Li Jiachao, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attended the Spring Festival celebration of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (CCCC) in Hong Kong on February 1. He said that after three years of challenges from the epidemic, Hong Kong will usher in a good beginning of comprehensive "customs clearance" with the mainland and the international in 2023. In the future, the SAR government will actively visit outside Hong Kong and work with the business community to publicize Hong Kong's business advantages and tell the story of Hong Kong. On February 1, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong held the Guimao Spring Festival worship. The picture shows Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivering a speech. In his speech, Li Jiachao pointed out that Hong Kong and the mainland began to "clear customs" gradually, orderly and comprehensively from January 8 this year, facilitating the business community and different people to handle different businesses in Hong Kong and the mainland more easily. With the resumption of cross-border flow of people, the cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland and the international community will become increasingly frequent, and large-scale trade exhibitions, conferences, sports events, different events and other large-scale activities at the international level, The metropolis will be held in Hong Kong in succession, fully demonstrating Hong Kong's role as the capital of Asian events. Li Jiachao mentioned that the Chinese Communist Party of China organized a business delegation last month to Vietnam with Qiu Yinghua, Director of the Bureau of Commerce and Economic Development of the SAR Government, to promote exchanges, contacts and cooperation between Hong Kong and the local government. He hoped that CNOOC would continue to expand more and broader business opportunities for Hong Kong enterprises in the future. In addition, Li Jiachao said that on the 4th of this month, he would lead a Hong Kong delegation to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to carry out his first foreign visit this year, fully explore the development space of Hong Kong and the Middle East, assist the Hong Kong industry to seize the opportunity of economic recovery, and hope to help the Middle East enterprises further understand the unique advantages of Hong Kong's "relying on the motherland and connecting the world", Let Hong Kong's professional services play out in the Middle East and more "the Belt and Road" countries, and create more new chapters of mutual benefit and win-win results. Cai Guan, President of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, pointed out in his speech that "customs clearance" has brought dawn to Hong Kong's tourism industry, and the change of epidemic prevention policy has injected impetus into Hong Kong's economy. Hong Kong will continue to play a good role as an investor and operator, and fully grasp the "double cycle" development opportunities. Cai Guanshen said that the Chinese Federation will continue to carry out more investigation activities, continue to organize business groups to visit various places, tell the story of Hong Kong well, and continue to explore new business opportunities for Hong Kong. (Xinhua News Agency)