Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng underscores Beijing’s support for Hong Kong in maintaining free and open business environment


Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng has underscored Beijing’s support for Hong Kong in maintaining a free and open business environment, urging the city to strengthen its professional services to enhance competitiveness.

Delivering his speech via videoconferencing at a high-powered business summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Han also said the city should take the initiative to promote more practical regional cooperation and contribute further to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a drive to forge trade links stretching from East Asia to Europe.

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