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The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, will depart for Shenzhen tomorrow morning (May 18) to co-chair the fifth meeting of the Steering Group on Shenzhen/Hong Kong Co-operation in Innovation and Technology with the Vice Mayor of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, Mr Tang Jie.
The meeting will summarise the experience of the Three-year Action Plan under the Shenzhen/Hong Kong Innovation Circle and confirm the priority of work for 2012-13.
Mr So will also visit Industry, Academic and Research Bases and Research and Development Centres developed by Hong Kong universities in the Nanshan High-Tech Zone to learn about co-operation in research and development between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Mr So will return to Hong Kong on the same day.
Ends/Thursday, May 17, 2012
Issued at HKT 20:01
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