From 7 to 9 February 2023, key leaders of the Nanjing Municipal Government led a delegation to Hong Kong to carry out economic and trade exchanges. The Nanjing Economic and Trade Delegation was the first large-scale mainland economic and trade delegation to Hong Kong after the resumption of full customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland. During its stay in Hong Kong, the delegation visited multinational companies, headquarter enterprises and key institutions in the fields of finance, scientific research, associations, and industrial parks, and held a number of diverse two-way cooperation activities, achieving a group of considerable and influential results…
In order to consolidate the results of the economic and trade exchange activities in Hong Kong, on the afternoon of March 2, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce jointly organized the Jiangsu (Nanjing) – Hong Kong Economic and Trade Exchange Seminar with the Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC). After the Nanjing Economic and Trade Delegation paid a visit to Hong Kong, in order to promote the implementation of cooperation between the two sides,the HKTDC organised a delegation of Hong Kong enterprises to visit Nanjing. The representatives come from Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, Swire Properties, Wharf Group, Bank of East Asia and other key Hong Kong-funded enterprises and institutions, covering fields such ascommercial real estate and related modern services, retail business, and financial support.
The seminar aims to implement theCooperation Agreement on Further Opening up the Service Sector between Hong Kong and Nanjing, promoting trade and investment cooperation between the two sides and sharing new opportunities for the opening-up the service industry.
Lyu Jian, Chief Representative of Hong Kong Trade Development Council for East and Central China, and Zhang Zhichao, Director of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
According to Zhang Zhichao, in December 2022, as the State Council formally approved the launch of comprehensive pilot programs for opening up the service sector in Nanjing, Nanjing becomes the only city in Jiangsu Province to carry out the two major opening-up strategies of China—the opening-up of service industry and the establishment of the pilot free trade zone. It is Nanjing’s aspiration that with the opening-up of the service industry, there will be a broader scope of cooperation for Hong Kong and Nanjing.
