The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Chan Mao-po, published an essay “Towards a New Year”, which mentions comprehensively enhancing the functions and content of international financial centers. We will continue to consolidate and enhance our areas of advantage in the financial market, including enhancing the competitiveness of the stock market, and attracting more high-quality companies from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and even the Global South to go public in Hong Kong. At the same time, we also need to enrich the diverse aspects of Hong Kong's financial market, including accelerating the development of fixed income and money markets, green finance, fintech, and actively exploring new opportunities including commodity trade and international gold trading. Furthermore, the status of the RMB in global cross-border trade and investment is improving. As an offshore RMB business hub, Hong Kong will continue to help the steady progress of the internationalization of the RMB from three aspects, including improving offshore RMB liquidity, optimizing related financial infrastructure, and enriching investment products and risk management tools.

The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mr Chan Mao-po, published an essay “Towards a New Year”, which mentions comprehensively enhancing the functions and content of international financial centers. We will continue to consolidate and enhance our areas of advantage in the financial market, including enhancing the competitiveness of the stock market, and attracting more high-quality companies from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and even the Global South to go public in Hong Kong. At the same time, we also need to enrich the diverse aspects of Hong Kong's financial market, including accelerating the development of fixed income and money markets, green finance, fintech, and actively exploring new opportunities including commodity trade and international gold trading. Furthermore, the status of the RMB in global cross-border trade and investment is improving. As an offshore RMB business hub, Hong Kong will continue to help the steady progress of the internationalization of the RMB from three aspects, including improving offshore RMB liquidity, optimizing related financial infrastructure, and enriching investment products and risk management tools.