China News Service, Beijing, March 8: Title: Leung Chun-ying: Contributing Hong Kong’s strength to the country’s high-quality development
China News Service reporter Liu Yueqing Zhang Xiaoxi
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the release of the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Leung Chun-ying said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service during the National Two Sessions that "soft connectivity" is the guarantee for the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong will continue to give full play to its unique advantages to help the country develop high-quality development and also achieve its own goals. develop.
On March 5, Liang Zhenying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who attended the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service.
Photo by China News Service reporter Mao Jianjun
“Soft Connectivity” stimulates the development potential of the Greater Bay Area
Many "hard connectivity" infrastructures in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area have been implemented, and "soft connectivity" is being continuously improved.
Leung Chun-ying said in this regard that with the support of soft and hard China Unicom, Hong Kong will definitely be able to better cooperate with mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area.
Leung Chun-ying saw that Guangzhou Nansha is the geometric center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and has location advantages, so he started from there and made many attempts to promote the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area, such as helping to establish the Guangzhou Nansha Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Advisory Committee and taking the lead in establishing the Guangzhou Nansha People's Heart School for the Children of Hong Kong, etc.
As chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area International Information Technology Association, Leung Chun-ying is committed to promoting the common development of the digital economy in the Greater Bay Area.
He pointed out that the prerequisite for the development of this industry is data interoperability and smooth information flow.
He introduced that through the coordination of relevant departments, the data of Hong Kong and mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area have been connected to a certain extent, achieving a balance between meeting development needs and maintaining data security.
"In the past year, Hong Kong's integration into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has accelerated." Leung Chun-ying pointed out that the flow of people, logistics, capital flows, information flows and other elements in the Greater Bay Area are very frequent, from which we can see its development potential.
On March 5, Liang Zhenying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who attended the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Service.
Photo by China News Service reporter Mao Jianjun
Give full play to unique advantages and integrate into the overall development of the country
"Hong Kong's unique role and contribution to the country are constantly evolving." Leung Chun-ying believes that as an international trade center, Hong Kong can play the role of a "super contact" to help mainland products enter a broader market and contribute to the country's high-quality development. "The last mile".
"Hong Kong now has basically no agricultural and traditional manufacturing production, so what do we sell? Sell 'other people's things'." He said that trade "buys the world" and "sells the world", and this "one buy, one sell" highlights Hong Kong's offshore Trade service capabilities.
Last year, Leung Chun-ying visited many provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the Mainland for investigation and research, and was particularly impressed by Ningxia’s high-quality wolfberries and wine and Xinjiang’s delicious fruits.
"If you have such a good product, you have to think about how to make it 'go global' and sell it at a good price," he said.
Now, some relevant cooperation has entered the practical stage.
Liang Zhenying believes that this is conducive to the development of Hong Kong’s offshore trade.
Offshore trade also requires related legal services such as ship sales, financial leasing, and insurance registration.
He said that Hong Kong should cultivate more maritime law lawyers and maritime insurance experts to serve the overall needs of the country while promoting the overall progress of individuals, families and society.
Contribute Hong Kong’s strength to the construction of “One Belt, One Road”
Leung Chun-ying pointed out that Hong Kong has many public welfare groups with rich talents and experience. They can intensify efforts to promote people-to-people bonds in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and can give full play to their unique advantages.
Leung Chun-ying founded the Hong Kong Sharing Foundation six years ago to engage in foreign medical and health humanitarian assistance.
He encouraged Hong Kong charity groups to go global with the Belt and Road Initiative. In the process of interconnecting policies, facilities, trade, and capital, they would also bring the Chinese public spirit and promote people-to-people bonds through people-to-people diplomacy.
"Hong Kong is a small place that is useful to the country," Leung Chun-ying said. "There is a comma after this sentence, not a period. In other words, Hong Kong's contribution to the country and Hong Kong's unique role are constantly developing." (End)