China News Agency, Hong Kong, February 21 (Reporter Han Xingtong) With the resumption of "customs clearance" between Hong Kong and the Mainland, the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail, Luohu and other land ports have resumed service one after another. In the haze of the epidemic, the dawn is emerging, which is a good time for spring and flowers to bloom.

　　For Hong Kong, which has always taken the unique advantage of "relying on the motherland and connecting the world", it is necessary to seize the opportunity in the coming year, continue to make good use of its strengths and make up for its shortcomings, so as to contribute to the recovery of the world economy, tourism and business exchanges. to seize the opportunity.

　　The first stage of "customs clearance" between the two places will activate Hong Kong's tourism and other industries

　　After the resumption of normal personnel exchanges between the two places, the Hong Kong tourism market has picked up significantly. The SAR government announced earlier that from February 6 to 17, more than 2.6 million passengers entered and exited through land ports.

According to statistics from the Immigration Department of the SAR Government, over the past weekend (18th and 19th), there were more than 530,000 inbound tourists, of which nearly 120,000 were mainland tourists, a nearly four-fold increase from a month ago.

　　Mainland tourists flock here, and overseas tourists also favor Hong Kong. According to data from travel platforms, orders for Hong Kong products from overseas tourists have grown steadily.

　　At the same time, the economic and trade cooperation between the two places is rapidly recovering. As soon as the "customs clearance", a Nanjing delegation of more than 300 people came to Hong Kong to hold a promotion meeting, and signed a number of cooperation projects with Hong Kong in the fields of financial innovation and service industry expansion and opening up. Became the first mainland investment promotion group to Hong Kong.

Tianjin, Shenzhen and other places came to Hong Kong for exchanges.

　　The long-awaited recovery of tourism, retail and other industries is just around the corner.

Some observers believe that the relaxation of entry measures and "customs clearance" with the mainland are exciting, but it does not necessarily mean that "retaliatory travel or consumption" will follow.

　　The unstoppable development of culture tells Chinese stories with the voice of Hong Kong

　　On February 2, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, presided over the launching ceremony of "Hello, Hong Kong!", kicking off a series of activities to tell the story of Hong Kong to the world, promote Hong Kong's business opportunities, cultural attractions, etc.

An important chapter of the Hong Kong story that Li Jiachao understands is the story of connecting with the motherland and connecting with the world.

　　In the past year, the most obvious example of using the voice of Hong Kong to tell Chinese stories is the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Since its opening last year, it has dismantled traditional culture from a life-oriented perspective and unique curatorial techniques, making it three-dimensional and flexible. Walk into modern life, be understood and accepted by overseas audiences, and complete the effective output of culture.

　　The national "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly supports Hong Kong's development into a center for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries. Looking back at the past few years, the cultural infrastructure has been increasingly improved and the promotion has achieved fruitful results.

Ma Fengguo, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, mentioned in an exclusive interview with reporters that he is concerned about how Hong Kong can achieve this goal by strengthening communication and cooperation with the mainland and overseas. After all, he expects that there will be "explosive growth" in cultural exchange activities in the future , Hong Kong stories and Chinese stories should be spread to farther places with cultural confidence.

　　Innovation and technology "snatch talents" have great potential to serve the country

　　Last year, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, President Xi Jinping visited the Science Park, which undoubtedly gave Hong Kong more confidence to cultivate innovation and technology.

People in the innovation and technology community generally believe that now is the golden age for the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong.

　　To develop innovation and technology, talents are the first condition.

Last year, Hong Kong launched a series of measures to "grab talents" and "grab enterprises", hoping to attract 35,000 talents each year in the next three years.

The combination of East and West has brought Hong Kong in line with international standards in terms of mechanism and language, and it is relatively easy to attract overseas talents.

　　And Hong Kong, which has a strong reserve of scientific research talents, is also seizing multiple opportunities such as integrating into the overall development of the country and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The development of innovation and technology can achieve twice the result with half the effort and can help the country's technological development.

Last year, the state selected load experts in Hong Kong and Macau for the first time, and the society responded enthusiastically.

This made Ye Yuru, president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Academicians Alliance, see the space needed for Hong Kong to serve the country with its own strengths. She suggested the establishment of the Greater Bay Area Healthy Aging Research Center and the establishment of life science and artificial intelligence in Hong Kong. Smart national laboratory, these are Hong Kong's strengths.

　　At this moment of spring, Hong Kong hopes to see more opportunities to integrate into the development of the country, build dreams together, and share prosperity.

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