2012 Chongqing Hongkong Week Opening

On January 15th, the 2012 Chongqing Hongkong week opened at the sun moon Plaza. Meanwhile, the Hongkong Special Administrative Region Government Liaison Office in Chongqing was also established.

The Chief Secretary of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region, Lin Ruilin, mayor Huang Qifan and vice mayor Liu Xuepu attended the opening ceremony. Lin Ruilin and Huang Qifan also jointly unveiled the Hongkong Special Administrative Region Government Liaison Office in Chongqing.

The establishment of the Hongkong SAR Government Liaison Office in Chongqing marks the Intergovernmental between Chongqing and Hongkong.

According to the briefing, 2012 Chongqing Hongkong week takes the theme of "joint development and creating win-win" as the theme. It involves cooperation in finance, economy and trade, culture and other aspects. During the event, "charming Hongkong Shopping Festival", "Hongkong fashion show", "Hongkong polyhedron Exhibition" and cooperation projects will be held.

The establishment of the Hongkong SAR Government Liaison Office in Chongqing marks Chongqing and

Chongqing and Hongkong have many similar characteristics, which have created favorable conditions for the cooperation between the two countries. In the new year, Chongqing and Hongkong will carry out more cooperation.

Huang Qifan said in his speech that this year's Hongkong week in Chongqing has increased an important content, which is the opening of the Hongkong Special Administrative Region's liaison office in Chongqing. This marks a new step in the economic and social exchanges between Hong Kong and Chongqing.

Over the past year, the opening year of the year 12th Five-Year has witnessed great progress in Chongqing's economy and society, and the growth of a number of economic indicators ranks first in the country. Among them, three indicators are the most important. They represent the development potential and development trend. First, the number of industrial and commercial enterprises has increased the number one in the country, representing Chongqing's active industrial and commercial economy and the favorable market environment; two, the import and export trade has increased by 130%, including 32% of the re export trade, representing Chongqing as an inland port highland; three, a decline in Gini coefficient, which represents Chongqing's moving towards the right direction of reducing poverty and getting rich.

In recent years, exchanges and cooperation between Chongqing and Hongkong have further increased, especially in the past year, foreign investment in Chongqing amounted to 10 billion 500 million US dollars, of which HK $6 billion 500 million accounted for nearly 2/3, and investment fields include real estate, finance, commerce and so on.

Similar characteristics have created favorable conditions for cooperation between the two places: first, on the geographical characteristics, both sides are mountainous cities with waterfront, Hongkong Binhai, Hongkong Binjiang's architects and planners have great use in Chongqing; two, both are directly managed by the central government, Hongkong is a special administrative region, Chongqing is a municipality directly under the central government, and cooperation between the two places can be promoted more efficiently; three, the two places are the lowest tax burden in the whole country; the industry and the service industry have all implemented 15% of the income tax, creating a good investment environment; four, Hongkong is an omni-directional Free Trade Area. Huang Qifan said that there are many Chongqing and Hongkong.

Huang Qifan said that in the new year, Chongqing will make better use of the advantages of Hongkong to build offshore RMB centers and low interest rates, encourage more Hong Kong investors to start small loan companies and private equity funds in Chongqing, encourage more eligible Chongqing enterprises to go to Hongkong for listing and financing; Chongqing is also preparing to set up a Window Company in Hongkong, in order to raise funds for Hong Kong in the form of platform, on the one hand, to take part in the development of Chongqing, on the one hand, it also supports the Chongqing enterprises to better carry out overseas investment.

Chongqing should also learn from Hongkong's experience in developing offshore renminbi business and promote Chongqing's offshore dollar business.

At the same time, Chongqing also hopes to further strengthen cooperation with Hongkong in tourism, trade, creative industries and other fields to promote development.

The SAR government is very optimistic about Chongqing and Chongqing as an important base for Hongkong's investment and development in the mainland.

In his speech, Lin Ruilin said that this is his second visit to Chongqing, and the biggest feeling is that "Chongqing's economy has taken off" through a day and a half inspection tour in Chongqing. Chongqing's GDP and import and export trade growth all rank first in the country, which is very remarkable.

Chongqing is the only municipality directly under the central government in the inland area. It is an important bridgehead for the development of the West and plays an increasingly important role in the development of the western region.

Today, the Hongkong Special Administrative Region Liaison Office in Chongqing was formally established. This shows that the SAR government is very optimistic about Chongqing and regards Chongqing as an important base for Hongkong's investment and development in the mainland.

In recent years, exchanges and cooperation between Chongqing and Chongqing have become increasingly close. Last year, foreign investment in Hong Kong accounted for 60% of Hong Kong's investment, hoping to continue to maintain such a level in the future.

This week Hongkong will hold a series of activities to further promote Hongkong. Two days later, Hongkong financial circles will hold a financial forum to promote financial cooperation between the two places.

We hope that Hong Kong and Chongqing will further strengthen cooperation in the future and expand their cooperation areas so as to promote the economic growth of Chongqing in Hongkong.

Before the opening ceremony, Huang Qifan met Lin Ruilin and his party.