Hong Kong chief executive vows to do more to promote city’s innovation and technology ambitions on the global stage
Speaking at the end of her first year in office, Carrie Lam says she wants to ensure Hong Kong is not just seen as ‘another Chinese city’
Hong Kong should not be seen as just “another Chinese city”, but an international financial centre that is taking innovation and technology seriously, the city’s top official said on Sunday as she pledged to do more to promote the city around the world.
“We will find substantive [policy] items to work on so that people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau can feel that this is a vibrant bay area that has much to offer in terms of opportunities,” she said.
Lam added that the Greater Bay Area plan would help Hong Kong’s economic development, especially its innovation and technology (I&T) sectors. The government would continue to promote the city abroad and attract overseas partners to come and set up more high-level innovation and scientific research centres, she pledged.
“I have read a few media reports about I&T companies [abroad] saying that Hong Kong is now serious about innovation and technology … This shows that our work has started to bear fruit,” she said.