‘Hong Kong and China businesses should partner to invest in non-traditional belt and road markets’

Delegates returning to city from high-profile summit appeal for support, citing advantages and prospects

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Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (left) and Yvonne Choi Ying-pik, the city’s commissioner for the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, were part of a 30-strong delegation at the summit in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song

Published: 9:01am, 16 May 2017Updated: 1:12pm, 16 May 2017

Hong Kong businesses should team up with their mainland counterparts to invest in “non-traditional” markets under China’s go-global trade scheme, Yvonne Choi Ying-pik, Hong Kong’s commissioner for the “Belt and Road Initiative”, said on Monday.

Choi was speaking to the Post in an exclusive interview after the close of the two-day belt and road summit in Beijing.

“It is difficult to quantify the achievements of the city, but it has been a successful experience for Hong Kong,” Choi said. “We have a visible presence in the conference because of the size of the delegation, and because the chief executive’s presence has been recognised.”

Choi said the two-day summit in Beijing was a successful experience for Hong Kong. Photo: Simon Song

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Sunday made high-profile speeches alongside International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde and Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of China’s central bank.

“We reached out extensively,” Leung said. “It was a long day, but Hong Kong has a very good story to tell. The Hong Kong story is easy to sell.”