Hong Kong's role as an international financial, trading and aviation hub will be enhanced, as the 2020 Policy Address on Wednesday highlights the city's mutual connect with the Chinese mainland.
A poster child for cross-boundary cooperation in technology, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Cooperation Zone is ramping up efforts to help Hong Kong companies lay the first stone of their businesses on the Chinese mainland.
As one of three drivers of Futian’s development, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone has had its 370,000 square meters of space used for scientific research. 132 projects including Shenzhen International Center for Quantum Research have settled in the zone in Futian District.
HKSAR Government is moving forward with the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park at full steam, with a view to making the first batch of portions of land available by 2021, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said during her visit to Shenzhen on Wednesday.
Shenzhen has attracted more than 100 innovative, cutting-edge technological projects to its part of the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park located at the Lok Ma Chau Loop.