Hong Kong’s 5-year-plan underlines ‘DNA’ as a global city, market economy: John Lee

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Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said the city’s first five-year plan reaffirms its identity as an international city and market economy under the “one country, two systems” principle. He said the blueprint is intended to guide the city through geopolitical change and rapid AI growth.

Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan highlighted its DNA as an international city while emphasising the market economy, the chief executive has said. Speaking at a National Day reception on Thursday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the city needed a blueprint with strategic vision amid the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape and accelerated growth of AI, as he highlighted three features of the plan that was unveiled last month. “[It] adheres to the ‘one country, two systems’ principle....