FS visits Nanjing (with photos/video)
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He called on the Governor of Jiangsu Province, Mr Liu Xiaotao, and the Secretary of the CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee, Mr Zhou Hongbo, respectively, to discuss further deepening co-operation between Jiangsu and Hong Kong, and between Nanjing and Hong Kong. Mr Chan said that Jiangsu and Hong Kong have all along maintained close and multi-level co-operation, with frequent economic and trade exchanges and fruitful results in areas such as finance, innovation and technology (I&T), education, and youth visits and exchanges.
He pointed out that Jiangsu has strong capabilities in technological innovation and advanced manufacturing, a solid industrial foundation, and a vibrant innovation and technology ecosystem, with a number of sectors taking leading positions globally. Hong Kong, meanwhile, has the advantages of being an international financial centre and a business environment that is friendly and highly internationalised, making it an important platform for Mainland enterprises to "go global". The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has set up a Go Global Task Force, which co-ordinates at a high level resources in policy, funding, external promotion agencies and professional services, pooling strengths and proactively dovetailing with and better serving the needs of Mainland enterprises going global. He said that, building on the current sound foundation for co-operation, the two places could explore more modes of co-operation and launch more collaborative projects, including organising delegations from Hong Kong's financial, I&T, logistics and professional services sectors to visit Jiangsu, so as to further deepen exchanges and co-operation between the two places.
In the morning, Mr Chan attended an exchange session for technology enterprises organised by Huatai Securities, where he had in-depth exchanges with more than 10 I&T entrepreneurs from Jiangsu and other provinces. The participating enterprises covered frontier areas including artificial intelligence, biotechnology, semiconductors, embodied intelligence, the low-altitude economy and advanced manufacturing. They are all industry leaders, and many hold important positions in the global market and relevant production and supply chains. Mr Chan listened to their briefings on trends in the relevant industries and their development plans in the respective areas. He also briefed them on the latest overall economic situation of Hong Kong, as well as the key focuses during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, in particular the four centres and one hub, and the strategy for the integrated development of education, technology, talent and industries. He welcomed them to make good use of Hong Kong's internationalised platform as their first stop and support base for going global and expanding their global businesses. The HKSAR Government has set up a task force to organise cross-sectoral efforts to accompany them in going global.
Speaking at the exchange session, Mr Chan noted that the country is accelerating the promotion of high-level self-reliance and self-strengthening in science and technology, and has already taken global leading positions in many I&T areas. As leading Mainland enterprises accelerate innovation and expand into international markets, they need to connect with international capital markets. On the one hand, they can capitalise on the current positive sentiment among international investors towards China's technological development; on the other hand, they can further align their corporate governance with international standards and best practices, gain greater recognition from investors, and enhance their international visibility. He also encouraged enterprises to actively consider listing in Hong Kong, establishing international business headquarters and cross-boundary treasury centres in the city, and making full use of Hong Kong's quality financial and professional services, as well as relevant tax concession policies, to strengthen their own development and better position their production and supply chains in response to geopolitical challenges.
Mr Chan also visited two representative I&T enterprises in Nanjing today to gain an in-depth understanding of the city's cutting-edge developments in high-end manufacturing as well as life and health technology. One of the enterprises specialises in intelligent equipment and industrial robots, with products widely applied in advanced manufacturing scenarios. The other focuses on biotechnology research and development and is at the international forefront in areas such as gene and cell engineering. Both enterprises are listed on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, leveraging Hong Kong's capital market to accelerate the commercialisation of scientific research and their global deployment. Mr Chan encouraged them to continue to expand and strengthen their businesses through Hong Kong.
Mr Chan concluded his visit to Nanjing this evening and will return to Hong Kong tomorrow morning (June 20).
Ends/Friday, June 19, 2026
Issued at HKT 21:15
Issued at HKT 21:15
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