John Lee highlights Hong Kong’s global role to Premier Li Qiang as CIIE opens
Chief Executive John Lee notes that a record number of Hong Kong companies have joined the China International Import Expo this year
Hong Kong’s leader has highlighted the city’s global competitiveness and its “superconnector” role between mainland China and overseas markets to Chinese Premier Li Qiang as the world’s largest import trade show opened in Shanghai.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu showed the state leader around the Hong Kong exhibition area at the eighth China International Import Expo (CIIE) on Wednesday.
Themed “a brilliant new chapter of connectivity between the mainland and the world”, the exhibition area reflected Hong Kong’s dual advantages of having national and global opportunities under the “one country, two systems” governing principle and the international rankings the city had achieved, the government said.
Hong Kong’s chief executive led a city delegation to attend the opening ceremony and related events.