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organised visits to the region for Hong Kong businessmen to enable them to learn at first hand the business opportunities in the PPRD. The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau and the Productivity Council also launched a programme called 'TURN' (Transformation, Upgrade and Relocation to Unveil a New Horizon for Processing Trade Industry) to provide Hong Kong factories with one-stop service.
The Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development led trade delegations separately to Guangxi and Sichuan during the year to explore investment opportunities in the two provinces.
Hong Kong and Shanghai co-operate on such matters as airport and seaport management, logistics, the World Exposition 2010 Shanghai China, tourism and other mutually beneficial activities.
A Beijing-Hong Kong Symposium was held in November to promote further co-operation on town planning, tourism promotion, technology, financial services, health protection, product branding and such matters.
Working Relationship with Macao Special Administrative Region
To strengthen co-operation between Hong Kong and Macao, the two sides. established a liaison officers' system under which representatives from the respective bureaux or departments would serve as liaison officers in various co-operation areas. In June, the Financial Secretary and the Macao Secretary for Economy and Finance co-chaired a meeting in Macao to discuss the latest progress and future direction of co-operation between the two places.
HKSAR's Offices in the Mainland
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government has four offices in the mainland of China: the Beijing Office and three Economic and Trade Offices (ETOS) in Guangdong, Shanghai and Chengdu3. They are mainly responsible for enhancing liaison and communications with the Central People's Government and other Mainland authorities; strengthening Hong Kong's economic and trade ties with the Mainland; promoting Hong Kong and encouraging and attracting investments to Hong Kong. The Beijing Office and Guangdong ETO have their own Immigration Divisions which provide practical assistance to Hong Kong residents in distress or seeking assistance in the Mainland and handle immigration matters. For details of the promotional activities organised by the Beijing Office and the three ETOS in the Mainland, please refer to Chapter 17 (Communications, the Media and Information Technology: section on Promoting Hong Kong Overseas and in the Mainland).
3 The Beijing Office covers Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Tibet. The Guangdong ETO covers Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiangxi and Hainan. The Shanghai ETO covers Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Hubei. The Chengdu ETO covers Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Shaanxi and Chongqing.
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