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Constitution and Administration
construction projects allowing accredited Hong Kong professionals and enterprises in construction and engineering to provide services directly in Qianhai.
Hong Kong and Shenzhen also made progress in collaborating on innovation and technology, Qianhai development, financial services, professional services, youth cooperation and other areas. A breakthrough was achieved in developing the Lok Ma Chau Loop. The HKSAR Government and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding in January 2017 to jointly develop a Hong Kong/Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park at the loop to establish a key base for cooperation in innovation and technology research and provide related higher education and other complementary facilities.
In April, the Chief Secretary for Administration and the Vice-Governor of Fujian Province co- chaired the Second Hong Kong-Fujian Cooperation Conference in Hong Kong. Both sides. agreed to further enhance collaboration in economic and trade, finance, innovation and technology, youth exchange, as well as exchanges on cultural and creative industries.
The Pan-Pearl River Delta (PPRD) region comprises the Hong Kong and Macao SARS and nine provinces and autonomous regions of the Mainland. In October, the Chief Executive led an HKSAR Government delegation to attend the 2016 PPRD Regional Cooperation Chief Executive Joint Conference in Jiangxi Province to promote the dual advantages of Hong Kong under the 'one country, two systems' principle and to encourage PPRD provinces and regions to leverage Hong Kong's 'super-connector' role in jointly supporting the Belt and Road Initiative and enhancing innovation and technology.
Working Relationship with Macao Special Administrative Region
The Ninth Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation High Level Meeting was held in July. Both sides. agreed to forge closer ties on economic and trade cooperation and initialised the draft main text of the HK-Macao CEPA. Other agreed areas of collaboration included professional services, tourism, promotion of inward investment, cross-boundary transport arrangements for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and youth.
HKSAR's Offices on Mainland
The HKSAR Government has five offices on the Mainland, namely the Beijing Office and the four Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (ETOS) in Chengdu, Guangdong, Shanghai and Wuhan. In addition, the Hunan Liaison Unit and Henan Liaison Unit, formed under the Wuhan ETO in May and September respectively, are the HKSAR Government's sixth and seventh liaison units on the Mainland; the other five are in Chongqing, Fujian, Shenzhen, Liaoning and Shandong. These offices and units are responsible for enhancing government-to-government liaison and communication as well as trade, commercial relations and investment promotion on the Mainland; and providing support to Hong Kong residents and enterprises on the Mainland. A
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The Beijing Office covers Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Tianjin and Xinjiang. The Guangdong ETO covers Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan. The Shanghai ETO covers Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai and Zhejiang. The Chengdu ETO covers Chongqing, Guizhou, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Tibet. The Wuhan ETO covers Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Shanxi,
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