The Belt and Road Initiative connects Hong Kong and Poland (with photo)
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The event aimed to identify opportunities for Polish businesses to make use of Hong Kong as a platform to expand to Chinese or Asian markets and to participate in projects together with Hong Kong business partners under the Belt and Road Initiative. Participants of the seminar came from Polish government agencies as well as from the business, trading and investment sectors.
Following the opening remarks by the Director of the Department for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Technology, Mr Łukasz Porażyński, HKETO Berlin's Director Betty Ho introduced Hong Kong's role as the gateway to China under the Belt and Road Initiative. Ms Ho particularly emphasised Hong Kong's strengths as an international financial centre and regional legal hub, located in the heart of Asia. "With our rule of law and an inexhaustible pool of talents and experts, Hong Kong offers privileged access to the Mainland of China to Polish companies", She said.
Ms Ho also outlined how policy co-ordination, financial integration, trade and investment, facilities connectivity, as well as cultural exchange would contribute to the improvement of people's livelihood under the Belt and Road Initiative. Based on the example of the bilateral relations between Hong Kong and Poland, Ms Ho explained how the Initiative would further enhance market integration and regional economic cooperation.
Other speakers of the seminar, included the Regional Director, Europe of the HKTDC, Mr William Chui; Warsaw Consultant of the HKTDC, Mr Maciej Wilk; and the Head of Corporate Relations of the Bank of China in Poland, Mr Bartosz Komasa, elaborating on opportunities for Polish exporters and practical aspects of economic collaboration with Hong Kong and China under the Belt and Road Initiative. The seminar was concluded by the signing of a cooperation agreement between the PCC and the HKTDC, and followed by the Chinese New Year Reception jointly hosted by HKETO Berlin and HKTDC later the same day.
About HKETO Berlin
HKETO Berlin is the official Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government representative in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters in Poland as well as Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.
Ends/Saturday, February 24, 2018
Issued at HKT 1:11
Issued at HKT 1:11
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