The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region launched a public consultation on the region’s first five-year plan for economic and social development (2026-2030) Wednesday. A spokesman for the HKSAR Government said that the five-year plan would set out Hong Kong’s vision and strategic direction for the next five years, covering economic, industrial and spatial planning. The consultation period would run until August 14, hong Kong society is paying close attention to this.
The consultation document is divided into six parts
Hong Kong’s Sing Tao daily reported on the 16th that the public consultation document released on the 15th was divided into six parts, these include“Speeding up the construction of the northern metropolitan area and promoting spatial planning in other regions”, “Economy, finance and trade”, “Innovative Technology and industrial development”, “People’s livelihood and social development”, “Regional cooperation development” and“Coordinated development of culture, Sports and Tourism, Green living and others”. Among them, “Speed up the construction of the northern metropolitan area and promote the spatial planning of other areas” as the focus is arranged in the first part. The document points out that the coordinated development of industry, housing, leisure and public services should be promoted through the construction of the northern capital, the renewal of old districts, transportation facilities and the construction of smart cities, building more dynamic and intelligent livable cities. In addition, in the section on“Coordinated development of culture, sports and tourism, green living and other issues”, the document recommends that Kai Tak Sports Park and other large-scale venues be put to good use, we will support the holding of more large-scale international sporting events, concerts, cultural activities and exhibition projects to stimulate the development of tourism, consumption and related industries.
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan is a historic step and is of great significance, chief executive Li Jiachao said in a message on social media Wednesday. It will benefit Hong Kong people and all sectors of the community. First, it will consolidate and enhance Hong Kong’s competitive position in international finance, shipping, Trade and innovation. Second, third, it will help Hong Kong better integrate itself into and serve the overall development of the country and contribute to the successful implementation of the“One country, two systems” principle, let Hong Kong play its role as a bridge between the interior and the outside world to promote quality development and share more development dividends with the public.
Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will focus on three strategic directions, the secretary for constitutional and mainland affairs stressed on the 15th The second is to combine the promising government with the efficient market, stimulate market competitiveness and promote high-quality social development under the guidance of the government. The third is to strengthen governance efficiency. Hsieh said that the public consultation period would last for two months and he hoped to receive more public views, and that all bureaux, under the leadership of the chief executive, would make every effort to roll out the five-year plan in the third quarter.
Members of the public were urged to express their views
After the public consultation on Hong Kong’s first five-year plan, the relevant documents were uploaded to the Internet and distributed at Civil Affairs Enquiry Centres in the 18 districts of Hong Kong. On the 15th, many members of the public went to pick them up. People have different expectations for the future development of Hong Kong. Mr. Lau, who is waiting for public housing (PRH) in Hong Kong, hopes that the first five-year plan will increase the supply of public housing land and speed up the construction process, reduce the waiting time for public rental housing, make rational use of existing vacant flats, add transitional housing and divert the waiting list. Ms Tam, a Hong Kong resident, said she hoped the first five-year plan would focus on improving the health system. Ms. Tam said that waiting times at public hospitals are long and hoped that the Hong Kong government would further increase the allocation of primary care resources.
Lei Hsiung-tak, senior lecturer, Department of Health and Physical Education, Hong Kong Education University, focuses on the coordinated development of Beidu University Town and Physical Education. He said that since the outbreak of the disease, there has been more and more exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong in terms of sports talents. Many mainland students are studying sports management, sports science and other subjects in Hong Kong. Lei hopes that the Hong Kong government will give these talents more green light and provide more internship opportunities for mainland students in Hong Kong.
People in Hong Kong are urged to speak out. Chan kwok-ki, Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong, said that this is an important step for Hong Kong to seize the opportunity to accelerate development and better integrate into and serve the overall development of the country, “This is vital to the development prospects and personal well-being of all walks of life in Hong Kong and every Hong Kong citizen.”. Chan hoped that people from all walks of life would express their insights and help the SAR government set clear goals and specific paths for Hong Kong’s development in the next five years and beyond. Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Chen Maobo, said that he expects to stimulate more in-depth thinking and views through more exchanges and discussions so that Hong Kong’s advantages can be brought into full play, work together to accomplish good and great things.
The President of the Legislative Council, MS Lee wai-king, said that as the most important gathering place for public opinion in the HKSAR, the Legislative Council would be duty-bound to continue to offer advice. Legislative Councillor Wong Kwok said he would submit views and proposals in the areas of employment, talent policy in industrial education and redevelopment. He looked forward to hearing their views and contributing to the future development of Hong Kong.
Five years is a height of thinking
Yao Zhisheng, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of the China Association for the promotion of peaceful reunification, said that the public consultation document is comprehensive, pragmatic and forward-looking, and fully reflects the mainstream public opinion of society, it will lay a solid foundation for completing the consultation work and compiling the official text in a high-quality way.
Hong Kong“Sing Tao daily” 16 editorial said that five years is not only a time span, but also a high level of thinking. For a long time, Hong Kong’s lack of long-term strategic planning, and the use of short-term thinking, indirectly caused land and housing, wealth redistribution, industrial structure and other deep-seated contradictions difficult to solve. The formulation of Hong Kong’s first five-year plan has broken through the limitation of“Curing the headache” and fundamentally reversed the lack of overall policy outlook in the past.
Hong Kong can only seize the opportunity when it is integrated into the overall national development and effectively promote development when it prepares a five-year plan, said an editorial in Hong Kong’s Ta Kung Pao on Sunday. This is to give the outside world a more stable expectation through a clear forward-looking vision, docking with the times, docking with the country, and docking with a broader market, let the“Patriots govern Hong Kong” governance system translate into tangible development dividends. But at the same time, we should also recognize that the future success of the five-year plan of Hong Kong depends not only on the commitment of the SAR government, detailed and feasible planning, but also on the participation and support of the whole society of Hong Kong. All sectors in Hong Kong should abandon the onlooker mentality and take an active part in the process of planning and implementation. The article argues that the public consultation on Hong Kong’s first five-year plan is a territory-wide public dialogue on the future. The participation of the people of Hong Kong will turn a plan from a“Cold document” into a“Hot life”. Only when this plan becomes a ticket to Hong Kong’s future, a home ownership ladder for young people, and a voucher for the elderly, can this plan truly achieve its historic mission, “This is the first time for Hong Kong to take this step, but we have every reason to believe that with the support of the Motherland and connectivity to the world, Hong Kong will take the first five-year plan as a new starting point and write a new chapter in the practice of ‘one country, two systems’ .”.