Xia Baolong, head of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, inspects light public housing units in Yuen Long and visits residents as he began a two-day visit to the Hong Kong…
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (third right) attends a roundtable meeting with representatives of various banks, asset and wealth management institutions and family offices in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 21, 2026. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT) Hong Kong and Europe can pursue practical, mutually beneficial cooperation in areas like trade and investment, as well…
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po (first right) meets Alexandra Jour-Schroeder (second left), deputy director-general for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on May 20, 2026. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT) Hong Kong, under “one country, two systems”, maintains its status as a free port, with…
People walk in front of the Exchange Square, which houses Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, in the Central financial district of Hong Kong, April 10, 2026. (SHAMIM ASHRAF / CHINA DAILY) Chinese mainland battery materials maker Yangzhou Nanopore Innovative Materials Technology Ltd has filed confidentially for an initial public offering in the Hong Kong…
(Front row from left) Rose Kay, chief compliance officer, Hong Kong and Greater China & North Asia of Standard Chartered Bank; Ronick Chan, vice chairman and secretary of the Chinese Banking Association of Hong Kong; Sun Yu, chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks; Bernadette Linn, HKSAR secretary for development; Arthur Yuen, deputy chief…
Residents of Wang Chi House, the only building of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Tai Po which was not directly affected in last November’s fatal fire, briefly return to their flats to retrieve personal belongings. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY) From April 20 to May 4, over 1,700 households displaced by last year’s…
Travelers enter the Shenzhenwan Port heading towards Hong Kong, in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, on June 30, 2025. (IRIS MUK / CHINA DAILY) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has welcomed four new measures unveiled by the mainland authorities on Monday to facilitate cross-boundary travel and people-to-people exchange. The measures include allowing talents…
Hong Kong authorities have introduced new punitive measures targeting 16 overseas activists wanted for alleged national security offences, prohibiting anyone from funding them and cancelling most of the absconders’ passports. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung exercised the powers under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on Monday to impose new measures against 16 absconders involved…
This June 27, 2025, file photo shows the Central Government Offices at Tamar in Hong Kong. (SHAMIM ASHRAF / CHINA DAILY) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has strongly condemned the US government for wantonly smearing the city’s work in preventing, suppressing, and imposing punishment for activities endangering national security in line with the…
This handout picture provided by the Iranian Red Crescent on June 19, 2025 shows members of their rescue teams clearing debris at a building destroyed during an Israeli attack in Teheran, Iran. (IRANIAN RED CRESCENT VIA AFP) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has raised the outbound travel alert for Israel and Iran to…