A Hong Kong business representative has proposed setting up a high-technology talent training centre with Shenzhen in a meeting with a Shenzhen vice-mayor.
The businessman said the training centre would serve as a springboard for Special Administrative Region hi-tech firms to market products on the mainland market.
The move is believed to be an attempt by the SAR business circle to find a way out of the dire domestic economic situation induced by the global slowdown.
Shenzhen vice-mayor Wang Suiming said she welcomed the proposal.
'We are highly concerned about the SAR's current economy . . . the two cities should work out ways to co-operate closely,' Ms Wang said.
She said after the meeting that Shenzhen and SAR governments did not share enough communication and that the regional cultural difference could be the cause.