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Hong Kong and Macao representatives and members: firmly grasp the major opportunities of the 15th Five Year Plan to better integrate into and serve the overall development of the country

2026-03-09   

The draft outline of the 15th Five Year Plan was recently submitted for review at the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress. Hong Kong and Macao SAR deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference attending the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference carefully reviewed and enthusiastically discussed. Around seizing the major opportunities of the 15th Five Year Plan, consolidating and enhancing the competitive advantages of Hong Kong and Macao, and better integrating into and serving the overall development of the country, Hong Kong and Macao representatives and members actively provided suggestions and expressed that the country will continue to provide great policy support to Hong Kong and Macao, injecting momentum and confidence into their long-term prosperity and stability. The draft outline of the 15th Five Year Plan elaborates in detail the policy measures to promote the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and Macao, and points out the direction for Hong Kong and Macao to play their unique advantages in the overall development of the country in the next five years. ”Shi Ronghuai, member of the National Committee of the CPPCC of the Hong Kong SAR and president of the Hong Kong Beijing Association, said that the "15th Five Year Plan" period was a critical stage for the country to promote Chinese path to modernization and high-quality development, and also an important opportunity for Hong Kong to better integrate and serve the overall national development situation, consolidate and enhance its unique advantages and status. We must seize the major opportunities of the 15th Five Year Plan, identify our advantages and positioning, actively connect, resonate with our motherland, and develop together, "said Xiao Zhiwei, a representative of the Macao National People's Congress. Macao should actively integrate into and serve the overall development of the country, rely on its vast market, complete industrial system, and strong innovation capabilities, give full play to Macao's unique advantages, continue to promote moderate and diversified economic development, and believe that Macao will achieve greater and better development during the 15th Five Year Plan period. Hong Kong will formulate a five-year plan for the first time this year, and Macau will also usher in the "Three Five" plan. Grasping the combination of national needs and the strengths of Hong Kong and Macao, being more proactive in aligning with national development strategies, and being more proactive in adapting to changes, has become a consensus among Hong Kong and Macao representatives and members. Yao Zhisheng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong, stated that Hong Kong's five-year plan should be guided by national planning, closely adhere to the central tasks of national planning, widely gather social consensus, and accelerate the pace of governance and development while better integrating into and serving the overall development of the country; Deng Jianrong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong and a director of Swire Group Limited, said that Hong Kong should actively and closely align with the national development strategy, strive to enhance its position as an international financial, shipping, and trade center and an international aviation hub, help the country open up to the outside world at a high level, and achieve better development for itself. The local planning of Macau should be highly integrated with the 15th Five Year Plan, which is a historical opportunity for Macau to achieve greater development. ”Macau National People's Congress representative He Jinglin stated that he will provide more suggestions on Macau's "Three Five" plan. He believes that Macau should actively leverage its unique advantages of being backed by the motherland and connected to the world, constantly highlighting its role as a "center, platform, and base". The draft outline of the 15th Five Year Plan proposes to consolidate and enhance the role of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area as a driving force. Huang Jinhui, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong, stated that the "15th Five Year Plan" period is a crucial stage in the construction of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong can rely on the cooperation mechanism of the Greater Bay Area to promote the assetization and marketization of innovative achievements, providing strong support for the construction of a modern industrial system and the cultivation of new quality productivity. Shi Ronghuai said that with the further opening of bottlenecks in the flow of people, logistics, capital, and data in the future, various elements in the Greater Bay Area will achieve more efficient and convenient flow. Hong Kong and mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area can work together and complement each other's advantages to build a complete innovative industrial chain that connects upstream and downstream. This can not only improve the development quality of the entire Greater Bay Area, but also enable Hong Kong to find a broader development stage and gather richer development resources. The Hong Kong and Macao representatives expressed that as beneficiaries of national policies and development strategies, Hong Kong and Macao should serve as service providers, builders, and contributors to national development. Hong Kong's National People's Congress representative, Huo Qigang, stated that Hong Kong has the status of an international financial center and is home to several of the world's top 100 universities. It is fully capable of leveraging its strengths in areas such as financing, enterprise expansion, talent cultivation, and core technology research and development. At the same time, as a center for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries, Hong Kong needs to consider how to tell the story of China to the world through sports events and grand event brands. As the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Baptist University, Huang Yinghao, a representative of the Hong Kong National People's Congress, has noticed that "investing in people" has become one of the key words for national development during the 15th Five Year Plan period. He suggested that Hong Kong should comprehensively strengthen cooperation with mainland universities in talent development and educational exchanges, and jointly build an international high-end talent highland and world-class talent cultivation center. Wu Zhiliang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Macau, stated that during the 15th Five Year Plan period, Macau should fully leverage its unique advantages of "Chinese culture as the mainstream and diverse cultures coexisting", upgrade its cultural "display window" to a "transformation hub", promote more excellent cultural products to Portuguese speaking countries through Macau, and build Macau into an important hub for the international dissemination of Chinese culture, contributing Macau's wisdom and strength to the country's high-level opening-up to the outside world. Huang Chuji, member of the Hong Kong National Committee of the CPPCC and president of the Hong Kong Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations, said that the strength of the overseas Chinese community is an important support for promoting national development. When it comes to better fulfilling our duties and responsibilities, Lv Yaodong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Hong Kong, stated that we must always adhere to the position of loving our country, loving Hong Kong, and loving Macao, give full play to the "dual positive role" of Hong Kong and Macao members in serving the country and the construction of Hong Kong and Macao, help Hong Kong and Macao build a bridge connecting the country and the world, and support the stable and far-reaching implementation of the "one country, two systems. (New Society)

Edit:He Chuanning Responsible editor:Su Suiyue

Source:Xinhua

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