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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's (HKSAR)
Chief Executive Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said here Friday that Hong Kong can serve
the Belt and Road Initiative well in different areas including fund-raising and
infrastructure development.
Speaking at the Belt and Road Innovation and
Development Forum on Friday, Lam said that the Belt and Road Initiative is the
new driving force of the global economy over the next few decades, with strong
emphasis on international cooperation.
"It will attract more international
interactive trading systems and investment flows. Now is the time for us to
awaken to the Belt and Road chimes. I believe with us jointly acting together,
the Initiative will materialize into reality," Lam said.
Hong Kong handles some 70 percent of global
Renminbi transactions, providing a wide range of Renminbi services and
products, with a deep and multilingual financial talent pool, the chief
executive said.
"Hong Kong is, in short, ideally positioned
to serve as the Belt and Road's fund-raising and risk-management capital,"
she added.
Lam mentioned that infrastructure development is
the driving force of the Belt and Road Initiative and Hong Kong has much to
offer in professional service areas such as consultation, planning, design,
construction, project development, operation management and capacity building.
