Hong Kong’s leader has held meetings with his advisers, including a mainland Chinese economist and two tech experts from Hangzhou start-ups known as the “Six Little Dragons”, ahead of his annual policy blueprint to gauge views on how to maintain the city’s status amid growing geopolitical tensions.
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The John Lee Ka-chiu-led lunch meetings took place between Wednesday and Friday, marking the first official gathering of the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers, following the appointments of Han Bicheng, CEO of BrainCo, which specialises in brain-machine interfaces, Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of humanoid robot maker Unitree Robotics, and Zhu Min, ex-deputy director of the International Monetary Fund.
Lee said on Saturday that that his advisers’ contributions provided important references for Hong Kong’s overall development strategies, as he highlighted the presence of the new members from mainland China.
“During the meeting, they emphasised that Hong Kong is bestowed with its unique advantages of connecting with both the mainland and the world, excellent education and research capabilities, and advantageous geographical location, and it is also an international financial centre with free flow of capital,” Lee said.
“These advantages will greatly attract mainland enterprises to list in Hong Kong and use the city as the gateway to go global.”
The government said that the council conducted in-depth discussions under three major themes – the economy, technology, and regional and global ties – for Lee’s fourth policy address scheduled for September and the city’s overall development.
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