A delegation of permanent secretaries and heads of departments of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today concluded their Chengdu visit by touring the Hong Kong & Sichuan Youth’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Community.

Located within a vocational college campus, the community serves as a hub for industry-education integration, connecting multiple Hong Kong tertiary institutions. It supports Hong Kong youth in launching businesses in Sichuan and provides them with learning and internship opportunities at local enterprises.

Led by Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung, delegation members spoke with Hong Kong youth studying or starting businesses in Chengdu to learn about their daily lives and career aspirations.

Summing up the study programme, Mrs Yeung said that under the thoughtful arrangements of the CPC Central Committee Hong Kong & Macao Work Office, the State Council Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office, the Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and the Chengdu Municipal People’s Government, the Hong Kong SAR Government’s most senior civil service officers had successfully concluded their study and visits in Beijing and Chengdu.

Mrs Yeung noted that beyond their studies at the National Academy of Governance, the on-site visits in Chengdu provided officers with a deeper understanding of how national planning is implemented at the local level. The delegation gained first-hand insights into the latest developments in sectors such as high-tech industrial parks, innovation and technology, low-altitude mobility and cultural tourism and conservation.

The trip will significantly benefit the officers in their future work while strengthening the ties and friendship between Sichuan and Hong Kong, she added.