On the afternoon of November 20, the 2018 Changzhou·Hong Kong Innovation and Cooperation Matchmaking Conference was held in Hong Kong. Yang Wenming, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government (CPGLO) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Li Hua, Director of the Press and Public Relations Department of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in HKSAR, and nearly 100 representatives from Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Hong Kong's well-known enterprises as well as financial, technology, and innovation institutions attended the event.

Ding Chun, Mayor of Changzhou Municipal People’s Government, delivered a speech at the conference and introduced Changzhou’s investment environment. He expressed his gratitude to friends from all walks of life who have long been supporting and participating in the development of Changzhou.

Ding said that in recent years, the friendly exchanges and economic cooperation between Changzhou and Hong Kong have become closer and closer, and the depth and breadth of various cooperation have continued to expand. He hoped that the two sides will continue to promote broader and deeper cooperation at a higher level, and share a bright future in opening-up and innovation.

At the conference, Yin Shuzhen, Director of Publications and E-Commerce Department of HKTDC, and Xu Zihui, Executive Director and CFO of Texhong Textile Group, spoke respectively and expressed their will to fully support the cooperation between Changzhou and Hong Kong.

As of October this year, a total of 2,448 Hong Kong enterprises have invested in Changzhou, and the paid-up capital reached 19.535 billion US dollars, accounting for half of the materialized foreign capital in Changzhou. At present, Changzhou enterprises have invested in 141 projects in Hong Kong, with a cumulative investment of 2.46 billion US dollars.