On the afternoon of June 21, a delegation from the China Hong Kong Economic Trading International Association (CHKETIA) visited Shantou, and exchanged ideas with local officials on promoting economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Shantou and Hong Kong.

During the meeting, Mayor Zeng Fengbao hoped that Shantou would take this inspection as an opportunity to further strengthen exchanges with the CHKETIA, enhance practical cooperation between Shantou and Hong Kong in various fields, and facilitate the implementation of more cooperation projects. Chen Qingdong, President of the CHKETIA, said that there was vast space and enormous potential for economic and trade exchanges between Shantou and Hong Kong; and that the CHKETIA would continue to give full play to its role as a bridge, focus on Shantou's industrial clusters of "three new, two special, and one big" ("three new" industries refer to new energy, new materials and new generation of electronic information industries; "two special" industries refer to two traditional industries with distinctive local features, namely, textile and clothing and creative toys; and "one big" industry refers to big health industry), encourage more Hong Kong investors to visit Shantou, actively seek project cooperation between Shantou and Hong Kong, ensure the implementation of cooperative projects, and further promote exchanges and cooperation between the two places in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology, industry, and culture, for the purpose of achieving mutual benefit and common development.

Source:Shantou Daily, June 22, 2024

　　香港国际经贸合作协会代表团莅汕

　　6月21日下午，香港国际经贸合作协会代表团一行莅汕访问，与我市围绕推动汕港两地经贸交流合作进行交流。

　　市长曾风保在会见中希望以此次考察为契机，进一步加强与香港国际经贸合作协会的交流，拓展汕港两地各领域务实合作，促成更多合作项目落地。香港国际经贸合作协会理事长陈青东表示，汕港两地开展经贸往来空间广阔、潜力巨大，协会将继续发挥桥梁作用，围绕汕头“三新两特一大”产业集群，推介更多香港投资者来汕考察，加强汕港两地项目对接落地，进一步推动两地在经贸、科技、产业、文化等领域的交流合作，实现互利共赢、共同发展。

来源：汕头日报 2024-6-22