Chen Maobo, director of the Hong Kong Finance Department, predicts that due to the intensified external factors such as geopolitical tensions, the growth rate of GDP in Hong Kong in the third quarter of the third quarter will be slower than expected.
Chen Maobo published a blog on Sunday (October 29), saying that the Hong Kong economy has recovered steadily this year, but the geopolitical tension is intensified, the financial tightness may be maintained for a longer time, and the periphery that continues to difficulty in difficultyThe environment is inevitable that the Hong Kong economy will continue to be pressured.He predicts that GDP can still maintain growth in the third quarter, but the growth rate is slower than expected.
The second quarter of this year's GDP announced in Hong Kong in August was 1.5%year -on -year, lower than the market expectations of 3.5%, and the increase in GDP in the first half of the year was 2.2%.
Chen Maobo bluntly stated that Hong Kong, as a "small, outgoing, fully open economy", is inevitable that it will continue to be affected by many peripheral factors.However, as long as you accurately grasp the general trend of the world, consolidate and make good use of your own strengths, make the advantageous industries bigger and stronger, and focus on the cultivation of new industries that cultivate the potential of the artifacts.Better to the challenge of economic fluctuations.
He emphasized that "fighting economy and development" is the most mainstream public opinion and the most extensive consensus in Hong Kong society.In addition to continuing to actively connect with the national development strategy, the policy report also proposes to take industrial orientation as a driving force.Taking innovative technology as an example, he said that the Hong Kong government has put a lot of resources in the past few years, and has made good progress in building a local innovation ecosystem.Essence
Chen Maobo also said that in addition to the development direction of industrial orientation, we must continue to strengthen robbing enterprises, talents, and capital, including the development of the "headquarters economy", attracting companies at home and abroadAnd the introduction mechanism to attract more foreign companies to relocate Hong Kong.In addition, it will also expand the list of qualified universities of "Gao Caitong", and propose to facilitate more test plans for work in Hong Kong at home and abroad, and increase opportunities for their development after graduation.
