Hong Kong's financial secretary is due to visit the United States next Monday as part of the first joint delegation with Macau and Guangdong provincial officials to promote business opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
According to the Hong Kong government, Finance Minister Chen Maobo has already left for Paris on Wednesday as part of a Hong Kong government delegation's appeal offensive in Europe, and his U.S. tour next week will span four days and include stops in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. He says he plans to stop by.
The paper has learned that Wang Weizhong, the governor of Guangdong province and the number two bureaucrat, will lead the mainland province's contribution to the delegation. He will meet with business leaders from Europe and the United States, along with officials from Macau and Hong Kong, to update them on the latest developments in the Gulf region.
The Greater Bay Area is a national development plan linking Hong Kong and Macau with nine cities in Guangdong province. Beijing has plans to establish the Gulf region as an economic powerhouse and hub of innovation, China's answer to the US Silicon Valley in San Francisco, as many call it.
During his trip to the United States, Chan will attend two major conferences. One is the Bay-to-Bay Dialogue between the California Bay Area and the Guangdong/Hong Kong/Macau Greater Bay Area. and a U.S.-China high-level event on subnational climate action.
He also updated the local business community and leading companies in the innovation and technology sector on the city's latest business opportunities at a luncheon co-hosted by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Board in San Francisco and the Bay Area Council, a business association. We plan to provide information. In San Francisco.
Mr. Chan also plans to meet with U.S. local political representatives and visit U.S. companies.
This will be the Treasury Secretary's second visit to San Francisco in six months, following his attendance at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November last year.
City leader John Lee Kaciu declined an invitation to participate in the summit, citing a pre-scheduled agenda.
Li is one of several Hong Kong and mainland officials sanctioned by the United States since 2020 for their role in enacting a national security law imposed by the Chinese government that the United States views as undermining Hong Kong's autonomy. be.
The visit to Hong Kong will include senior officials such as Commerce and Economic Development Secretary Algernon Yau Ying-wah, Transport and Logistics Secretary Lam Zheng-wah, Financial Services Deputy Minister Joseph Chan Ho-lim, and Finance Minister Joseph Chan Ho-lim.
In Paris, Mr. Chan will attend a conference jointly hosted by Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macau to promote trade between the Yuan-Gang-Macao Greater Bay Area and Europe.
Mr Chan is scheduled to leave Hong Kong on Wednesday night and return to the country on June 1. Deputy Treasurer Michael Wong Wai-lung will act as acting Treasurer in Mr Chan's absence.
In April this year, Financial Services Secretary and Treasury Secretary Christopher Hui Ching-yu visited New York with US business and financial leaders, including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of financial media company Bloomberg; promoted Hong Kong.
