British Chamber of Commerce Lunch with Commissioner Song Zhe

03/07/2015

Barry Wilson attended a British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong lunch with Commissioner Song Zhe, Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Barry Wilson was able to ask Commissioner Song if there might be any platforms put in place for SMEs in HK to be involved in the One Belt One Road programme? SMEs in Hong Kong have plentiful international experience which could be useful in partnering with Chinese companies.

Commissioner Song explained that the report he is preparing would look at the mutual benefits of the programme to all in Hong Kong and China and that SMEs will be given fair opportunities by ensuring there are measures in place for them. He identified areas Hong Kong based companies might best benefit included: - Logistics, Finance
and IT infrastructure.


Mr Song noted that the UK is Hong Kong’s third largest European trade partner, and that last year trade between the UK and Hong Kong valued 100bn HKD, with 160bn HKD direct investment from the UK into Hong Kong and 55.8bn HKD investment from Hong Kong to the UK.

Mr Song acknowledged the unique historical ties Hong Kong has with the UK and that the UK must look at the broad context of China-UK relations not just Hong Kong-UK relations.

The Attendees were as follows:

Commissioner Song Zhe (Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)

Zheng Gang (Commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)

Andrew Weir (KPMG, British Chamber of Commerce, Chairman)

Andrew Seaton (British Chamber of Commerce, Executive Director)

Geoff Riddell (Zurich, British Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman)

Paul Redmayne-Mourad (David Morris, British Chamber of Commerce Luxury and Retail Committee Chair)

Tim Summers (XTEChina, British Chamber of Commerce China Committee Chair)

Mark Greenberg (Jardines, British Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman)

Hugo Deacon (British Chamber of Commerce, Business Development Manager)

Barry Wilson (British Chamber of Commerce Shenzhen, Chairman)

Dr Anne Kerr (Mott MacDonald, British Chamber of Commerce Environment and Energy Committee Chair)

Dominic Jephcott (Vendigital, British Chamber of Commerce Supply Chain Committee Chair)

William Lau (B.S.C)

Moses Tse (Accenture)

Mike Buxton (EY)

Scott Lindsay (PwC)

Anthony Davies (Barclays)

Ian Smith (ThyssenKrupp Elevator)

Richard Kao (Standard Chartered)

Milton Cheng (Baker McKenzie)

Rebecca Wong (PwC)

Ian Cocking (Clyde & Co)

Noel Quinn (HSBC)

Steve Willis (Accenture)

David Dodwell (Strategic Access)

Paul Jancar (Vice-Consul, British Consulate General)

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