Symposium delves into Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation

A symposium on Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation and development takes place in Shanghai on Nov 13, attended by dozens of government leaders, experts and scholars from the two sides. [Photo/Xinmin Evening Post]

A symposium on Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation and development took place in Shanghai on Nov 13, attended by dozens of government leaders, experts and scholars from the two sides.

Xu Kunlin, deputy mayor of Shanghai, introduced the current situation of Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation and exchanges.

Xu Ze, president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies, gave a keynote speech about the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up and Shanghai-Hong Kong development and cooperation.

Other attendees such as Tu Haiming, vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, shared their insights into the opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong's social and economic development in the new era.

They all agreed that the strengthened Shanghai-Hong Kong cooperation has been of great importance to Shanghai's innovation-driven development and economic transformation and to Hong Kong's prosperity and steadiness and improved competitiveness over the past four decades.

They considered that the two sides should use their advantages to deepen mutual cooperation, join hands to solve difficulties encountered in the process of development, and further contribute to the country's reform and opening up.