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CE meets Vice President of European Commission (with photo)
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     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, met the visiting Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, at the Chief Executive's Office this afternoon (December 1).
      
     Mrs Lam welcomed Mr Dombrovskis' visit to Hong Kong and briefed him on the city's latest situation and development direction at the meeting. She said that with the dual advantages of "One Country" and "Two Systems", Hong Kong is authorised by the Central People's Government to conduct relevant external affairs on its own in accordance with the Basic Law. Through conducting more government-to-government dialogues and establishing more bilateral and multilateral ties with the Mainland and overseas countries, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government will promote its advantages to attract more Mainland and international enterprises, investors and talent to Hong Kong. The HKSAR Government will also continue to actively seek to enter into free trade agreements, investment promotion and protection agreements and comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreements with other economies to further strengthen Hong Kong's ties with other places.
      
     She said that Hong Kong, as a global financial centre, offshore Renminbi business hub and international asset management centre, will capitalise on the opportunities arising from the Belt and Road Initiative and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area development and give full play to the city's advantages to promote diversified development of Hong Kong's financial market, including the development of financial technologies and green bonds. Noting that Hong Kong and the European Union have established strong bilateral ties with close economic and trade relationships, she encouraged European enterprises to choose Hong Kong as the platform to expand their businesses to the Mainland and Asia.
 
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The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam (right), meets the visiting Vice-President of the European Commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, at the Chief Executive's Office this afternoon (December 1).