In his speech, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, said that in the past decade, more than 45,000 people from more than 120 countries and regions have participated in the summit, promoted more than 2,800 projects to jointly build the "Belt and Road" and created a common vision through cooperation and connectivity. As a "super contact person" and "super value-added person" of global high-quality cooperation, Hong Kong will continue to promote the high-quality development of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

Hong Kong Trade Development Council Chairman Ma Shiheng delivered a speech that the Belt and Road Forum has gathered leaders in the political and business circles over the past decade to promote multi-party dialogue and cooperation. Several important partnerships have been established, influential projects have been launched one after another, and cross-regional ties have become increasingly close. This forum will continue to focus on promoting cooperation opportunities.

Yan Dong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said in his speech that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to support Hong Kong in leveraging its own advantages in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. First, support Hong Kong to deeply connect with the inside and outside the country and better integrate into the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Further expand the mainland's opening to Hong Kong's fields of finance, telecommunications, construction, tourism, etc. Research and promote the joint construction of a single free trade zone in the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao. Support Hong Kong to sign more free trade agreements and investment agreements with foreign investors, join RCEP as soon as possible, and further expand its foreign economic and trade network. The second is to support Hong Kong in building a functional platform to better serve the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". It will support Hong Kong to consolidate and enhance its position as an international financial, shipping and trade center, and expand the scale of national trade and investment with the joint construction. Support Hong Kong to participate in various economic and trade exhibitions and forums. The third is to support Hong Kong’s project construction and better participate in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”.

Li Zhen, deputy director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, delivered a speech that Hong Kong is an important node in jointly building the "Belt and Road" and has always played the role of "super contact person" and "super value-added person" with its unique advantages. Hong Kong is not only a bridgehead for central enterprises to go global, but also a converter for global resources to connect with the Chinese market. It will surely play an increasingly important role in jointly building the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".

This is the exchange ceremony for the cooperation memorandum shot at the 10th Belt and Road Forum on September 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Duo

Xiao Weiming, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in his speech that this year marks the tenth consecutive year of the Hong Kong "Belt and Road" Summit Forum. In these decades, we have witnessed Hong Kong seizing the historic opportunities of jointly building the "Belt and Road", giving full play to the role of finance, shipping, trade centers and innovation and technology centers, and constantly weaving the trade and investment network of the co-built country, achieving the dual improvement of its own development level and international competitiveness. It is more important and more effective in participating in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

In his subsequent keynote speech, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Zhanto said that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative brings important resources to local infrastructure construction, promotes key cooperation, and builds a solid foundation for Cambodia's development. He believes that the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" will inject new impetus into Cambodia's economic development, and Hong Kong, as an international financial and professional service hub, can play an indispensable role in the implementation of cooperative projects.

This forum covers many discussions and activities, including opening sessions, policy dialogue sessions, main forums, special lunches, special group forums, investment project introduction sessions and exchange receptions. During the opening session, an exchange ceremony was held between Hong Kong and representatives of countries in jointly building the "Belt and Road" on 9 memorandums and cooperation agreements.

This forum also has five exhibition areas, including the "ASEAN Zone" for the first time, and the remaining four are "Hong Kong Zone", "Global Investment Opportunity Zone", "Innovation and Science Zone", and "Mainland Zone".