Hong Kong signs deal with Greater Bay Area cities to boost services for incoming talent
- Chief Secretary Eric Chan, city’s No 2 official, hails memorandum of understanding signed with Macau and nine mainland cities, stressing importance of synergy
- ‘Each of the cities in the Greater Bay Area boasts different edges and is positioned differently. There’s a wide spectrum of possibilities for collaboration,’ he says
The memorandum of understanding to promote cooperation in talent services was signed at the second edition of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area High-quality Talent Development Conference, part of the two-day Global Talent Summit that wrapped up on Wednesday.
Highlighting the importance of synergy, Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki, Hong Kong’s No 2 official, said: “To further attract and retain talent, cities in the Greater Bay Area are signing a memorandum of understanding today to strengthen services provided by the area to talent to create a more favourable environment for them to put down roots.”
“Each of the cities in the Greater Bay Area boasts different edges and is positioned differently. There’s a wide spectrum of possibilities for collaboration.”
The bay area refers to Beijing’s ambitious plan to transform Hong Kong, Macau and nine mainland Chinese cities into an integrated hi-tech, economic powerhouse by 2035.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also spoke at the conference, stressing the need for Hong Kong to engage in “more innovative and bolder approaches” to tackle obstacles facing the recruitment of talent.