14 | Thursday, December 6, 2018 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY BUSINESS HKShandong ‘brotherly ties’ drive cooperation Shandong, SAR to forge stronger bonds in developing pillar industries The SAR could be a By SUN FEIER in Hong Kong ing Shandong’s Ten Pillar Indus fundraising and
[email protected] tries with International Capital” in financing destination Hong Kong on Wednesday. Shandong province — the land of Hong Kong, as one of the freest, for Shandongbased Confucian entrepreneurs — is most competitive and energetic cit companies.” expanding its links with Hong Kong ies in the world, excels at financial to help spread its “integrity and services, trade, as well as shipping Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, credibility” to the world market. transportation, Liu noted. chief secretary for administra The friendship between Shand The cooperation between Shand tion of the HKSAR Government ong and Hong Kong was described ong and the SAR in various fields, by Liu Jiayi, secretary of the CPC including business, technology, Shandong Provincial Committee finance, youth exchange, culture fundraising and financing destina and chairman of the Shandong Pro and tourism, is seen as the future tion for Shandongbased compa vincial People’s Congress Standing direction of bilateral collaboration. nies. Committee, as a “brotherly relation In 1993, Tsingtao Beer — a Hong Kong, he said, is also quali ship that’s rooted in the same ances Shandongbased maker of one of fied to become the headquarters of tors and origins”. the Chinese mainland’s most international business, corporate Shandong people began settling sought after beers — completed its treasury centers and risk manage down in Hong Kong dating back to initial public offering in the Hong ment support for Shandongenter the inception of Hong Kong port, Kong stock market, heralding a prises eyeing global markets.