4 HONG KONG Thursday, November 8, 2018 DAILY HONG KONG EDITION HK, vow to take economic ties to new stage Province sees SAR as great partner in promoting its allure as national transport and logistics hub

By LUO WEITENG Cooperation Week, signify- in opening up new efficient in Hong Kong ing the province’s resolve to logistics channels,” Chief Exec- [email protected] jump onto the Belt and Road utive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet- bandwagon and open its doors ngor told the conference. Sichuan — the land of the wider to the outside world. More than half of the air- pandas — aims to propel its A host of bilateral coopera- cargo throughput between Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (second left, second row) and Peng Qinghua (third left, second row), secretary of the economic ties with Hong tion pacts have been inked, Sichuan and Hong Kong, for Communist Party of China Sichuan Provincial Committee, witness the signing of bilateral cooperation pacts between Hong Kong and Sichuan Kong to a new height as a embracing a wide range of instance, are for the re-export during the Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation Week on Wednesday. PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY fi tting tribute to the nation’s businesses, including logistics trade. This underpins the four decades of historic warehousing, supply chain SAR’s impeccable strengths reform and opening-up. services, free trade zones and as a regional logistics and re- The southwestern province railway investment. export hub to help “Made in sees the special administra- Strategically located along Sichuan” products and brands Shot in the arm for fi lmmakers tive region as a great partner the BRI route and the Yangtze go abroad with its interna- in promoting its allure as a River Economic Belt, Sichuan tional transport network and By KATHY ZHANG Sichuan’s uniqueness. Special Administrative Region. national transport and logis- applauds the potentially vast know-how, Lam said. in Hong Kong The HKEMC will also invite Wang, who made the tics hub, and gateway to the pool of opportunities created As part of a package of mea- [email protected] representatives of Sichuan’s remarks during a meeting with western part of the country. by the nation’s vision of reviv- sures to sharpen its edge in filmmaking sector to Hong Sichuan provincial Party chief “There’s a need, a possibil- ing its ancient trade route and logistics and transport, Sich- Movie industry represen- Kong’s international fi lm exhi- The Hong Kong-Si- Peng Qinghua on Tuesday, ity and a vision of closer col- building up the world-class uan is forging ahead with the tatives from Hong Kong and bitions to help in the global said the Hong Kong-Sichuan laboration between Sichuan industry clusters along the construction of a new mega Sichuan province signed a promotion of the province’s chuan cooperation cooperation mechanism estab- and Hong Kong in this area Yangtze River. aviation project — Chengdu key cooperation agreement movies. Sichuan, on its part, lished recently marked a new that could be crucial in taking Hong Kong — one of the Tianfu International Airport. on Wednesday to lift the sec- will help set up an HKEMC mechanism es- starting point in the collabora- our ties to a new height,” Peng world’s three major free trade The new airport, due to tor’s development and foster o ce in the provincial capital tablished recently tion between the two places. Qinghua, secretary of the ports and a leading container open by 2020 and operate talents. Chengdu to assist members Moreover, various sectors Sichuan Provincial Commit- distribution hub — has long alongside the existing Cheng- The Memorandum of Coop- of Hong Kong’s fi lm industry marked a new in Hong Kong are seeking tee of the Communist Party been Sichuan’s largest source du Shuangliu International eration for Sichuan-Hong working in the province. starting point in deeper cooperation with the of China, told a symposium of overseas direct investment Airport — one of the world’s Kong Film Industry Devel- Cultivating film talents is mainland and integration with in Hong Kong on Wednesday and is the province’s fourth- 30 busiest airports and the opment, inked between the another key part of the agree- the collaboration the nation’s overall develop- aimed at beefi ng up opportu- largest trading partner. fourth-busiest airport on the Association for Betterment of ment. The HKEMC will intro- ment through the BRI and nities for cooperation in the Sichuan, with its logistics Chinese mainland — puts the Hong Kong’s Entertainment duce students of local universi- between the two the -Hong Kong- logistics and transport fi elds. and transport potentials up provincial capital on track to Industry in Mainland China ties with filmmaking-related places.” Macao Greater Bay Area devel- “Such an ambition has its for grabs, hopes to take a leaf become the third mainland (HKEMC) and Sichuan’s Emei majors to internships with opment. roots in the inland province’s from Hong Kong to cement city after and Film Group — one of the Emei Film Group. Wang Zhimin, director of the The Liaison O ce will con- pressing demand for a higher its role as a major connect- to have a second international nation’s seven fi lm groups and Both sides will explore ways Liaison O ce of the Central tinue to play its role in link- level of opening-up and devel- ing hub and port of entry into airport. also the largest fi lm and televi- of cooperation between uni- People’s Government in the ing both places and making opment. It’s also in line with Asian countries and regions Yang Jianping, deputy Hong Kong Special Administra- sion group in Southwest China versities and the fi lm industry further contributions to the Hong Kong’s unremitting and Europe, said Peng. director of the Liaison O ce tive Region — is among a string of collabo- in student recruitment, educa- mutual prosperity of Hong e orts to fortify its ties with Last year, Hong Kong port of the Central People’s Gov- ration pacts sealed or are in the tional resources, training and Kong and Sichuan, said Wang. the heartland of the Chinese handled 20.8 million twenty- ernment in the Hong Kong pipeline between Hong Kong career development. eration conference in May this Peng, who had worked in mainland,” he said. foot equivalent units, making SAR, believed the collabora- and the province during the The movie business is a key year and agreed to cooperate Hong Kong for nine years, said Peng is leading a provin- it one of the world’s busiest tion between Sichuan and 2018 Hong Kong-Macao-Sich- sector among Hong Kong’s in 11 areas, including the Belt the Liaison O ce — a facili- cial delegation of top aides, container ports. In 2017, Hong Hong Kong fi ts in well with a uan Cooperation Week which eight creative industries. To and Road Initiative economic tator of Sichuan-HK coopera- including Fan Ruiping, a Kong International Airport — broader range of determina- started on Wednesday. facilitate the industry’s devel- and trade fronts, cultural and tion — has served as a signifi - member of the Standing ranked as the world’s busiest tion and unswerving efforts World-renowned movie star opment, Chief Executive Car- creative industries, as well as cant channel for Hong Kong’s Committee of the Sichuan airport for international air to take Hong Kong’s integra- Jackie Chan, chairman of the rie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in innovation and technol- compatriots to offer help to Provincial Party Committee cargo since 1996 — became the tion with the mainland to a HKEMC, said the memoran- proposed in her recent Policy ogy. Collaboration in the fi lm Sichuan in its post-earthquake and secretary of the Chengdu world’s fi rst airport to process new stage. dum will deepen collaboration Address to inject HK$1 billion industry is provided for under reconstruction work. Municipal Party Committee, more than 5 million tons of “As China celebrates the between the two places in fi lm- into the Film Development the consensus. He hoped the Liaison O ce and Wang Ning, member of cargo and airmail in a year. 40th anniversary of its making projects and o er help Fund for nurturing talent, Besides the movie indus- will continue to provide solid the CPC Sichuan Provincial “As a pivot city of the Belt ground-breaking reform and for Hong Kong actors on the enhancing local fi lm produc- try, all-round collaboration support for further multi-fac- Committee and vice-governor and Road Initiative having opening-up in 2018, an appo- mainland. tion, expanding the market between the two places will eted collaboration between the of Sichuan, as well as heads the best of both worlds, Hong site tribute to this landmark Under the accord, both and building audiences. enter a new chapter, said Wang two places. of policy bureaus, on a week- Kong is more than willing to year is to carry a higher level sides agreed to work together The special administrative Zhimin, director of the Liaison long visit to the SAR. share its expertise and join of opening-up through to the on a number of movies with region and the Sichuan provin- O ce of the Central People’s Yang Zekun contributed to the The symposium is part of the forces with Sichuan in explor- end,” said Chengdu Party chief stylish Chinese themes and cial government held a coop- Government in the Hong Kong story. Sichuan-Hong Kong-Macao ing the golden opportunities Fan.