Financial Secretary Paul Chan wrote in a blogpost that, following last week's Xi-Trump summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin will also visit China shortly, sending positive signals in the international landscape. Amid geopolitical volatility, such dialogues will inject stability into the global environment and create more favorable conditions for Hong Kong to strengthen its external ties.

From a macro perspective, he noted that China is vigorously developing new quality productive forces, accelerating the advancement of strategic emerging industries such as artificial intelligence and biomedicine, and making forward-looking plans for future industries. Leveraging its four-pronged advantages in "finance + trade + research + AI+", Hong Kong is proactively aligning with the 15th Five-Year Plan outline and better integrating into the overall national development strategy. In this process, Hong Kong is serving as an "international interface" and an efficient exchange platform for innovation and technology development in the Greater Bay Area, unlocking greater growth potential.

Chan accentuated that Hong Kong will spare no effort to strengthen external ties so that its openness, stability, and development prospects are more widely understood and trusted. By accelerating efforts to consolidate and enhance its advantages, the city aims to open up broader new development horizons amid changes and contribute to the overall national development strategy. When international capital converges with Hong Kong's development and connects with the cutting-edge innovation of the Greater Bay Area, mutual achievements can be realized, enabling Hong Kong to make a unique contribution to shared global prosperity.

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