Make good use of Hong Kong’s advantages and seize Greater Bay Area’s business opportunities-foreign business circles in Hong Kong are full of confidence in Hong Kong’s prospects.

Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, November 27th (Reporter Zheng Xin, Kong Wei I, Simomo) With less than 0.6% of the country’s land area, it has created 12% of the country’s total economic output. One fifth of the country’s unicorn enterprises were born here, and dozens of Fortune 500 enterprises camped here … Over the past four years, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s construction has been braving the wind and waves and changing with each passing day, and a world-class bay area is ready to emerge.

A few days ago, the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Guangdong Provincial Government co-sponsored the "Cloud Visit to Greater Bay Area" activity of foreign business circles in Hong Kong, which showed foreign business circles in Hong Kong the "China determination" to expand opening up and the "Hong Kong opportunity" bred in the new development pattern.

This is the two sides of Victoria Harbour filmed in Central, Hong Kong on November 24th. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Shenshe

Liu Guangyuan, Commissioner of the Office of the Special Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said that as an important hub of the domestic and international double cycle, Greater Bay Area has both the first-Mover advantage and the geographical convenience in the process of building a new development pattern of the country, which has increasingly attracted the attention of international investors.

He pointed out that international authoritative organizations predict that Greater Bay Area’s economic aggregate will reach 4.6 trillion US dollars in 2030, making it a well-deserved "investment holy land" and "gold-digging rich mine", and more and more outstanding Hong Kong youths and international talents are dreaming here.

Edwin Hitti, president of the Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that compared with other bay areas in the world, he gave Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area full marks because it has complete and advanced industries, diverse and complementary cities and extremely convenient business environment.

He said that enterprises from Arab countries hope to seize opportunities in the fields of artificial intelligence and biotechnology, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area provides a good platform for exchanges and cooperation.

According to a research report of consulting firm Deloitte, the agglomeration effect of innovation in Greater Bay Area is remarkable, and there are many scientific and technological leading enterprises. From the giant of science and technology to the unicorn company, a number of powerful science and technology enterprises have been born in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

According to the data of Hurun Global Unicorn List 2020 released by Hurun Research Institute, there are 227 unicorn enterprises in China, including more than 30 enterprises in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, ranking second among the four Greater Bay Area in the world after the San Francisco Bay Area.

Representatives of foreign chambers of commerce and enterprises attending the meeting said that investing in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area means investing in China, and embracing Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area means embracing the future. If you want to catch this high-speed train developed by Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong is a "station" that cannot be missed.

This is the building complex photographed in Central, Hong Kong on November 24th. Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Shenshe

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said in his speech on the "Visit to the Cloud" that the construction of Greater Bay Area complements the development of Hong Kong, the basic research and higher education in Hong Kong are highly complementary to the manufacturing industry in the Mainland, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone provides a powerful engine for the construction of Greater Bay Area International Science and Technology Innovation Center, and Hong Kong, as an international financial center, provides an excellent platform for foreign investment to enter Greater Bay Area and the Mainland.

With the implementation of Hong Kong’s national security law and the improvement of Hong Kong’s electoral system, Hong Kong has really got rid of the political quagmire of disputes and tears and returned to the correct development track, providing a broad space for giving play to its unique advantages.

Xinxi Asset Management Company, a joint venture between French and Belgian companies, recently chose to set its headquarters in Hong Kong. Lu Junyi, CEO of the company, is full of expectations for the development of business in Hong Kong and China.

"For a long time, Hong Kong has been the gateway between the western world and China. For us, it provides a good opportunity to get in touch with China companies. Hong Kong has great potential and will continue to play the role of a bridge between the East and the West for a long time. " He told reporters at the meeting.

The heads of foreign business circles in Hong Kong unanimously said that they are eager to gain development opportunities from the construction of Greater Bay Area. The unique advantages of Hong Kong in the new development pattern of the country are obvious to all. As the situation in Hong Kong continues to stabilize and improve, more and more foreign investors will come to Hong Kong to start businesses, and use Hong Kong as a platform to bypass the mainland and explore the Asia-Pacific region.