Shanghai, 6 Jun (ZXS) -- "The relationship between Hong Kong and Shanghai is already 'Shanghai with Hong Kong, and Hong Kong with Shanghai', just like two engines of an airplane, you have me, I have you, only a strong alliance can make the plane fly more stable and better." Cai Guanshen, president of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and chairman of Hong Kong Xinhua Group, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 5th.
In the past few days, Cai Guanshen led a delegation of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai for research and inspection. This is also the first time that the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong has led a delegation to visit Shanghai after the new crown epidemic. When meeting with the delegation, Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng expressed the hope that the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong will become a "rainbow bridge" for Shanghai enterprises to go to the world and a "bridge connecting hearts" for Hong Kong enterprises to invest and develop in Shanghai.
This year marks the 45th anniversary of reform and opening up and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Co-operation Conference mechanism. After the reform and opening up, Hong Kong people were the first batch of "vanguards" to come to Shanghai to participate in the construction and development of the mainland. Today, Hong Kong remains the number one source of foreign investment in Shanghai.
The business circles of Shanghai and Hong Kong have maintained close exchanges for a long time. Recently, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong signed a memorandum of understanding on comprehensively strengthening strategic cooperation, and the two sides will establish a collaborative exchange mechanism and build an exchange platform to encourage enterprises of the two places to jointly "go global" and seize the opportunities of the "Belt and Road".
Cai Guanshen told reporters that in the early days of reform and opening up, he was the first batch of Hong Kong businessmen to invest in the mainland, and in the early 20s of the 80th century, he went to Shanghai Fengxian to invest in shrimp farming. The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong is one of the oldest and largest chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, and is promoting two-way exchanges and win-win cooperation between Shanghai and Hong Kong in various fields such as economy and trade, science and technology, finance, talents, education and culture. "Especially after the epidemic, we went to ASEAN, the Middle East and Northeast Asia to actively 'go out' and tell China's story well, and look forward to working with the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce to 'go out' in the future."
The Middle East is an important node of the Belt and Road Initiative. "In May, we visited Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE to gain a new understanding of the Middle East." Xie Yonghai, Vice President of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of BOCI Prudential Asset Management Limited, said, "Middle Eastern countries are seeking economic transformation, Shanghai has many traditional enterprises and innovative enterprises worth investing in, Hong Kong has the unique advantages of modern service industry, Shanghai and Hong Kong have a good cooperation foundation in introducing Middle East investment, and can work together to further expand business opportunities in the Middle East and tap this gold mine." ”
Hong Kong is based on international links to China, Shanghai is based on domestic links to the world, Shanghai and Hong Kong are linked to each other, integrated development, and joint efforts to "go global" are becoming the consensus of Shanghai and Hong Kong entrepreneurs. Wang Junhao, vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, vice chairman and president of Shanghai JuneYao (Group) Co., Ltd., said that Hong Kong is a bridgehead for Shanghai enterprises to "go global" and go international, "We are also planning to use Hong Kong as a 'springboard' to better enter the international market." ”
Chen Qiyu, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, Executive Director and Co-CEO of Fosun International, said that after Fosun Pharma was listed in Hong Kong in 2012, it promoted the international development of Fosun Pharma and carried out many international mergers and acquisitions and business development in the fields of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. He said, "Hong Kong has many outstanding international trade marketing talents and global enterprise management talents, which is exactly what many of our mainland enterprises urgently need in the process of moving towards global development. We hope to deepen cooperation with Hong Kong-funded enterprises, realize capital linkage, talent linkage, and industrial linkage, and join hands to enter the global market. ”
Financial cooperation is one of the key points of Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation. In 2014, Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect was established to promote the two-way opening and development of the capital markets of the Mainland and Hong Kong in an innovative way. At present, Hong Kong is accelerating its development into an international innovation and technology hub, and in the new development pattern and process, Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation will focus more on innovation and technology cooperation in addition to traditional finance, economy and trade.
How to promote the overlapping and complementary advantages of Shanghai and Hong Kong, and deepen the dual centers of linkage finance and science and innovation? Vice President of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of Oriental Wealth Information Co., Ltd. actually said that finance is an important force to promote scientific and technological innovation, and scientific and technological innovation can enhance the efficiency and vitality of the financial market, and the two complement each other, especially Shanghai and Hong Kong; In terms of science and technology, Hong Kong's basic research in many fields is among the top in the world, Shanghai has a relatively complete advanced manufacturing system and achievement landing scenarios, and the advantages of the two places in the financial field will complement each other in the field of science and technology.
In fact, it is proposed that Shanghai and Hong Kong can promote the joint construction of free science and technology pilot zones, promote the free linkage of various innovative elements such as people, finances and materials in the pilot zone, support the cooperation and joint construction of science and technology innovation projects, jointly set up the Shanghai-Hong Kong Cooperation Science and Technology Innovation Fund, attract funds from the two places to jointly support cross-border cooperation projects or cross-border business enterprises, give full play to the resource linkage power of the funding side, and provide more comprehensive resource docking services in cross-border industrial landing, technology transformation and market development, so as to form an innovation mechanism for Hong Kong scientific research, Shanghai landing and joint empowerment of the two places. (End)