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The Hong Kong epidemic has recently rebounded, but the Hong Kong Government held the seventh "Belt and Road Summit Forum" on Wednesday (August 31st) as scheduled.Business.With the increasingly heating of the epidemic, the official persisted in holding the event, and there have been divergent opinions in the past few days.

From the perspective of Hong Kong, this summit is the first international forum after taking office in the new Special Economic Zone Government, which can be said to officially.After all, since the outbreak of the crown disease in 2020, Hong Kong has adopted strict epidemic prevention measures. A series of large -scale international activities have been canceled, which is not as close to the past as overseas.The Li Family Super Government continued to host the "Belt and Road" summit this time, inviting officials of many countries, elites and scholars in different industries to go to Hong Kong to gather together. It will undoubtedly show that the pace of customs clearance in Hong Kong and overseas will not stop.

In the past six session of the "Belt and Road" forum, in addition to the first time in 2016, Zhang Dejiang, the member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, personally attended the meeting in Hong Kong. After several sessions of the Central Government, only officials from the Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce delivered speeches.This time, Han Zheng, the deputy prime minister of the State Council of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and the deputy prime minister of the Hong Kong and Macau affairs, participated in the forum. Although he only delivered a video speech, it was obviously to release a clear signal, which was high hopes for Hong Kong in the construction of the “Belt and Road”.

Han was delivered by the forum, and directly put forward the "four hopes" for Hong Kong's participation in the "Belt and Road" construction, including continuing to continue to be connected to international, strengthen professional services, strengthen humanistic exchanges, and deepen cooperation with mainland China.

The concept of "Belt and Road" was proposed by Chinese officials in 2013, advocating to build a economic corridor that runs through East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, and to Europe.The initiative is also regarded as the core component of China's official "big country diplomacy" strategy, intending to seek a greater leadership role in China in global affairs.

Objectively speaking, Hong Kong's "back to the motherland and Unicom world" does have a unique advantage in promoting the "Belt and Road" construction process.

For example, the "Belt and Road" has covered more than 70 countries so far. All countries are at different stages of economic development. They have different cultural, ethnic and religious beliefs, and the level of rule of law in the business environment is uneven.International commercial disputes will naturally increase.

The development of the arbitration industry in Hong Kong has a long history. In terms of arbitration rules, talents, etc., they all ranks in the world's leading level.These advantages have laid the foundation for the construction of the "Belt and Road" arbitration center in Hong Kong to respond to the demand for international arbitration services in the "Belt and Road" countries.

After the establishment of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center in 1985, it has had great reputation in the world over the years.According to a survey report released in 2015, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center ranked third in global arbitration agencies.

In addition, the International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute also established a secretary disposal office in Hong Kong in 2008; in 2012, the Hague Conference On Private International Law also established the Asia -Pacific region office in Hong Kong; in 2015, the Hong Kong Government and the palace with eachThe Permanent Arbitration Court headquarters in Hague signed the host country agreement to conduct disputes in Hong Kong.

The major international arbitration agencies have "settled" in Hong Kong, which is enough to prove that Hong Kong's rule of law environment has enjoyed a high international reputation and has become one of the world's world -renowned arbitration centers.Beijing also provides professional services in Hong Kong to provide professional services in the construction of the “Belt and Road”.

In addition to providing professional services such as arbitration, law, finance and other hardware, Hong Kong also has the advantages of cultural diversity, which helps promote the "soft Unicom" between China and countries along the "Belt and Road".

Hong Kong has long been an important gathering place for Chinese and overseas Chinese around the world. It has a huge and dense humanistic economic and trade network between Southeast Asia. Its popular culture has a considerable influence in Southeast Asia and other places.If Hong Kong can play well, it will definitely play a special role in promoting cultural exchanges between China and Southeast Asia, and play a special role in the communication between the people of both sides.

It is a pity that Hong Kong has been constrained in the past few years, which has been constrained by the general politicalization of society, and has not been fully exerted its unique advantages.

With the implementation of the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the reform of the election system, the society has gradually stabilized recently. At this time, Beijing proposed four hopes to hope that the Hong Kong government will actively invest in the “Belt and Road” in the future and promote China to carry out more with other countries.Cooperation also seek new development opportunities for Hong Kong itself.

Of course, Hong Kong has to play a greater role in the "Belt and Road", and there are still two aspects to do well.The first is to accelerate the advancement of foreign customs.Although the new SAR government has greatly reduced the number of isolation days to "3+4", its strength is still inferior to other countries.If the overseas immigration restrictions are not further relaxed, and large enterprises continue to withdraw, Hong Kong can not talk about "Unicom World" at all.

The second is to continue to maintain the "one country, two systems".As far as Hong Kong is concerned, the "one country, two systems" system has the charm of Chinese and Western combination. This unique advantage not only cannot weaken, but also continuously strengthen.Under the current "left" atmosphere of Hong Kong society, this tests the official wisdom of Beijing.