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"Together • Progress • Opportunity"

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Since the return to our Motherland twenty years ago, with the unique advantages of "one country, two systems", Hong Kong has seized the opportunities arising from the continued opening up and fast development of our country, and achieved significant progress in economic and social development and in improving people’s livelihood.

While in recent years the global economic environment has been complicated and ever-changing, the eastward shift of the world’s economic centre of gravity will no doubt continue. China will continue to be the major driving force of the global economic growth. Through the liberalisation measures under CEPA, Individual Visit Scheme for Mainland tourists, the National 12th Five-Year Plan, the National 13th Five-Year Plan, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock connect, bond connect, offshore Renminbi business, as well as the Belt and Road Initiative and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area, and many more, the motherland has given and will always give a strong backing to Hong Kong.

We should have confidence in ourselves, in Hong Kong and in our country. As long as we keep on building consensus, seeking broad common ground while setting aside major differences, and making focused and concerted efforts to pursue development, we can certainly deliver an even brighter future for Hong Kong.

July 2, 2017