A delegation of Hong Kong-based foreign consular corps and business communities began a tour of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday to explore business opportunities.
The seven-day visit will include a series of study activities focusing on Xinjiang's economic development, foreign trade cooperation, ethnic unity, and religious culture.
The delegation will visit Urumqi, Kashgar, and Yining, including stops at cooperation zones built under the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as fruit processing firms and dairy companies.
Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is leading the delegation.
Addressing a launch ceremony in Hong Kong, Cui said the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, having been established for 70 years, is experiencing its best period of development in its history, marked by the most profound changes and greatest benefits to date for people of all ethnic groups.
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Strengthening exchanges and cooperation between Xinjiang and Hong Kong will help fully integrate Xinjiang's geographical advantages, resources, and industries with the SAR’s advantages in capital, services, and innovation.
He expressed his hope that through the visit, everyone will deeply experience Xinjiang's open and confident development vitality and the unique charm of its multi-ethnic cultural blend, helping to write a new chapter in cooperation between the two places.
About 50 members of the delegation attended the ceremony, including foreign consuls general in Hong Kong or their representatives, heads of foreign chambers of commerce in Hong Kong, senior executives of multinational corporations and financial institutions and officials of the HKSAR government.
David Whitwam, chairman of the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, talked about his hopes to learn more about the technologies involved in breeding dairy cattle and processing dairy products in Xinjiang and to broker cooperation.
