Hong Kong\u2019s leader has identified financial services, innovation and technology, and education as three key new growth drivers ahead of the unveiling of the city\u2019s inaugural five-year development blueprint and annual policy address, calling on individuals and industries to show vision and plan for the future.<\/p>\n
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Saturday that Hong Kong\u2019s first five-year plan would outline broad strategies, set clear development directions and align with the nation\u2019s 15th five-year plan, while the policy address would focus on specific measures.<\/p>\n
He said the two documents were closely linked and mutually reinforcing.<\/p>\n
Lee urged Hongkongers and all sectors to adopt a long-term vision and plan for the future, expressing confidence in his ability to energise the market and create \u201cnew gains\u201d for the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will remain pragmatic, continue to unleash market vitality, and constantly cultivate new growth drivers for Hong Kong,\u201d he said of the city\u2019s five-year plan.<\/p>\n
Lee highlighted initiatives that he said had injected new momentum and created fresh opportunities: ensuring the effective operation of the central gold clearing system; developing a commodities trading ecosystem; attracting leading global enterprises to the Hetao innovation hub, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park in the Lok Ma Chau Loop; and developing a university town in the Northern Metropolis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s leader has identified financial services, innovation and technology, and education as three key new growth drivers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[307049,45,49,48,95,46,307046,307043,15674,80807,307044,85921,307045,89193,76430,4557,307047,307048,307050],"class_list":["post-885076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-benjamin-hung-pi-cheng","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-china","tag-economy","tag-financial-services-development-council","tag-hetao","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-gold-exchange","tag-hong-kong-shenzhen-innovation-and-technology-park","tag-john-lee-ka-chiu","tag-lok-ma-chau-loop","tag-northern-metropolis","tag-policy-address","tag-september","tag-tim-lui-tim-leung","tag-university-grants-committee","tag-vincent-ma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}