Nick Choi, Deputy Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (in Canada) Introduce the Belt and Road Initiative spearheaded by the Chinese government

1. HONG KONG –
Your Belt and Road Partner

2. Belt & Road
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- Silk Road Economic Belt
- 21st Century Maritime Silk Road

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>60
countries
4.4
billion
population
US$22
Trillion
gross economic
volume

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“One declaration, one inspection,
one cargo release”

5. Policy Coordination
People-to-People Bond
Infrastructural FacilitiesFinancial Integration
Trade & Investment

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Key opportunities

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Infrastructure
• Finance gap of US$8.3 trillion
• Accelerated infrastructure projects
• Further boost int’l cooperation in
production capacity and machinery
manufacturing

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Industry Cooperation
• >70 economic and industrial
cooperation zone projects
• Annual production value >US$20
billion
• Information Technology, new
materials and high-tech
manufacturing

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Financial Cooperation
• Huge demand for financing, bonds,
insurance and asset management
• US$40 billion Silk Road
Infrastructure Fund
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
in operation in January 2016

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Cultural Tourism
• 500 world cultural and natural
heritage sites
• 200 key tourism projects for the next
three years
• 150 million tourists to countries along
the Belt and the Road, >US$200
billion revenue

12. Hong Kong’s
unparalleled advantages

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World-class connectivity
• Strategic location in the heart of Asia
• World’s busiest cargo gateway
• Top five busiest container ports in the
world
• Well-connected by road and rail to
the Pearl River Delta

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Trade and Business Centre
• World’s freest economy for 22
consecutive years by the Heritage
Foundation
• A major platform for China’s foreign
trade and investment
• Handling some 20% of the
Mainland’s international trade

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Financing platform
• International financial centre with a
robust banking system
• Diversified financing channels –
equity listing, syndicated loans,
private equity funds, bonds
• Well-developed RMB payment and
settlement infrastructure

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Excellent professional and
support services
• Home to more than 7,500 overseas
and Mainland enterprises
• Half are regional headquarters /
offices
• Focal point for global talent
• One stop hub for operation

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Dispute resolution
• International legal and dispute
resolution services centre
• Arbitral awards enforceable in more
than 150 jurisdictions, including
Mainland China
• Presence of world class arbitral
institutions

19. Hong Kong
Your Belt & Road Partner

20. Thank You