Calvin met the Hubei government delegation at AMTD Headquarter in HK, promoting further strategic cooperation and collaboration between HK and Hubei

 

Recently, Calvin Choi, Chairman and President of AMTD Group (“AMTD”), met with the delegation from Hubei provincial government who visited AMTD Headquarter in Hong Kong. Both parties discussed in-depth on the cooperation and collaboration opportunities between Hubei and Hong Kong. As a leading comprehensive financial institution in Hong Kong, AMTD will further promote strategic cooperation with Hubei, especially in the areas of global capital market, financial cooperation and innovation, and talent cultivation.

Arranged by Haishan Zhao, Deputy Governor of the Hubei Province, the delegation was led by Jun Qin, Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce, along with other leaders including Weigao Xiang, Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce Investment Promotion Division, Chuiwah Chu, Head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Hubei Provincial Government, Fei Hu, Head of Hubei Provincial Government Financial Supervisor Bureau , Yu Zheng, Deputy Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Office, and Hui Xu, Deputy Head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Hubei Provincial Government, as well as Jiashuo He, Pan Sun and Jiqing Jia from the Department of Commerce.

Jun Qin, Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce (4th right), Weigao Xiang , Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce Investment Promotion Division (5th left), Chuiwah Chu, Head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Hubei Provincial Government (2nd right), Fei Hu, Head of Hubei Provincial Government Financial Supervisory Bureau (3rd left), Yu Zheng, Deputy Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Office (1st left), Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD (5th right), Philip Yau, CFO of AMTD (3rd right), Sidney Ku, Head of Insurance Brokerage Division of AMTD (4th left), Ting Fang, Head of Global Markets of AMTD (1st right) and Wayne Liu, AMTD President’s Office Senior Assistant (2nd left)

Jun Qin, Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce, started by passing on warm greeting from Deputy Governor Haishan Zhao to Calvin, then congratulated AMTD on the success of its recent development, and further praised the effort AMTD has made over the years in promoting cooperation and collaboration between Hong Kong and China. Calvin warmly welcomed the delegation led by Jun Qin, and appreciated the continuously attention, trust, and support of Deputy Governor Haishan Zhao. Calvin indicated that as a leading comprehensive financial institution and Asia’s biggest independent investment bank, AMTD has always been promoting collaboration between Hong Kong, China, and the global capital and resource market, and help Chinese enterprises to enter the global arena. Earlier this year, a joint venture between AMTD and Xiaomi was granted the virtual bank license by HKMA. AMTD is looking forward to helping more outstanding Hubei enterprises to enter the international capital market and achieve long-term development by taking advantage of the resources and strengths it can offer. As such, AMTD will increase its investments amount and expand its strategic plan in Hubei, by establishing a regional headquarter locally, and continue to deepen its connection and cooperation with Hubei, especially in the fields of innovative economy, smart technology, talent cultivation and global capital market. In addition, AMTD plans to set up a talent training center in Hubei, with the objective to internationalize its talents at the higher educational institutions in Hubei. AMTD is hopeful and confident in Hubei’s development potential, and by putting effort to further the economic collaboration and cooperation between Hubei and Hong Kong, AMTD hopes to become a witness, participant, contributor, and beneficiary of Hubei’s development.

Calvin Choi, CEO of AMTD (the left) introduced the latest development of AMTD and the strategic planning in Hubei

Jun Qin, Head of Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce, expressed his gratitude to AMTD’s warm reception. He further pointed out that Hubei’s strategic position is prominent, with a superior transportation network, abundant talent pool, hence Hubei has huge potential for development. Hubei is committed to create an international, market-oriented, and regulation-based business environment, thus Hubei really welcomes forward thinking and innovative international companies and financial institutions such as AMTD to invest in Hubei, especially in the fields of finance, international capital market, and talent cultivation. Through these investments, AMTD and other firms can take full advantages of Hubei’s central location, rich talent pool, so to continue opening up new investment opportunities, thus achieve mutual benefit and development for both parties.

Jun Qin, Head of Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce (2nd left) visited AMTD’s headquarter in Hong Kong, and engaged in a in-depth discussion with AMTD Chairman and CEO Calvin on Hubei-Hong Kong enterprises level collaboration

Currently, under the strong support by the Hubei Provincial Government, AMTD is pushing forward its development plan in Hubei, and put a lot of effort into strengthening the collaboration and cooperation between Hong Kong and Hubei enterprises. In early parts of 2019, Haishan Zhao, Deputy Governor of Hubei Province, met with the AMTD delegation including Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD. Both parties had an in-depth discussion about AMTD’s investment plan, business development, as well as trade cooperation opportunity in Hubei.

Haishan Zhao, Deputy Governor of Hubei Province (4th left), Huixia Chen, Deputy Secretary-General of Hubei Provincial Government (2nd right), Jun Qin, Head of Hubei Provincial Government Department of Commerce (3rd right) and Kuanhong Chen, Deputy Head of the Hubei Provincial Government Financial Supervision Bureau (1st right) met Calvin Choi, Chairman and CEO of AMTD, Philip Yau, CFO of AMTD (2nd left) and Wayne Liu, President Office’s Senior Assistant (1st left)