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President Xi Jinping meets the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, Mrs Carrie Lam, ‘‘
after the Inaugural Ceremony of the 5th term HKSAR Government.

‘‘With a solid science and technology foundation and a large pool
of technology talent who love the country and Hong Kong,
Hong Kong is an important force in implementing the nation’s
innovation-driven development strategy and in building an innovative country.
Hong Kong’s science and technology sector has for a long time been making
significant contributions to the development of Hong Kong and the country.
Promoting science and technology cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland,

SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF
HONG KONG INTO AN INTERNATIONAL
INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY HUB,

giving play to the respective technological strengths of Hong Kong and
the Mainland, and contributing to the economic development and betterment

of people’s livelihood of the two places are inherent in the implementation
of the ‘one country, two systems’ principle in Hong Kong.

Extracted from President Xi Jinping's instruction to the State Council (translation)

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