From August 21st to 24th, Mr. Yin Li, Vice Secretary of Sichuan Provincial Committee of the CPC and Governor of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, visited Hong Kong, met representatives from all sectors of Sichuan, and witnessed the signing of a batch of Sichuan-Hong Kong cooperative contracts.

　　On the morning of August 24th, Governor Yin Li met with  Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Governor Yin Li extended sincere gratitude towards Hong Kong SAR Government and Hong Kong people for their kind assistance and supporting to Sichuan’s development in the long term. He mentioned that in the 20 years since Hong Kong returning to the motherland and under the support of the Central Government, exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and Sichuan have achieved tremendous achievements. He hoped that HK and Sichuan could Hong Kong could work together to promote mutual cooperation and exchanges into higher levels and wider fields in the construction of “the Belt and Road”, further build cooperative platform mechanism, implement cooperative contents, extend personnel exchanges, and achieve win-win development. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor indicated that Hong Kong and Sichuan are highly complementary and have sound cooperative foundation. Hong Kong was willing to jointly enhance cooperation with Sichuan in transport, finance, cultural innovation, health care, sports, urban management, disaster prevention and so on, and push mutual cooperation onto higher steps.

　　During his visit in Hong Kong, Governor Yin Li also met with Mr. Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, Chairman of Henry Fok Ying Tung Group, Mr. Fred Lam, Executive President of Airport Authority Hong Kong, Mr. Frederick Ma Si-hang, Chairman of the MTR Corporation, Mr. Vincent Lau, President of Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Mr. Jonathan Choi Koon-shum, Permanent Honorary President of Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, Mr. John Slosar, Chairman of Taikoo Group, Mr. Peter William Mathieson, President of the University of Hong Kong, Mr. Fu Yuning, President of China Resources (Holdings) Co.,Ltd., Mr. Zhang Songqiao, President of C C Land Holdings Ltd, Mr. Li Xiaojia, Executive President of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and so on. They had exchanged opinions concerning enhancing mutual cooperation in manufacture construction and operation, high-end equipment manufacturing, electronics, cultural tourism, green food, aviation, finance and so on. Governor Yin Li invited them to inspect and visit Sichuan to invest and share development opportunities. Representatives from Hong Kong commercial sectors expressed their confidence on Sichuan’s economic and development future. They would further enlarge their investment in Sichuan and actively participate into Sichuan’s construction and development.

　　Governor Yin Li also visited Giant Panda Art Exhibition in Hong Kong Ocean Park, and inspected Hong Kong International Airport, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of University of Hong Kong, Chemistry and Biology Central Laboratory of Faculty of Science of University of Hong Kong, Urban Context of Subway Hong Kong Station, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and so on.

　　Governor Yin Li also met with Mr. Zhang Xiaoming, Director of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Mr. Xie Feng, Commissioner of Office of The Commissioner of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The People's Republic Of China in The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

　　During his visit, Sichuan Provincial People’s Government signed cooperative memorandum with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and signed sustainable development project cooperative agreement with the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Sichuan Airport Group also signed strategic cooperative agreement with Airport Authority Hong Kong. Chengdu Rail Transport Group Limited signed comprehensive strategic cooperative agreement with Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Limited. Meishan Municipal People’s Government also signed strategic cooperative agreement with the University of Hong Kong.

　　Mr. Fan Ruiping, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Sichuan Province and Secretary of Chengdu Municipal Committee of the CPC, also attended these visiting activities.