China News Service, Hong Kong, November 30 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The "2021 Greater Bay Area Forum" with the theme of "New Opportunities and New Patterns: RCEP-oriented Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area" was held in Hong Kong on the 30th.
A number of celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong attended the forum. They conducted discussions on business development, cultural tourism and international cooperation. They hoped that Hong Kong would actively seize the opportunity to play its role as a "super contact" and consolidate its own development.
Cai Guanshen, chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance, said that RCEP is an important driving force for the economic development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong must play an important role in it, namely, contactors, investors, and operators (connector, investor, operator). .
He hopes that Hong Kong will take advantage of "one country, two systems" and work closely with other cities in the Greater Bay Area and RCEP members to promote integrated development.
Feng Guojing, Chairman of the Feng Group, believes that as the world's largest free trade zone, RCEP focuses on common prosperity and sustainable development.
Hong Kong is located in the middle of the area covered by RCEP. It can become a "contact" and can give full play to its advantages in financial services and internationalization, so that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area can better connect with RCEP and play an important role.
Hong Weimin, Chief Liaison Officer for Hong Kong Affairs of the Qianhai Administration, said that although Hong Kong has not yet joined RCEP, it can prepare in advance and strive to build itself into an investment center and education center in the region, attract high-level talent inflows, and consolidate its own development. .
Peng Yaojia, chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, said that he is currently studying the reshaping of Hong Kong's tourism brand and promoting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to relevant areas of RCEP.
Although the epidemic has affected Hong Kong's tourism industry, there are still many attractions in Hong Kong that can attract tourists. I believe the prospects are still optimistic.
He Chaoqiong, the executive chairman and managing director of Hong Kong Shun Tak Group Co., Ltd., believes that if Hong Kong wants to further develop its tourism industry, it needs to attract more tourists to transit through Hong Kong and then to other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, so as to enhance the importance of Hong Kong and the international community. Influence.
Zheng Zhigang, Chief Executive Officer of New World Development Co., Ltd., and Huo Qishan, Vice President of Fok Yingdong Group, discussed the importance of enhancing the quality of culture and tourism in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area from the perspective of cultural conservation and sports development.
Wu Zhihua, curator of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, believes that the national "14th Five-Year Plan" has given Hong Kong a new impetus to promote the development of the tourism industry. Hong Kong will focus on strengthening cultural connectivity with other regions and enhance its own cultural and tourism aspects. status.
In addition, Liu Huiping, vice president of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Liu Zhongheng, founder of Quanren Medical Center, and other guests also expressed their views on how to further consolidate Hong Kong's status as an international commercial hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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