Paul Chan: The country provides a broader stage for Hong Kong's development.

Hong Kong SAR Government Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said that with National Day approaching, over the years the country has consistently and firmly advanced reform and opening up, leading China's modernization toward new stages through high-quality development. The country has a comprehensive and well-structured industrial system and a super-large consumer market, providing a broader stage for Hong Kong to leverage its own advantages, integrate into and serve the overall development of the country, and achieve its own long-term development. He pointed out that the development of artificial intelligence adds momentum to the economy. Driven by demand for artificial intelligence and related electronic products, Hong Kong's total merchandise export value in August rose 53% year on year, with a cumulative increase of 42.5% in the first eight months. According to the latest assessment by the Government Economist, the government is confident of achieving the revised full-year GDP growth forecast target of 3.5% to 4.5%.