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HKSAR Government's Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments visit Zhejiang for practical experience of grassroots governance (with photos)
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     ýÿThe Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, led Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to visit Huzhou City and Jiaxing City of Zhejiang Province today (June 28) to obtain a deeper understanding of the practical experience of grassroots governance and common prosperity.
      
     In Anji County, they visited places including Yucun and Villa & Resort to learn more about rural transformation and success stories about improving rural environment and increasing rural income. They also talked to local residents and shop operators to learn more about their daily lives and business practices.
      
     More than a decade ago, Yucun closed the county's largest mining area which caused serious pollution. Through improving the environment, the local government rediscovered the value of the village and put efforts on rural rebuilding and reconstruction of urban and rural areas. Following the concept of "clean waters and green mountains are just as valuable as gold and silver", the local government established the first ecological county in the country and developed rural tourism economy. After years of continual and dedicated efforts, Anji County has accelerated green development and paved the way for the modernisation of grassroots governance, creating a path of transformation and upgrading for ecological economisation and economic ecologisation, which increased farmers' income, narrowed income gap between urban and rural areas to achieve common prosperity.
      
     Similarly, after a careful conversion, Villa & Resort, a homestay cluster, has been transformed from a "hollow village" where most of the young people left the village for work in the city in the past, to an integrated community for leisure tourism, arts, culture and creativity which attracted a large number of young people to start their businesses and let tourists stay and enjoy village life there.
      
     The delegation also visited the Hello Kitty Amusement Park in Hangzhou; the China Bamboo Expo Park, the first county-level base for giant pandas in the country; the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History; and the Song Ming Tea Expo Garden in Anji which is developed in the direction of agriculture, tourism and culture.
      
     Mrs Yeung said development needs to balance economic interests and the impact on the environment and lifestyle. In the course of development, there is a need to assist those who are less capable financially to find opportunities to improve their lives. The successful practical experience of common prosperity and Chinese-style modernisation in Zhejiang has enabled senior civil servants to gain a first-hand understanding of ways to resolve conflicts in the process of development. It is believed that upon their return to Hong Kong, the participants can, taking into account their own experience from this trip, formulate more people-oriented policies in their respective positions so as to boost momentum for development in community and improve people's livelihood.
      
     She also said many of the places visited today have green, tourism and cultural elements, and are examples of successful transformation combined with advantages of natural valuable resources. She believed that they would be an inspiration to colleagues in different positions.
      
     The delegation will continue its visit in Zhejiang Province tomorrow (June 29).
 
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The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, led Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to visit Yucun in Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, today (June 28) to learn about how Yucun follows the concept of "clean waters and green mountains are just as valuable as gold and silver" to establish the first ecological county in the country, which accelerates green development and paves the way for the modernisation of grassroots governance to achieve common prosperity.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, led Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to visit Yucun in Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, today (June 28) to learn about how Yucun follows the concept of "clean waters and green mountains are just as valuable as gold and silver" to establish the first ecological county in the country, which accelerates green development and paves the way for the modernisation of grassroots governance to achieve common prosperity. Photo shows the delegation listening to a presentation on the "1 000 village demonstration, 10 000 village improvement" project.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, and Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments visited Villa & Resort, a homestay cluster in Huzhou City of Zhejiang Province today (June 28). Photo shows (from left) the Commissioner for Transport, Miss Rosanna Law; the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung; the Permanent Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Ms Shirley Lam; and the Permanent Secretary for Education, Ms Michelle Li, talking to the person in charge of a coffee shop converted from an old house in the village, and having a taste of local homemade coffee by electronic payment.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, and Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments visited the Zhejiang Museum of Natural History today (June 28). Photo shows them listening to a presentation on the work of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in Zhejiang.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, led Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to visit the Hello Kitty Amusement Park in Hangzhou today (June 28) to learn about how the only and largest outdoor Hello Kitty Amusement Park in Asia drives the tourism economic chain. Photo shows Mrs Yeung (second right); the Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Joe Wong (first left); and the Commissioner for Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum (first right), being briefed by person in charge of the park Mr Li Jian (second left) on the park's operation.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mrs Ingrid Yeung, led Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to visit the Song Ming Tea Expo Garden in Anji today (June 28) to learn about the technological research and development as well as the cultural industry chain of Anji white tea and how the white tea improves people's income. Photo shows Mrs Yeung (third left); the Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Miss Eliza Lee (first left); the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Leung (third right); the Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food), Miss Vivian Lau (second right); and the Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Joe Wong (fourth right), tasting the white tea.