Greater Bay Area Economic Network, Hong Kong, September 12 (Editor Wang Qiang) On September 11, 2025, the 10th "Belt and Road Summit Forum" jointly organized by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) ended successfully today. The forum attracted 6,200 leaders from the political and business circles from more than 70 countries and regions to participate, discuss new cooperation models, expand new opportunities for mutual benefit and win-win, and promote the cooperation and development of the "Belt and Road". The two-day forum broke record-breaking 45 cooperation memorandums, displayed more than 300 investment projects, arranged more than 800 one-to-one project matching meetings, fully leveraging Hong Kong's advantages as a "super linker" and "super value-added person" and consolidated its important role as a functional platform for the "Belt and Road" initiative.

Promote substantive cross-border cooperation

This forum successfully signed 45 memorandums of cooperation, including 9 government cooperation and 36 memorandums of trade cooperation, which is the result of the active organization of overseas promotion and overseas visits by the SAR government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. The countries and regions that signed the memorandum include Mainland China and Hong Kong, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand in ASEAN; Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East; as well as Australia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Pakistan and the United States, including the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Oman Investment Bureau signed an agreement on investment and trade promotion to promote economic and trade cooperation, information exchange and investment opportunities between the two places.

In terms of the memorandum of trade cooperation, the forum has successfully promoted many "small and beautiful" livelihood projects, including projects that promote cross-industry cooperation between finance and agricultural technology. For example, PTE LTD from Indonesia signed a joint venture agreement with Hong Kong Lianzhiyouwu Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. () to apply agricultural technology to the Indonesian laying hen market, which not only promotes business expansion, but also promotes local people's livelihood development.

"This joint venture agreement aims to deepen the partnership between China and India in the field of food security. We are committed to developing agricultural technology to improve farmers' productivity across the value chain. Through the technology introduced, we believe that we can help farmers solve problems such as feed waste and mortality, thereby improving productivity and profit margins."

The forum allows more overseas companies to actively establish international partnerships. Among them, ESCP from Australia, Germany, Hong Kong's Carbon Neutrality Association, and Arx from the United States signed a four-party agreement to jointly develop ESG and carbon trading education in Hong Kong, further consolidating Hong Kong's role as a hub for carbon trading in the Asia-Pacific region.

Colin Lam, co-founder of Colin Lam, pointed out: "Asia has started a bit late in establishing carbon trading compared to the EU, but this gives Hong Kong and the entire Asia region a benchmark for reference. We chose Hong Kong as the hub for carbon trading, precisely because Hong Kong has always been among the three major financial centers in the world for decades. Of course, we hope to use Hong Kong as the hub to extend our business territory to mainland China and further expand to the Middle East. This is completely in line with our corporate strategy direction."

In addition, Water New Ltd from New Zealand signed two memorandums of cooperation with the United States and DAUM respectively, aiming to establish a close strategic cooperation framework in the field of water treatment technology.

Ye Yinqiang, Managing Director of Water New, said: "HKTDC's offices in Australia and New Zealand assist us in bringing technology to the forum. After years of research and development, the two cooperation memorandums signed today are not only the starting point for us to move towards the commercialization stage, but also the foundation for us to grow significantly in the future. This also builds confidence and credibility for the company, allowing suppliers, partners and core investors to witness our development process, which will be of great benefit to the company."

Diversified platforms to build an investment bridge

The Forum has been committed to providing business leaders with opportunities to showcase project results, exchange latest information and establish substantive cooperation. This year, the investment project session will display more than 300 investment projects; the "Belt and Road" Global Project Matching Conference will arrange more than 800 one-on-one negotiations to help enterprises accurately connect with potential partners. The Global Project Matching Conference will continue to provide all-round online services from September 15 to 16; the exhibition area will gather more than 120 exhibitors to showcase innovative solutions and industrial advantages and promote cross-border exchanges.

This forum has introduced a number of new elements to deepen cooperation and promote project docking. The newly added key project links of the "Belt and Road" focus on major infrastructure projects in Thailand and Saudi Arabia, and have attracted much attention. The newly added theme of "Middle East and ASEAN Market Focus" in the "Investment Project Introduction" has also been widely praised. In addition, the scale of this forum exhibition area has been further expanded, with the addition of the "ASEAN Zone" to display the latest projects from all ten member states in the region and strengthen cooperation opportunities within the region.

Promote cross-regional dialogue

In today's special speech, the speakers included Laos Minister of Finance, Indonesia's Deputy Minister of Economic Coordination, and Liang Jinhui, Executive Director, Management Committee Member, and Chairman of Greater China.

The annual roundtable meeting of the "Belt and Road" Alliance of International Alliance will be held tomorrow morning (September 12). As one of the important links of the "Belt and Road Week", it will connect Hong Kong, the Mainland and international chambers of commerce and organizations to promote information exchange and experience sharing, and jointly expand new opportunities for multilateral cooperation.