The “First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” was announced today. It proposes to promote cross-border capital flows and implement innovative financial policy experiments. Strengthen financial market linkages with cities such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou, promote the application of cross-border data verification platforms, and promote the high-quality development of fintech in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Make good use of the role of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as a testing ground for policy innovation, provide residents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with richer cross-border insurance products, research and promote facilitation services for current account cross-border insurance funds by banking institutions, and deepen connectivity with the mainland insurance market. Deepen cross-border gold processing trade, explore green finance, sustainable investment, and fintech cooperation, and promote the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area carbon market and green finance ecosystem to promote the development of the international carbon market.

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
The “First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” was announced today. It proposes to promote cross-border capital flows and implement innovative financial policy experiments. Strengthen financial market linkages with cities such as Shenzhen and Guangzhou, promote the application of cross-border data verification platforms, and promote the high-quality development of fintech in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Make good use of the role of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as a testing ground for policy innovation, provide residents in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area with richer cross-border insurance products, research and promote facilitation services for current account cross-border insurance funds by banking institutions, and deepen connectivity with the mainland insurance market. Deepen cross-border gold processing trade, explore green finance, sustainable investment, and fintech cooperation, and promote the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area carbon market and green finance ecosystem to promote the development of the international carbon market.