Chief Executive John Lee met the visiting President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and senior officials of foreign governments over the past two days.

Mr Lee thanked them for serving as speakers at the 19th Asian Financial Forum.

During the meeting with AIIB President Zou Jiayi today, the Chief Executive said that as a member of the AIIB, Hong Kong actively supports the AIIB's operations in areas such as project financing, bond issuance, and investment and financial management.

He added that Hong Kong will provide full support for the AIIB's establishment of an office in the city, and continue to leverage its unique advantages of connecting the Mainland with the world under the "one country, two systems" principle to deepen co-operation with the AIIB, with a view to further contributing to the sustainable development of infrastructure in Asia.

In addition, the Chief Executive met Undersecretary of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Ministry of Finance Younis Haji Al Khoori. Also attending the meeting was UAE Ambassador to China Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi.

Mr Lee highlighted that Hong Kong is making every effort to develop into an international innovation and technology hub. It will give full play to its role as a functional platform for the Belt & Road Initiative and seize the tremendous opportunities brought about by the initiative jointly with the UAE for mutual benefit.

The Chief Executive yesterday met Türkiye’s Minister of Treasury & Finance of Mehmet Şimşek. Also attending the meeting was Ambassador of Türkiye to China Selçuk Ünal.

He welcomed Turkish enterprises to make use of Hong Kong as a gateway to tap into the Mainland and Asian markets to jointly explore more opportunities. He also encouraged more Turkish youth to pursue further studies and develop their careers in Hong Kong through the Belt & Road Scholarship.