【wudong】200多家香港企业参展进博会！“内地市场比香港大得多”

香港商界越来越要求停止暴力，恢复社会秩序，使经济回到正轨。

HK companies seek Chinese mainland market chances with help of CIIE

A view of the main entrance of the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, where the 2rd China International Import Expo will be held. Photo: Yang Hui/GT

Hong Kong-based companies are putting more hope in the huge and stable mainland market, and take it as their new business focus, as violence has continued to sweep across Hong Kong and even showed signs of aggravation. The trend is reflected by Hong Kong businesses' more proactive participation in the 2nd China International Import Expo (CIIE).

当暴力继续席卷香港，甚至出现恶化的迹象之时，香港公司却更多地寄希望于更庞大、更稳定的内地市场，将其作为新的业务重点。这一趋势反映在香港企业更加积极主动地参与到第二届中国国际进口博览会（进博会）。

More than 200 Hong Kong-based enterprises have applied for presence at this year's CIIE, up 40 percent compared with last year. They will occupy a total exhibition area of 22,000 square meters, up 60 percent year-on-year, Sun Chenghai, deputy head of the CIIE bureau, told the Global Times on Saturday.

今年有200多家香港企业申请参加进博会，比去年增加了40%。周六，中国国际进口博览局副局长孙成海告诉《环球时报》英文版，香港企业的展览面积将达到22000平方米，同比增加60%。

According to Sun, Hong Kong exhibitors are spreading "every exhibition hall," ranging from food and agriculture to sci-tech life and trade in services.

孙成海表示，香港参展商遍布“每一个展厅”，参展类别从食品和农业，到科技生活和服务贸易。

At the second CIIE, Hong Kong exhibitors' total exhibition area is the fourth largest among all overseas participants, just behind the US, Germany and Japan.

在第二届进博会上，香港参展商的展览总面积在所有非内地参展商中排名第四，仅次于美国、德国和日本。

Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang and Mayor Ying Yong on Friday met a delegation from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), headed by its chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. The delegation is visiting Shanghai to attend the CIIE, which will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center from November 5 to 10, according to C on Friday.

上海市委书记李强和市长应勇周五会见了香港特别行政区行政长官林郑月娥率领的代表团。据中新网周五报道，代表团正访问上海，以参加将于11月5日至10日在国家会展中心举办的中国国际进口博览会。

Hong Kong will also hold a forum themed "Open-up and innovation, win-win cooperation" in Shanghai. Lam will address a sub-forum in the title of "Artificial Intelligence and Innovation Development," the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

据新华社周六报道，香港方面还会参加以“开放创新、合作共赢”为主题的虹桥国际经济论坛。届时，香港特区行政长官林郑月娥将在以“人工智能与创新发展”为主题的分论坛上发言。

After finishing her visit in Shanghai on Tuesday, Lam will start visiting Beijing and attend the third plenary meeting of the Leading Group of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction, according to a press release of the HKSAR government.

香港特别行政区政府发布的一份新闻稿表示，林郑周二结束上海之行后，将开始访问北京，并出席粤港澳大湾区建设领导小组第三次全体会议。

The Hong Kong enterprises' eagerness to get closer to mainland business partners and customers comes at a time when social violences show no signs of subsiding in the city and take a huge toll on various industries in the SAR including retail, tourism and services. In the third quarter, the city's GDP shrank by 2.9 percent year-on-year, dragging Hong Kong into recession.

当香港企业渴望与内地的商业伙伴和客户建立更紧密的关系之时，香港的社会暴力却没有缓和的迹象，并对香港的零售、旅游和服务等多个行业造成了巨大的恶劣影响。第三季度，香港的GDP同比下降了2.9%，将香港拖入了衰退。

"Hong Kong desperately needs to find new economic growth engines, otherwise its economy will be locked in a recession for a long time. The CIIE is a great opportunity for the business community to leverage their edges in foreign trade and proximity to the affluent Chinese mainland market into new businesses. It's like a life-saving straw," Dong Shaopeng, a senior research fellow at the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China told the Global Times.

“香港迫切需要找到新的经济增长引擎，否则它的经济将长期陷入衰退。进博会为商界提供了一个绝佳的机会，让他们可以利用自己在外贸方面的优势，以及接近富裕的中国内地市场的优势，开拓新的业务。中国人民大学重阳金融研究院高级研究员董少鹏在接受《环球时报》英文版采访时表示。

Hong Kong CIIE exhibitors also told the Global Times that many Hong Kong businesses will cling on to the Chinese mainland markets, and get a slice of the Chinese mainland's booming economic opportunities.

参加进博会的香港参展商还告诉《环球时报》英文版，许多香港企业将紧紧抓住中国内地市场，从中国内地蓬勃发展的经济机遇中分一杯羹。

The China Central Television reported on Saturday that the Hong Kong rioters destroyed and burned shops, news agencies and Hong Kong railway stations, while throwing petrol bombs at many locations, which triggered increasing calls from the business community in the city to stop violence and restore social order, so as to bring its economy back on the right track.

中央电视台周六报道称，香港暴乱分子破坏、烧毁了商店、新华社分社和香港火车站，并在多个地点投掷汽油弹。这引发了香港商界越来越多的呼吁，要求停止暴力，恢复社会秩序，使经济回到正轨。

Keen on Chinese mainland market

热衷于中国内地市场

All Time Healthy Co, a Hong Kong based healthcare products manufacturer and trading company, attended last year's CIIE and saw a very good response from buyers and public visitors, Ken Wong, the company's director, told the Global Times in the "Hong Kong Food" booth which consisted of about 50 Hong Kong food exhibitors including All Time Healthy Co.

常康健工房有限公司，是一家总部设在香港的保健产品生产商和贸易公司。该公司董事黄达胜告诉《环球时报》英文版，该公司参加了去年的进博会，见识了买家和观展公众的良好反馈。该公司所在的“香港美食”展台由大约50个香港美食参展商组成，其中包括常康健工房。

This time, the company brought dozens of products to the import expo but highlighted two healthcare products for liver and stomach protection. The two products started selling in Shenzhen Qianhai Free Trade Zone last year and saw a growth of 30 percent in sales this year. "Next year, we hope to double that growth number," Wong told the Global Times.

该公司带来了数十种产品参加本次进博会，但重点推介两种保护肝脏和胃部的保健品。这两款产品去年开始在深圳前海自由贸易区开始销售，今年销售额增长了30%。“明年，我们希望增长翻一番，”黄达胜告诉《环球时报》。

Although taking root in Hong Kong for many years, the Chinese mainland will be the future business focus for the company, Wong said. "(The) mainland markets are much larger than Hong Kong because of the population gap," he said, also expressing disappointment over Hong Kong's social unrest.

黄达胜说，虽然在香港扎根多年，但中国内地将是公司未来的业务重点。他表示：“由于人口差距，内地市场比香港大得多。”他还对香港最近的社会动荡表示失望。

Hong Kong based sauce making giant Lee Kum Kee is also a second time comer to the CIIE. In an email interview with the Global Times, the company said that Lee Kum Kee has benefited from the rapid development of the Chinese mainland.

香港酱料业巨头李锦记也是第二次参加进博会。在接受《环球时报》英文版电子邮件采访时，该公司表示，李锦记所取得的市场成绩，是得益于中国内地的快速发展。

"In the recent 70 years, especially after the reform and opening-up, the Chinese mainland has made great achievements in economic development, which has attracted world attention. That has also brought along Chinese mainland people's food consumption upgrading their food preferences from 'being full' to 'eating well' and 'eating healthy," the company said, adding that the company has established its manufacturing base in Jiangmen in South China's Guangdong Province.

该公司表示，“近70年来，特别是改革开放以来，中国内地的经济发展，取得了举世瞩目的巨大成就。这也带动了内地人的食品消费升级，因为他们对食品的追求从‘吃饱’变成了‘吃得好’和‘吃得健康’”，他补充道，该公司已经在华南地区广东省江门市建立了制造基地。

The Hong Kong-based logistics giant Shing Kee Group also displayed its healthcare and aging products to the 2nd CIIE. Wu Dongjun, exhibition director of the Beijing-based Ability Co, which is owned by Shing Kee Group, said that Shing Kee has exhibited its agricultural and food products at last year's CIIE and has received good feedback, and it hopes to exhibit another business section this year.

总部位于香港的物流巨头胜记仓集团也在第二届进博会上展示了保健产品和老年健康护理产品。胜记仓集团旗下北京优能福祉公司的会展主管武东珺表示，胜记仓在去年的进博会上展出了自己的农产品和食品，获得了很好的反馈，希望今年能再展出另一项业务。

He said that although Shing Kee has tapped into the Chinese mainland's health care markets for about one year, it is optimistic about the future of the Chinese mainland's health care market which is also backed by government policy.

他表示，虽然胜记仓刚进入中国内地的老年保健品市场大约一年时间，但公司对中国内地的老年产品市场的未来非常乐观，老年产品市场也得到了政府的政策支持。

"Many medium-and small- enterprises in Hong Kong want very much to participate in and benefit from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area initiative," Wong said.

黄达胜说：“许多香港中小企业非常想参与粤港澳大湾区计划，并从中受益。”

原文：Xie Jun

翻译：Du Qiongfang