Prof. Li Jiangfan Delivers Address at Pan-Pearl River Delta Forum Held in Singapore

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) held a forum entitled "Pan-Pearl River Delta: The '9+2' Equation" in Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on March 31. The PPRD region, popularly known as "9+2", consists of nine provinces, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan, plus the two Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macao.

The event was attended by more than 200 representatives from academia, government, business and journalism from different countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and China. Professor Li Jiangfan with the Business School was invited to deliver a keynote speech at the forum.

As the one and only speaker from mainland China, professor Li discussed the “9+2” regional cooperation concept, respective positions of Guangdong and Hong Kong in the PPRD region and synergy between the PPRD region and ASEAN countries, which drew great interest and received enthusiastic response from the audience

 

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