Forum attendees hope Hong Kong back to peace, stability with bigger role in B&R development
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Experts said that Hong Kong's high standard professional services can provide strong support for a wide range of projects of the Belt and Road Initiative. The city boasts world-class talent in finance, accounting, insurance, risk management, law and dispute resolution.
"Hong Kong remains and will continue to play a unique role in China's continuing development and in the Belt and Road Initiative," Victor Chu, chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, said.
Thanks to Hong Kong's favorable conditions, Chu's group has invested over 200 projects in 55 cities in the Chinese mainland, as well as quite a few energy efficiency projects in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region.
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From government officials to enterprises and institutions, the development opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative have been increasingly recognized globally.
It was the second straight year for the Economic Development Board of Mauritius to participate in the forum. In last year's event, it successfully signed an agreement with a Chinese company to set up regional headquarters in Mauritius to explore the African market.
"In the Belt and Road, Mauritius has a very favorable location that only takes several hours of flight to reach African countries, India or Australia," Hans Seesaghur, China desk officer of the Economic Development Board of Mauritius, said.
Seesaghur said that he hopes more enterprises learn about Mauritius' good investment environment and rich financial services at this year's summit.
Like Seesaghur, Boris Tkatchenko, project manager of Greater Paris Investment Agency, also looked for new Belt and Road investment opportunities at the summit, for the latest infrastructure project in Paris and surrounding areas.
The project will add 200 km of new railway lines that more efficiently link Paris with surrounding places that feature high techs, bio-techs, sustainable city, and digital and creative industry, with 2 million passengers every day.
"We are looking for private investors for following investment expected at 100 billion euros that will reinvent areas surrounding those new stations," Tkatchenko said.
The Greater Paris project will be greatly benefited, if becoming part of the Belt and Road Initiative, he said.
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