Dr. Chen Hongtian Giving a Speech at the 2021 Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao & Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Summit

2021.04.19

The 2021 Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Summit was held in Shenzhen on April 16, 2021. The event was organised by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance and co-organised by Harmony Club. Dr. Chen Hongtian, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, a Justice of the Peace appointed by the HKSAR, co-Chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance, Chairman of Harmony Club, and Chairman of Cheung Kei Group attended and delivered a speech at the summit.

Dr. Chen Hongtian delivering a speech to the esteemed guests

Over 650 guests attended the event. They included government officials from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and six municipalities in the Mainland, such as Zhang Xin, Vice-Governor of Guangdong province; Benson Lau Wai Meng, Chairman of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute; Huang Min, member of the Standing Committee of Shenzhen Municipal Committee and Director of Qianhai Administration; Dr. Jonathan Choi, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, Founding Chairman of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hong Kong Sun Wah Group; Wang Wenyin, a member of the CPPCC National Committee, Executive Vice Chairman of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amer International Group Limited; members of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance and Harmony Club, renowned scholars, entrepreneurs, and representatives of major financial institutions.

At the venue of the summit

In his speech, Dr. Chen Hongtian shared his views, “Our batch of entrepreneurs have all benefited from the country's reform and development policy, and we have all grown together with our times. A few years ago, the central government proposed the strategic policy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area for synergistic economic development. Of the two major bay areas in the world currently, the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States is a high-tech cluster, while the Tokyo Bay Area in Japan is a manufacturing cluster. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area integrates the strengths of these two bay areas, with Hong Kong being one of the most important financial centres in the world, and Shenzhen providing high-tech talents and industrial support. The potential of this combination is infinite.”

He added that the central government's initiative to develop the synergy of this region provides a very good opportunity for every entrepreneur to grow and prosper. And he believes that in the future, this area will continue to flourish, and it will become the fastest-growing economic centre in the world.

The Entrepreneurs dialogue session

With the theme of "Embrace the Dual Cycle & Create a New Paradigm", many renowned entrepreneurs and corporate representatives were invited to the event to deliver speeches and share their views in roundtable discussions, to convey and uphold the spirit of the National People's Congress while offering suggestions for the development of the Greater Bay Area. The summit also held the first trade and investment fair for the Mainland, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, providing a platform for the Mainland government to connect with entrepreneurs from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and to find new horizons for the businesses from the region to integrate into the development of the Mainland.