The 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Commemorative Book goes public today.

It carries interviews of 18 local talents from various professions or expertise areas, and their remarkable achievements in the local, Mainland or international arena are strong testimony to the diverse talent pool of Hong Kong.

The interviewees come from finance, transportation, trade, legal and dispute resolution services, aviation, innovation and technology, intellectual property trading, arts and cultural exchange, and sports sectors.

They are Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited Chairman Laura Cha, WeLab Founder and Group CEO Simon Loong, Mass Transit Railway Corporation Chief Executive Officer Jacob Kam, Baltic & International Maritime Council President Sabrina Chao, the Fung Group's Chairman Victor Fung, the Rosewood Hotel Group's Chief Executive Officer Sonia Cheng, Herbert Smith Freehills Chief Executive Officer Justin D'Agostino, Y Legalites Vice-President Sharon Tam, Airport Authority's Chief Executive Officer Fred Lam, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Chief Executive Wilson Kwong, Morningside Professor of Life Science at the University of Science & Technology Prof Nancy Ip, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong Prof Anderson Shum, the Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University Prof Dennis Lo, SHIBAinc Founder Wing Li, internationally renowned cellist Trey Lee, Nan Art Workshop Founder Lan Tien-you, world record holder in the Women's 200m Freestyle Siobhan Haughey, and bronze medalist of Badminton Men's Singles WH2 at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Daniel Chan.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in the book's foreword that the experiences and success stories of the interviewees vividly resonate with the theme of the 25th anniversary “A New Era – Stability．Prosperity．Opportunity”. She noted the book not only captures Hong Kong's impressive achievements over the past two and a half decades, it also underscores everyone's eager anticipation for a brighter future.

Mrs Lam stressed that under the 14th Five-Year Plan, the central government supports Hong Kong in consolidating and upgrading its four traditional pillar industries, and states for the first time support for Hong Kong to establish and develop in four emerging areas.

By leveraging the central government's policies in support of Hong Kong while giving full play to its unique strengths, and striving to nurture local talent while attracting more talent both from the Mainland and from overseas, continuous impetus can be brought to the economy, she added.

The commemorative book is produced by the Information Services Department and presented in traditional Chinese, simplified Chinese and English. Its electronic version is available online.