(From left)  Ding Shizhao, president of the Hong Kong Commercial Daily; Tian Yuhong, excutive secretary of the All-China Journalists Association; Zhang Guoliang, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Journalists; Lu Xinning, deputy director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the HKSAR; Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu; Li Dahong, chairman and editor-in-chief of Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group; Pan Yundong, deputy commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR attend a Hong Kong Federation of Journalists celebration at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom in Ocean Park, Hong Kong on Jan 17, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

The Hong Kong Federation of Journalists held a celebration at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom in Ocean Park, Hong Kong on Wednesday to mark the creation of a media alliance in the Greater Bay Area.

The media league of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is primarily tasked to promote the exchange of media workers within the GBA.

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu expressed his expectations to media workers, emphasizing the importance of their reports in deepening residents’ national identity, telling the true story of Hong Kong, and helping the government gain a better understanding of people’s livelihoods.

China Daily's Andy Chong took these photos.