Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department: It will provide one-stop service implementation support for mainland gold and other precious metals companies
The Zhitong Finance App learned that on the afternoon of November 5, Yan Diyong, Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the China Gold Association, met with Liu Kaixuan, Director of Investment Promotion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and his entourage in Beijing. Liu Kaixuan said that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has listed the gold industry as the core gripper for building a commodity trading ecosystem, giving full play to Hong Kong's unique advantages, promoting gold refining, trading and clearing, storage reserves, financial products, gold and jewellery and supporting infrastructure in an integrated manner, and concentrating on building an international gold industry ecosystem. She said that Hong Kong is backed by the motherland and connected to the world. It has outstanding advantages such as capital flow, common law system, and offshore RMB business hub, and is a high-quality platform for mainland enterprises to expand the international market. The Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department will provide one-stop service implementation support for mainland gold and other precious metals enterprises, making full use of Hong Kong as a fulcrum to establish overseas business opportunities.
The two sides agreed to establish a normalized communication and cooperation mechanism and jointly host special events such as gold companies going overseas, using the 30th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland next year as an opportunity to promote the gold industry cooperation between the two places to achieve landmark results, jointly help Hong Kong consolidate and enhance its status as an international financial center, and make new contributions to serving the country's high level of openness to the outside world and the overall security situation.
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Yan Diyong met with Hong Kong Director of Investment Promotion Liu Kaixuan and his entourage
On the afternoon of November 5, Yan Diyong, Party Secretary and Vice Chairman of the China Gold Association, met with Liu Kaixuan, Director of Investment Promotion of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and his entourage in Beijing. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views and reached broad consensus on topics such as building an international gold trading market in Hong Kong, deepening the collaborative development of the mainland and Hong Kong gold industry, and supporting mainland gold and other precious metals companies to rely on the Hong Kong platform to expand overseas markets.
Yan Diyong welcomed Liu Kaixuan and his entourage to visit. He said that currently, in accordance with the national strategic plan, China's gold industry is thoroughly implementing work requirements such as opening up to the outside world and maintaining the safety and stability of the industrial chain supply chain, speeding up the construction of a world-leading gold industry system and building a solid industrial foundation for Hong Kong to build an international gold trading market. He pointed out that in September of this year, he led a delegation from the Association on a special trip to Hong Kong to visit the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department, and the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on promoting collaborative development between member organizations and the Hong Kong gold industry; the current visit led by Director Liu Kaixuan marks a new stage of deepening and practical cooperation between the two sides. As the only national social organization in China's gold industry, the Association will give full play to its role as a bridge link, guide the vast number of member enterprises to make good use of the unique advantages of Hong Kong's “super contacts” and “super value-added people”, deepen docking cooperation in the fields of overseas financing, cross-border investment, trade settlement, brand overseas, international warehousing and logistics, promote the two-way empowerment of the mainland gold industry and Hong Kong's international financial resources, and better serve the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Liu Kaixuan said that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has listed the gold industry as the core gripper for building a commodity trading ecosystem, giving full play to Hong Kong's unique advantages, promoting gold refining, trading and clearing, storage reserves, financial products, gold and jewellery and supporting infrastructure in an integrated manner, and concentrating on building an international gold industry ecosystem. She said that Hong Kong is backed by the motherland and connected to the world. It has outstanding advantages such as capital flow, common law system, and offshore RMB business hub, and is a high-quality platform for mainland enterprises to expand the international market. The Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department will provide one-stop service implementation support for mainland gold and other precious metals enterprises, making full use of Hong Kong as a fulcrum to establish overseas business opportunities.
The two sides agreed to establish a normalized communication and cooperation mechanism and jointly host special events such as gold companies going overseas, using the 30th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland next year as an opportunity to promote the gold industry cooperation between the two places to achieve landmark results, jointly help Hong Kong consolidate and enhance its status as an international financial center, and make new contributions to serving the country's high level of openness to the outside world and the overall security situation.
During the talks, Yan Diyong specially invited the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department to attend the 2026 International Gold Market Conference and the Hainan Free Trade Port Gold Industry Development Conference held in Haikou City, Hainan Province in December to work together to promote the collaborative linkage and integrated development of the Hainan Free Trade Port and Hong Kong gold industry. Liu Kaixuan expressed full support for this and will actively promote the participation of representatives of the Investment Promotion Department and the Hong Kong gold industry in the conference.
Li Liang, member of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the China Gold Association, Yu Ying, Mainland Business Director of the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department, and responsible comrades from relevant departments of the Association and the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department attended the meeting.
This article was selected from the WeChat account of “China Gold Association”, Zhitong Finance Editor: Feng Qiuyi.