CE continues Swiss visit

January 23, 2019

Boosting ties:

Chief Executive Carrie Lam (second left) meets Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel (left).

Research enhancements:

Mrs Lam meets President of Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne Prof Martin Vetterli.

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Chief Executive Carrie Lam attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
 
At a session on the emerging markets outlook, Mrs Lam said with Hong Kong’s open and externally oriented economy, the city is inevitably affected by external factors.
 
Yet as a founding member of the World Trade Organization, it has been supporting and benefitted from free trade over the years. 
 
She said Hong Kong is proactively participating in the Belt & Road Initiative and is willing to strengthen ties with emerging economies.
 
Mrs Lam also attended a breakfast panel held by Standard Chartered to discuss topics including the global economic situation, China-US trade relations, innovation and technology, and women empowerment. 
 
The Chief Executive met with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and said Hong Kong and Luxembourg have been maintaining exchanges in investment, technology and talents. 
 
She hopes both places would enhance co-operation in other areas and invited Mr Bettel to attend the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong next year.
 
Mrs Lam also met with leaders of different organisations and enterprises including Prudential Chairman Paul Manduca,
 
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Marsh & McLennan Companies Peter Beshar,

President of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Prof Martin Vetterli,
 
and Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research President James Bradner.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam continued her visit to Switzerland by attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

She attended the meeting’s session on the emerging markets outlook and said given Hong Kong's open and externally oriented economy, the city is inevitably affected by external factors.

Yet as a founding member of the World Trade Organization, Hong Kong has been supporting and benefitted from free trade over the years.

She noted Hong Kong is proactively participating in the Belt & Road Initiative and is willing to strengthen ties with emerging economies to help them develop.

This morning, Mrs Lam attended a breakfast panel held by Standard Chartered to discuss topics including the global economic situation, China-US trade relations, innovation and technology, and women empowerment.

Accompanied by Financial Secretary Paul Chan and Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Edward Yau, Mrs Lam met Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.

Noting that Hong Kong and Luxembourg have been maintaining exchanges in investment, technology and talents, Mrs Lam expressed the hope that both places would enhance co-operation in other areas.

The Chief Executive also met with leaders of different organisations and enterprises.

She also attended a dinner for heads of states and leaders of regional governments and organisations hosted by the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Prof Klaus Schwab.