Since the return of Hong Kong, trade with the Mainland has increased by more than 6 times

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 30 (Reporter Xie Xiyao) From 1997 to 2021, the trade volume of the Mainland and Hong Kong increased from US $ 50.77 billion to US $ 360.33 billion, an increase of 6.1 times, an average annual increase of 8.5%. As of the end of 2021, the mainland cumulative cumulative in the Mainland The absorption of Hong Kong investment over $ 1.4 trillion, and the mainland's direct investment in Hong Kong's non -financial category exceeds 800 billion US dollars.

This was learned by the reporter at the online routine press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on June 30. At the press conference, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said at the press conference that in the 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, the Mainland and Hong Kong's economic and trade exchanges and cooperation have continued to deepen, the level has continued to improve, and the fields have continued to expand. The Mainland and Hong Kong have achieved complementary advantages and common development. Hong Kong has become an important participant in the country's large -scale cycle and an important promoter of China Unicom's domestic and international dual cycles.

According to Shu Jingsing, in the 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, the Ministry of Commerce and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government actively established and improved cooperation mechanisms in the economic and trade region, promoted the connection and mechanism of the mainland and Hong Kong rules, and signed the "Mainland and Hong Kong to establish a closer economic and trade relations with the establishment of a more close economic and trade relationship. The arrangement of the arrangements and its series of agreements, the Mainland has fully realized the freedom of goods trade in Hong Kong, basically realized service trade liberalization, and has carried out rich and pragmatic cooperation in terms of trade and investment facilitation.

Actively promote high -quality construction of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area, implement a series of policies and measures to support the construction of the Greater Bay Area in the business sector, and strongly support Hong Kong to participate in the "Belt and Road" to participate in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" ... Shu Jingsing has further introduced that since 2013, Hong Kong and mainland enterprises have been further introduced. For seven consecutive years, we worked with the “Belt and Road” countries to conduct investment negotiations, attracting more than 1,000 local companies to participate, and to promote more than 70 investment cooperation intentions. In 2021, it supports Hong Kong to successfully host the "Belt and Road" summit forum. Reality.

Looking forward to the future, Shu Jianting said that he will continue to support Hong Kong to develop economy and improve people's livelihood in accordance with the "one country, two systems" policy and basic law, and fully support Hong Kong to better integrate into the overall national development situation. It will actively play the role of the Mainland and Hong Kong Economic and Trade Cooperation Commission, steadily promote the establishment of single free trade zones in the Mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau, solidly promote the construction of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area, firmly support Hong Kong to build the "Belt and Road" function platform, consolidate and improve International Finance, Shipping, and Trade Center status.

[Editor in charge: Zhou Chuqing]

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