The "Conference on Cooperation and Exchange between Guangxi and Hong Kong Merchants and the Third Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Guangxi Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce" was held in Nanning, Guangxi, a few days ago to discuss how to give full play to the advantages of Hong Kong to seize business opportunities, encourage Hong Kong businessmen to seize the opportunity of Guangxi to accelerate the construction of new land and sea routes in the west, and jointly explore the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement (RCEP) and the "the Belt and Road" market and new opportunities. The exchange conference, with the theme of "sharing new opportunities and expanding the big market", attracted more than 200 people from the political and business circles of Guangxi and Hong Kong. The conference was jointly hosted by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Guangxi. Huang Tianwei, the chief representative of the Hong Kong Trade Development Bureau in South China, said that the Trade Development Bureau would make every effort to tell the story of Hong Kong, promote Hong Kong to continue to play its unique advantages of "relying on the motherland and connecting the world", consolidate the position of Hong Kong as an international trade center, and encourage businesses in Guigang to explore new markets and create new business opportunities, help them seize the national development opportunities, diversify business development, and regain growth momentum. Huang Tianwei said that the TDC actively promoted the "Mainland Development Support Plan" supported by the Hong Kong SAR government to help Hong Kong enterprises and entrepreneurs seize market opportunities in different places and industries. "The cost of entrepreneurship and living in Nanning, Guangxi is relatively low. Investing in business can seize the opportunity of exchange and cooperation with ASEAN and hope that Hong Kong youth can come to enhance understanding and feelings." Pan Jiarang, president of the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce in Guangxi, said that this year the Chamber of Commerce will play a platform role, introduce a number of emerging industries for international cooperation, settle a number of demonstration projects for cooperation between Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao, and cultivate and reserve a number of talents for cooperation between Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao. It is reported that in 2022, the import and export trade volume between Guangxi and Hong Kong will be 47.16 billion yuan. Hong Kong will set up 240 new Hong Kong-funded enterprises in Guangxi, and the actual use of Hong Kong-funded enterprises will be about 1.2 billion dollars. At the meeting, the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce of Guangxi signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation between Guangxi and Hong Kong in Jointly Promoting the Overseas Marketing of "Guipin" with the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region and the Institute of Quality Inspection and Quarantine, to promote more high-quality products and services with Guangxi characteristics to the large market. (Xinhua News Agency)