The Foundation, together with the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) and Shanghai Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), organized the forum on “China’s Reform and Opening Up: Role and Function of Shanghai and Hong Kong in a New Era” on 15 November 2019 in Shanghai. It was the 15th annual forum that was jointly organized by the three organizations. The forum was supported by Shanghai International Economic Exchange Foundation, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Shanghai of the HKSAR Government and Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies.
Group photo with Vice Chairman of CPPCC Mr. Leung Chun-ying (front row, 6th left), Executive Committee Chairman of the Foundation Mr. Ronnie Chan (front row, 3rd right), Chairman of CPPCC Mr. Dong Yunhu (front row, 6th right), President of the SASS Dr. Zhang Daogen (front row, 3rd left), members of the Foundation, speakers and other guests
The Chairman of the Shanghai CPPCC Mr. Dong Yunhu, President of the SASS Dr. Zhang Daogen together with the Foundation’s Executive Committee Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan officiated at the opening ceremony. Speakers of the Keynote Session included Mr. Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of CPPCC and former Chief Executive of HKSAR; Mr. Xu Kunlin, Vice Mayor of Shanghai; Mr. Xu Ze, President of Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies; Miss Victoria Tang, Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs, Shanghai; and Mr. Qu Qiuping, General Manager of Haitong Securities Co Ltd. More than 350 experts, scholars, government officials and entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and the Mainland attended morning session of the forum.
The Foundation’s Executive Committee Chairman Mr. Ronnie Chan gave an opening remark
In the afternoon, three closed-door and small group discussion sessions were held, allowing in-depth exchange of ideas between Shanghai and Hong Kong experts on three important fields, namely maritime and aviation, financial services and properties development. Experts from Hong Kong participated in the discussions included Prof. Anthony Cheung, former Secretary for Transport and Housing; Mr. Yue Yi, former Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Bank of China (Hong Kong); Mr. Willy Lin, Chairman of the Hong Kong Shippers’ Council; Ms. Rosita Lau, Member of Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board; Mr. Laurence Li, Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC); Mr. Christopher Hui, Executive Director of FSDC; Ms. Ding Chen, Chief Executive Officer of CSOP Asset Management Ltd; Dr. Zhong Xiaofeng, Chief Executive Officer, North Asia of Amundi Hong Kong Ltd; Mr. Johnson Yip, Head of Asset Services, Greater China of DTZ/Cushman & Wakefield; Mr. Cheng Hei-ming, Chairman of KaiLong; and Mr. Allan Zhang, Executive Director of Shui On Land Ltd.
Mr. Leung Chun-ying together with Vice Chairmen of Shanghai CPPCC, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and, President of the SASS attended the afternoon sessions
Prof. Anthony Cheung (4th right) chaired the discussion session on maritime and aviation
The Foundation’s Corporate Sponsor Mr. Andrew Yao and representative Mr. Henry Shi; Council Members Mr. Matthew Lam, Mr. Oscar Chow, Dr. Zhong Xiaofeng and Mr. Bosco Law; Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang; and guests Mr. Adriel Chan and Mr. Sunny Ho participated in the forum.
The Foundation’s Corporate Sponsor Mr. Andrew Yao (3rd right), Council Members Mr. Oscar Chow (1st left), Mr. Matthew Lam (3rd left) and Mr. Bosco Law (2nd right), and Executive Director Ms. Karen Tang together with Prof. Anthony Leung (2nd left) attended the forum
