Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)HONG KONG - An opening ceremony of an exhibition to celebrate China's space achievements was held in Hong Kong on Saturday.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Tan Tieniu, deputy chief of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and several of China's top aerospace scientists visiting the city including Qi Faren, first chief designer of China's Shenzhou spacecraft, and Hu Hao, chief designer of China's third-phase lunar exploration program, officiated the ceremony.

The exhibition, which will showcase some lunar soil brought back to Earth by Chang'e 5 spacecraft among others, is part of a series of activities being held across the city during a five-day visit by six of the nation’s top aerospace experts. 

Tan Tieniu, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Hu Hao, chief designer of the third stage of the nation's lunar exploration project, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Nancy Yip Yuk-yu, vice-president for Research and Development of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor (6th left), Tan Tieniu (5th right), deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Qi Faren (5th left), first chief designer of China’s Shenzhen spacecraft, Hu Hao (2nd left), chief designer of the third stage of the nation's lunar exploration project, and other guests officiated the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

Hong Kong kindergarten pupils perform at the opening ceremony of an exhibition on the achievements of China’s scientists over the past 100 years at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on June 26, 2021 (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)