PBSC member, State Council Vice Premier, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Construction Leading Group Head Han Zheng attended an inauguration ceremony in Zhuhai, Guangdong for the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone (hereafter referred to as “the Zone”) on September 17 and gave a speech. Xinhua reported him as saying that the Zone was personally planned, deployed, and promoted by Xi Jinping and that the party center and State Council both cared deeply about the Zone’s development. Calling the inauguration ceremony a “historic moment”, Han Zheng expressed the hope that the Zone would “develop new industries that will promote the moderate diversification of Macao’s economy” and stressed the need to “create more convenient study, employment, entrepreneurship, and life conditions” for Macao residents, among other things. Politburo Member Li Xi, CPPCC Vice Chairman Edmund Ho , and CPPCC Vice Chairman and Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Director Xia Baolong also attended the inauguration ceremony.
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