(Focus on Boao) Carrie Lam: Hong Kong will actively participate in the new stage of the development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  China News Agency, Boao, April 20. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam said in Boao, Hainan on the 20th that the SAR will continue to provide solid support to the AIIB in project financing, bond issuance, investment, financial management and foreign exchange management. , Actively participate in the new stage of development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

  Carrie Lam, who is attending the 2021 annual meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia, made the above remarks during a meeting with Jin Liqun, President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that day.

  Carrie Lam also met with Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, and Hao Peng, director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

  When meeting with Fang Xinghai, Carrie Lam said that Hong Kong will actively integrate into the overall situation of national development and hope that with the support of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Hong Kong can give full play to its advantages as an international financial center and help the country's economic reform and financial opening up.

  When meeting with Hao Peng, Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the SAR government will seize the opportunities brought about by the "Belt and Road" initiative and continue to leverage "Hong Kong's strengths" to become an important connection platform under the national dual-cycle strategy.

  Carrie Lam also met with Hainan Provincial Party Committee Secretary Shen Xiaoming and Governor Feng Fei on the 19th and 20th.

She said that Hainan Province is an important gateway leading to China's opening to the outside world in a new era. Hong Kong has always been open to the outside world, pursuing a free trade policy, and its legal system is in line with international standards. The two places can work together to help Hainan's enterprises go global.

  On the 20th, Carrie Lam also attended the sub-forum of "Urban Clusters Drive Development: Taking the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as an Example" and the women's round table with the theme of "Female Power and Social Responsibility".

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