The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Miss Janice Tse Siu-wa, visited Shenzhen today (July 20) to meet with leaders of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee, the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Co-operation Zone of Shenzhen Municipality (Qianhai Authority) to gather their views in preparing for Hong Kong's First Five-Year Plan and to learn about the latest developments in Qianhai.
 
     Miss Tse met with member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Director General of the Qianhai Authority, Mr Wang Shourui, and the Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Shenzhen, Ms Li Lirong, to explore ways to deepen co-operation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen with regards to Hong Kong's First Five-Year Plan, and to support Qianhai in continuing to leverage its role as a major co-operation platform to pursue more policy breakthroughs on a pilot basis.
 
     "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is working at full speed to draw up Hong Kong's First Five-Year Plan, which will set out the city's development vision and strategic directions for the next five years. The Plan will definitely have a close connection with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), of which Hong Kong is a part. Hong Kong will work more closely with Shenzhen to jointly explore forward-looking and strategic development directions, and to leverage respective strengths to promote the development of the GBA," said Miss Tse.

     The Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Miss Pamela Lam, was among the officials joining the visit.

Ends/Monday, July 20, 2026
Issued at HKT 19:40

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