China News Service, Chongqing, September 25. Title: Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: There is ample space for cooperation between Chongqing and Hong Kong
China News Agency reporter Zhong Yi
"The two cities have different places and the same places. It is for this reason that the two places have more cooperation and the people of the two places have more exchanges, which is good for us and the country." Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor After finishing a one-day visit in Chongqing on the 25th, he said that the cooperation space between Chongqing and Hong Kong is very rich, and they look forward to exchanges in the financial industry, service industry, technological innovation and other fields.
Although this is Carrie Lam's first visit to Chongqing since taking office as Chief Executive, Chongqing is no stranger to her.
After the reform and opening up in 1978, Carrie Lam, who was still a college student, "was very interested in the mainland." She spent many years of summer vacation in the mainland. Her footprints went to Guilin in Guangxi, Kunming in Yunnan, Chengdu in Sichuan and other places.
She had taken a boat to Wuhan from the Three Gorges, and also visited Hongyan Village during her stay in Chongqing and tasted dumplings made by a friend in Chongqing.
When visiting Chongqing again, Carrie Lam said bluntly that "the comparison is really strong" and "the changes are really too great."
The non-straight and flat roads, the houses built against the mountains, and the geographical advantages occupy the geographical map. The many similarities between Chongqing and Hong Kong make Carrie Lam feel cordial.
She said that Chongqing is a vibrant city as well as a city with quality and taste.
Hong Kong is the first choice for the country to expand its opening-up policy. As a "super contact", it serves as a bridge for two-way opening up.
Carrie Lam said that Hong Kong is a market-oriented, legalized, and internationalized economy. Whether it is IPO financing or bond issuance, Chongqing hopes to "go global" through Hong Kong more in the future.
At present, Hong Kong is the largest source of foreign investment in Chongqing and an important trade market for Chongqing.
During the visit on the 25th, Carrie Lam went to the "Chongqing Aura Shopping Park", a representative project of the service industry invested and built by Hong Kong capital in Chongqing, and experienced "a day of smart life" in Chongqing Lijia Wisdom Park.
She believes that Chongqing, which has a population of more than 30 million, has strong consumption power, and Hong Kong can use its advantages in the service industry to meet Chongqing citizens' demand for high-quality products.
"We also have a good room for cooperation in technological innovation and technological applications." Carrie Lam said that Hong Kong has strong basic research in artificial intelligence, big data, and life sciences.
The combination of basic research and scientific and technological application scenarios will be promising.
During this trip, Carrie Lam not only lamented the speed of Chongqing's urban development, but also saw Chongqing's practice of creating "a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters". The ecological conservation of the two rivers and four banks impressed him deeply.
In Chongqing, many viewing platforms are available for the citizens to rest, which also triggered her thinking, "I deeply feel that the development of the country must be based on the interests of the people."
When talking about how to strengthen the emotional identity of Hong Kong and Mainland residents, Carrie Lam said that after Hong Kong and the Mainland have achieved an orderly customs clearance, Hong Kong will do a lot of promotion and publicity to tell compatriots in the Mainland that Hong Kong welcomes Mainland residents to Hong Kong for travel and business. , Business, study.
Carrie Lam also said that in the next step, we will encourage more young people from Hong Kong to go to the mainland, learn more about the country's development, and strengthen their centripetal force for the country, hoping that they can be proud of "as a Chinese youth."
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