{"id":201455,"date":"2021-10-21T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/globalink-hk-to-enhance-status-as-global-shipping-hub-with-national-support-officials\/"},"modified":"2021-10-21T08:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T05:14:00","slug":"globalink-hk-to-enhance-status-as-global-shipping-hub-with-national-support-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/en\/globalink-hk-to-enhance-status-as-global-shipping-hub-with-national-support-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"GLOBALink | HK to enhance status as global shipping hub with national support: officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-201453\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"892\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-600x299.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2-800x399.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/619c16aac922f0aa7eeae5e775523fd2.jpg 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 892px) 100vw, 892px\" \/><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7EyKOIPS_ik\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will strengthen its status as an international shipping center by leveraging advantages in services and development of the Greater Bay Area, officials said here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As an international shipping center with global influence, Hong Kong&#8217;s shipping industry is highly developed, especially in the sectors of shipping finance, insurance and legal service,&#8221; Chinese Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng said in a video speech at the first World Maritime Merchants Forum held in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Transport will support Hong Kong proactively in consolidating and upgrading its position as an international shipping center, and its integration into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Li told an audience of international shipping organizations and industry heavyweights.<\/p>\n<p>Teresa Cheng, Secretary of Justice of the HKSAR government, said at the forum that there is a clear shift of maritime and trading activities to the East, meaning a larger demand for maritime-related financial and legal services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This trend is inevitable when, out of the world&#8217;s top 10 container ports, China accounts for seven of them, and three of which are cities of the Greater Bay Area, namely Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hong Kong,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong prides itself as a center for the provision of services for the maritime industry, and more tax concessions will be introduced to attract maritime shipping firms to establish a business presence in Hong Kong, she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Greater Bay Area development plan explicitly support Hong Kong in consolidating and enhancing its status as a center for international legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific Region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With our unique position under these two national policies, Hong Kong&#8217;s maritime industry and related services have been given new impetus for growth,&#8221; Cheng 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