China Committee
Edmond Yue, General Committee member and Convenor of the Belt and Road Working Group, represented the Chamber at the 2024 Ordos (Hong Kong and Macao) Investment Promotion Conference on 4 January. Du Huiliang, Mayor of Ordos, shared the latest developments in the city’s investment environment. During the meeting, eight projects were signed with a total agreement value of RMB 12.65 billion, across fields such as energy, international trade, securities investment, low-carbon economy, and urban development and operation.
General Committee member Emil Yu attended the 2024 GBA (Dongguan) Business Summit Forum and Exchange Seminar in Dongguan on 4 January. Hosted by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and co-organized by the Chamber, the event’s theme was collaboration between Hong Kong and Dongguan in technology and innovation development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The forum brought together political and business leaders, as well as representatives of enterprises in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao looking to explore new opportunities in the GBA.
Charles Cao, Permanent Representative of the Canton Fair Hong Kong Representative Office, visited the Chamber on 16 January to discuss the direction of future cooperation with CEO Patrick Yeung.
Cao gave an introduction to the history and overall operation of the Canton Fair, and said he hoped that the event would help to boost foreign investment in the Mainland, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative. He also invited the Chamber to participate in the opening ceremony of the 135th Canton Fair on 15 April.