Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, led a delegation to Guangzhou and Shenzhen today to meet with the leaders of Guangdong Province and Shenzhen. He looked forward to further exchanges on comprehensively deepening the cooperation between the two regions and jointly promoting the high-quality development of the Great Bay Area. Li Jiachao met with Qin Weizhong, mayor of Shenzhen, who led a delegation to Hong Kong, yesterday to exchange views on deepening the cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. On the 22nd, the mayor of Shenzhen visited Hong Kong to talk about cooperation. Li Jiachao welcomed the delegation led by Qin Weizhong to visit Hong Kong and co-chaired the afternoon Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation meeting with the Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji. Li Jiachao said that at the video conference held in September last year, Hong Kong and Shenzhen agreed to set up 19 special classes for Shenzhen-Hong Kong cooperation under the principle of close cooperation, complementary advantages and mutual benefit, covering the northern metropolitan area, innovation and technology, finance, youth employment and entrepreneurship and other fields. Each special class is actively engaged in docking, promoting the project and giving play to the radiating and driving role of Hong Kong and Shenzhen as the core engine of the development of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Li Jiachao said that since the comprehensive customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland, people's exchanges between Hong Kong and Shenzhen have grown rapidly, and various economic activities and exchanges such as business and tourism have been rapidly active, benefiting different sectors and citizens of Hong Kong society. He thanked the Shenzhen Municipal Government for its strong support to the Hong Kong SAR Government in the implementation of customs clearance, and worked together to ensure the smooth and safe operation of all entry and exit ports. With the comprehensive opening of Hong Kong to the mainland and overseas, Hong Kong will focus on competing for the economy, and the multifaceted cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen will help promote the sound development of the two economies. Li Jiachao pointed out that the two regions have always been very close in financial cooperation. Shenzhen Municipal Government is the first mainland municipal government to use Hong Kong's financing platform and professional services to issue bonds, reflecting the pivotal position in the national "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" to support Hong Kong to strengthen the global offshore RMB business. He welcomed the Shenzhen Municipal Government and high-quality enterprises to continue to issue offshore RMB bonds in Hong Kong, and looked forward to continuing to strengthen cooperation in the field of financial services. Li Jiachao led a delegation to visit Guangzhou and Shenzhen today to carry out his first visit to cities in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao after taking office, exchange views on promoting the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area through Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation, and discuss comprehensively deepening the cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The members of the delegation of the Hong Kong SAR Government include Deputy Secretary for Administration, Zhuo Yongxing, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Zeng Guowei, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Qiu Yinghua, Secretary for Education, Cai Ruolin, and Chief Executive Officer, Ye Wenjuan. The members of the delegation will go to Guangzhou in the morning to meet with the leaders of Guangdong Province to exchange views on promoting the high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area through Guangdong-Hong Kong cooperation; In the afternoon, we will transfer to Shenzhen and meet with leaders of Shenzhen to discuss comprehensively deepening the cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, and return to Hong Kong this evening. (Xinhua News Agency)