From the banks of the Mekong River to Victoria Harbour, the national transportation rewritten by a railway and the bridge mission of a platform intersect here. The Lao Executive Vice Premier Sharinsey led a delegation to Hong Kong to take advantage of the the Belt and Road Forum to entrust the connectivity dream of landlocked countries to the super bond of Hong Kong and seek a leap in the green and digital era.

Recently, the Executive Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao Government, Sharinsey Gomasi, led a delegation to Hong Kong to participate in the 11th the Belt and Road Summit Forum. With the theme of promoting high-quality development: opening a new journey along the the Belt and Road, the forum was opened by Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. More than 6000 political and business representatives from more than 80 countries and regions attended the forum.

Thumb up on Hong Kong platform value

During the opening ceremony, Sha Lun Sai fully recognized the positioning of Hong Kong as a super contact and super value-added person. He stated that Hong Kong, which connects the mainland with the world, has outstanding advantages in the field of economic, trade and investment, and is an important link for cooperation between Laos and surrounding regions. He highlighted the China Laos Railway. This channel has helped Laos transform from an inland landlocked country to a regionally connected land linked country, reducing transportation time and costs, increasing residents' income, and truly supporting local poverty reduction efforts.

Clarify the three major development directions

Shalun Sai said that Laos supports green innovation cooperation, which is in line with the country's tenth economic and social development plan. Laos will focus on three major tasks: building a regional logistics hub and deeply integrating into the global supply chain; Promote digital transformation and strengthen the digital economy; Steadily getting rid of the status of least developed countries.

During the forum, Sha Lunsai held bilateral talks with Li Jiachao to discuss economic, trade, and investment cooperation. He invited Hong Kong entrepreneurs to invest and visit Laos, and attended the Laos Hong Kong Business Forum to connect with clean energy and financial cooperation. Both parties witnessed the signing of multiple cooperation documents together. The purpose of Laos' participation in Hong Kong this time is to attract foreign capital by relying on the Hong Kong platform and the the Belt and Road cooperation mechanism, and transform its regional advantages into development momentum.Editor/Gong Ziwei