Hello everyone from Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and the Greater Bay Area! "At the opening ceremony of the SmartHK" Promoting High Quality Development - Hong Kong Forum "held on May 24th, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Li Jiachao's opening statement made the attending guests smile heartily. After experiencing a night of thunderstorms in Guangzhou, the sound of rain outside the window was gurgling and the cool breeze was blowing, but the forum was a bustling scene of crowds. On that day, nearly 2000 people were attracted to attend the conference, and not only was the venue fully booked, but the aisle was also filled with listeners. This is one of the key activities of the "Guangdong Hong Kong Cooperation Week" and the first large-scale promotion event organized by the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council in mainland China since the comprehensive resumption of customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland. Representatives from the political and business communities of the two regions, with the theme of "Guangdong Hong Kong linkage to promote high-quality development", cover multiple fields such as finance, innovation and technology, sustainable development, aviation industry, urban planning, green construction, etc. In a unique "smartest" way with the characteristics of the Bay Area, they jointly explore the new opportunities brought by high-quality development in the Greater Bay Area. On May 24th, the launch ceremony of the "Guangdong Hong Kong Cooperation Week" and the opening ceremony of the SmartHK "Promoting High Quality Development - Hong Kong Forum" were held at the Shangri La Hotel in Guangzhou. The economic and trade integration between Guangdong and Hong Kong is both broad and deep. Guangdong and Hong Kong have been closely cooperating in various fields such as economy, trade, tourism, culture, and cultural exchanges for many years, fully demonstrating their complementary advantages and thriving together. "At the opening ceremony, Li Jiachao revealed a set of data - in the past 45 years of national reform and opening up, Hong Kong businessmen have invested heavily in Guangdong Province, with a total of 210000 Hong Kong funded enterprises established, accounting for 70% of the total number of foreign direct investment enterprises in Guangdong Province; At the same time, Guangdong Province has invested and established over 9000 overseas enterprises in Hong Kong, with an annual import and export volume of over 1 trillion yuan between the two regions. These considerable numbers reflect the economic and trade integration between Guangdong and Hong Kong over the years, which is both broad and deep, mutually beneficial and win-win, "he said. Nowadays, the coordinated development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area is deepening, and the software and hardware connectivity is constantly accelerating. "In seizing the opportunities of Guangdong Hong Kong cooperation, we believe that the two places can complement each other in financial investment, innovative technology, cultural creativity and other fields to create a win-win situation," said Lin Jianyue, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Representatives from the business communities of Guangdong and Hong Kong attended a themed forum titled "Guangdong Hong Kong Linkage to Promote High Quality Development". The high-quality development of the Greater Bay Area cannot be achieved without the aggregation of high-quality development factors. "Wang Lei, CEO of Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd., believes that the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area should deepen the market-oriented mechanism of" external attraction and internal connection ": that is, promote the interconnection of advantageous factors within the Bay Area, so that various development factors can cooperate more effectively within the Greater Bay Area; At the same time, we will fully utilize the advantages of the three major platforms of Hengqin, Qianhai, and Nansha, as well as the position of Hong Kong as an international financial center, to gather the necessary elements for high-quality development at home and abroad, in order to form a dual star system of 'finance+innovation', and fully leverage the important role of finance in empowering technological innovation. Regarding how the aviation industry in the Greater Bay Area can achieve high-quality development, Lin Shaobo, the CEO of Cathay Pacific Group, believes that major airports and airlines in the area should better coordinate resources and work together; To strengthen communication between different airports