Hong Kong has significantly aided China’s economic miracle: X Chinese President Xi Jinping claimed on Friday that Hong Kong had made immeasurable contributions to China’s long-term, steady, and rapid economic development. According to the CGTN, he stated that since its return to the motherland, Hong Kong has served as an important bridge and window connecting the Chinese mainland with the rest of the world.
Xi made the remarks at a meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s sixth-term government (HKSAR).
He said the region had overcome numerous challenges and was moving forward steadily, adding that none of the challenges had slowed Hong Kong’s progress. He stated that Hong Kong’s economy had grown rapidly, maintaining its solid status as an international financial, shipping, and trade center, with a rapid rise of innovative technology industries, world-leading freedom and openness, and a world-class business environment. Xi Jinping stated that Hong Kong would only prosper if its young people thrive, and he urged them to join the efforts to build a better Hong Kong.
“We should care for and love young people,” he said. “Hong Kong will prosper only when its youth thrive; Hong Kong will develop only when its youth development; and Hong Kong will have a future only when its youth have a future.”
