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The Central Policy Unit (CPU) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences today (September 12) jointly held the International Forum on China's Economy and Policy. The Li & Fung Research Centre was the co-organiser.
The forum, held at Central Government Offices at Tamar, offered an opportunity for participants from the Mainland, overseas and Hong Kong to analyse from a macro perspective the challenges encountered in the Mainland's economic development and the strategy to address them. It also explored the roles of and opportunities opened to Hong Kong.
The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, and the Executive Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Wang Weiguang, delivered the welcoming remarks. The Group Chairman of the Fung Group, Dr Victor Fung, and the Director of the National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Gao Peiyong, addressed the keynote session. The forum included three panel discussion sessions. Mainland, overseas and local experts and scholars shared their analysis on three topics, namely "domestic consumption expansion and the distribution sector's reform", "opening up and regional co-operation" and "structural adjustment and institutional reform".
About 300 participants attended the forum, including experts, scholars, representatives of overseas institutions in Hong Kong, and guests from think tanks, the business sector, professional bodies, and local and foreign chambers of commerce.
Ends/Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Issued at HKT 18:35
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