The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, delivered remarks on 8 January 2021 at a high-level roundtable on "Fostering Hong Kong as Belt and Road Functional Platform together with State-owned Enterprises". The roundtable was jointly organised by the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.

08-01-2021

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority jointly organised a high-level roundtable on "Fostering Hong Kong as Belt and Road Functional Platform together with State-owned Enterprises" in an online format on 8 January 2021. Photo shows the Commissioner for Belt and Road, Mr Denis Yip (first left), moderating a discussion session at the roundtable joined by (from second left) the Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council, Mr Laurence Li; the Immediate Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Mr Johnson Kong; and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council, Mr Willy Lin.

08-01-2021

The fifth Belt and Road Summit opened on 30 November 2020. The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Joko Widodo, delivered a keynote speech at the opening session.

30-11-2020

The fifth Belt and Road Summit opened on 30 November 2020. The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau (left), chaired the policy dialogue session titled "Creating a Healthy, Sustainable and Inclusive Future", joined by the Vice Minister of Trade of Indonesia, Dr Jerry Sambuaga (upper row, left); the Undersecretary of the Industry Development and Trade Policy Group of the Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, Dr Ceferino S Rodolfo (upper row, right); the Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Private Partnership Authority of Bangladesh, Ms Sultana Afroz (bottom row, left); and the Assistant Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy of Thailand, Dr Sompop Pattanariyankool (bottom row, right).

30-11-2020

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia jointly held a webinar entitled "Reconnect: Hong Kong-Malaysia Partnership" to reinforce collaboration between the two places on a wide range of areas including trade, investment, economic co-operation, project financing and technology. Photo shows (from left) the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, responding to participants' questions at the webinar with Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Value Partners Group Dato' Seri Cheah Cheng Hye; the Managing Director of SenseTime Hong Kong, Mr Shang Hailong; the Commissioner for Belt and Road, Mr Denis Yip; Deputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Mr Patrick Lau; and the President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, Dr Dennis Ng.

24-09-2020

The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, delivers a speech at Riding Ups and Downs: Hong Kong-Indonesia Partnership Webinar.

18-08-2020