanding on these matters.
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