The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva hosted a reception on June 26 (Geneva time) to celebrate the 27th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) with over 150 guests from diplomatic missions to the World Trade Organization (WTO), and key contacts in various international organisations, the academia and local businesses.
Hong Kong is a founding member of the WTO. Under the "one country, two systems" principle, Hong Kong maintains its separate WTO membership and participates as a separate customs territory in the name of Hong Kong, China.
Speaking at the reception, the Permanent Representative of the HKSAR of China to the WTO, Miss Winky So, highlighted Hong Kong’s steadfast belief in free trade and its staunch support for the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core.
She thanked the guests for braving the rain to join the reception, adding that, "in the many happy faces here with us today, we are heartened to see friends and partners who embrace the same belief that our world will be a better place if multilateralism continues to thrive."
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