The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and the People's Government of Zhuhai Municipality today (December 7) jointly held the Hong Kong Sub-forum of the 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Fair for Trade in Services. The Sub-forum facilitated exchange of views on promoting high-quality development of the financial services industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
 
     With "High-quality Development of Finance in the GBA" as the theme, the Sub-forum covered keynote speeches and a round-table discussion. The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui; the Director-General of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, Mr Zhang Jinsong; the Mayor of the Zhuhai Municipal Government, Mr Huang Zhihao; and the Director General of the Guangdong Financial Supervisory Authority, Mr Yu Haiping, delivered speeches.
 
     Speaking at the Sub-forum, Mr Hui said that Hong Kong's financial services industry has been receiving strong support from the country. "As an international financial centre of our country, Hong Kong can play a leading role in the arena of finance in the GBA, and strengthen complementary and mutually beneficial co-operation with other GBA cities, thereby enhancing the efficiency and ease of capital flow within the GBA. This is conducive to facilitating our country's efforts in enhancing the capability of finance to serve the real economy, internationalising Renminbi, and deepening the reform and opening up of the financial markets," he said.
 
     The Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and the People's Government of Zhuhai Municipality collaborated with the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute to host the 2023 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Fair for Trade in Services from December 6 to 8. The Fair included events held in three places (with the main venue in Zhuhai and sub-forums in Hong Kong and Macao). About 150 participants from the financial regulatory bodies, industry organisations and the financial sector of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao attended the Hong Kong Sub-forum held at AsiaWorld-Expo.

Ends/Thursday, December 7, 2023
Issued at HKT 18:05

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