On June 17, the 2021 ACCCIM World Chinese Business Summit Forum was held in Hong Kong.

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam attended the forum and delivered a speech.

She said that in the future, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue to enhance contacts and collaborations with Chinese businessmen from all over the world, and jointly promote the construction of the "Belt and Road" with overseas trading partners.

  Carrie Lam pointed out that in the last two centuries, many Chinese from the Greater Bay Area emigrated overseas, formed communities in foreign countries, gradually established contacts there, and became familiar with the laws, customs, culture, and market conditions in the places where they moved.

With the country’s reform and opening up and the rapid economic development, the number of overseas Chinese has become more numerous. It is now spread all over the world. According to statistics, the total number of overseas Chinese has exceeded 60 million. Especially in Southeast Asian countries, there are as many as 40 million Chinese. "An important force for construction.

In the process of social development in the past, all sectors of Hong Kong society have established friendly relations with many overseas Chinese communities and Chinese business organizations and formed a network, which played a positive role in promoting local economic and social development, and also became a bridge for foreign exchanges with China.

Due to historical and geographic reasons, Hong Kong has always been a part of this bridge. It has close ties with overseas Chinese, while domestically, it contributes to the motherland through the overseas Chinese network.

She revealed that in the future, the SAR government will continue to increase contacts and collaborations with Chinese businessmen from all over the world, work with overseas trading partners to promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”, and play Hong Kong's role as a unique gateway, springboard and intermediary.

(Reporter Fan Siyi produced Li Jiali)

Editor in charge: [Zhang Kaixin]