The Hong Kong "Fintech Week" this year will be held from October 31st to November 4th, and the Singapore's "Fintech Festival" will be from November 2nd to 4th.However, the Hong Kong government has not determined to relax the entry isolation requirements, and some overseas people may abandon Hong Kong to participate in the exhibition.
Singapore and Hong Kong will hold an international fintech exchange activity at the same time at the end of this year. Hong Kong public opinion is generally worried that Hong Kong will be "grabbed".However, the Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao responded on Tuesday (September 13) that I believe that Hong Kong has a strong competitive advantage and will successfully hold related activities.
However, some interviewees believe that the Hong Kong government should fully clear the customs as soon as possible to facilitate overseas people to participate in the event, otherwise it will affect Hong Kong's competitiveness in the long run.
In recent years, Hong Kong will hold the "Fintech Week" every November. It is sponsored by the Financial Affairs and Treasury Bureau and the Investment Promotion Department. Last year, a total of 20,000 people participated. More than 400 exhibitors and 39 international trade delegations were attracted.Participate and online participation.This event is scheduled to be held in Wan Chai from October 31st to November 4th this year.
On the other side, since Singapore's first "Fintech Festival" was held in November 2016, except for the 2020 affected affected by the epidemic in December, it was held in November each year.This year's event is scheduled to be held from November 2nd to 4th.Newports were held in 2016 for the first time in their respective fintech exchange activities. In the past, they were one after the other, only this year's collision period.
Hong Kong's strict improving policies have been implemented earlier this year, prompting many financial and scientific and technological talents to switch to Singapore's development.Hong Kong's technology and public opinion circles have recently worried that Hong Kong may not be able to fully clear the customs in November. Singapore will choose to hold the "Financial Technology Festival" from November 2nd to 4th this year to re -re -reunite with Hong Kong and "grab customers" with Hong Kong.
However, the Li family responded on Tuesday that Hong Kong has always held a financial forum, and I believe that the November event will also be successfully held.After, it means that he is interested in attending the forum. "
For the outside world's concerns that the Hong Kong government has not determined to relax the entry isolation requirements, I am afraid that overseas people who have not yet arranged to go to Hong Kong will finally abandon Hong Kong.Decide whether to change the current "3 + 4" (three -day hotel isolation, four -day home quarantine) inbound quarantine measures.
He reiterated that how to adjust the quarantine policy in Hong Kong depends on data and epidemic trends, and vaccine is always the best guarantee. The higher the vaccination rate, the greater the space for economic activities.
The Fintech Week of Hong Kong "Fintech Week" Liang Hanzheng, director of the Fintech Director of the Investment Promotion Department, said in an interview with a letter on Monday that Hong Kong generally held the above -mentioned event in the first week of November, and Singapore was the second week.He believes that Singapore's decision has its own consideration. For example, the Global Climate Summit held in Egypt in the second week of November opened, and it may be held early to hold the "Fintech Festival".
As for whether the official will worry about the "collision period" of the New Port affects investors to participate in Hong Kong, he emphasized that the number of registered people in the Hong Kong Fintech Week this year is temporarily similar to previous years, and they are not worried that they will be thinner in Singapore.
Analysis: The advantages of the new port have the advantage of positioning may not be a competitive relationship
Dr. Zhou Bozhan, president of Hong Kong's private think tank "Xiangjiang Zhihui", pointed out in the interview with Lianhe Morning Post that Hong Kong and Singapore have their own advantages and positioning, which may not be a competitive relationship.It cannot be simply regarded as "grabbing".However, overseas people have to accept three -day hotel isolation and four -day home quarantine when they go to Hong Kong, and entering Singapore does not need to be isolated. "Objectively speaking, business passengers have precious time.Activity. "
Zhou Bozhan believes that after more than two years of epidemic raging, Hong Kong's economic prospects are becoming more and more severe. Even if it is a doctor, due to the less mainland and overseas guests, the business has been reduced by one -third or even three -pointers compared with the previous one.The second, many doctors are eating old books.
He said: "At present, only about 2%of the daily infection in Hong Kong is an input case, indicating that Hong Kong has conditions to speed up and overall customs clearance. The official should announce the exemption of hotel isolation as soon as possible to attract overseas people to participate in the event."
