香港のポール・チャン（陳茂波）財務長官が月曜日にパリに到着した。世界的な資本誘致を目指す香港として、現地の資産運用会社と会談を行う。
ポール・チャン（陳茂波）財務長官は月曜日にパリに到着し、5日間の欧州歴訪を開始した。同氏はフランス資産運用協会やパリのシンクタンク「アジア・センター」の代表者らと面会したほか、中国の鄧励駐フランス・モナコ大使を表敬訪問した。関係者によると、フランス資産運用協会は、市場の多様化やグレーターベイエリア（広東・香港・マカオ大湾区）における資産運用市場の大きな成長の可能性を背景に、香港での事業拡大に強い関心を示しているという。今回の歴訪は、国際金融センターとしての香港の地位を強化する取り組みの一環である。今回の訪問は、ロシアのウラジーミル・プーチン大統領が火曜日から2日間の日程で北京を公式訪問する予定であるほか、習近平国家主席が5月14日と15日にドナルド・トランプ米大統領との首脳会談を行ったことなど、地政学的な緊張緩和の兆しが見られる中で行われた。
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Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan unveiled the 2026 budget on Wednesday, emphasizing investments in artificial intelligence and infrastructure while facing criticism for the absence of direct cash handouts to residents. The budget projects a surplus and includes a rare transfer from the Exchange Fund.
Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said the city has struck a balance between financial security and innovation in its roles as a 'testing ground' and 'firewall' for China's reform and opening up. He stated that security is core to high-quality development amid geopolitical tensions risking financial markets and energy supplies. The city rolled out its first batch of stablecoin licences last week and pledged to accelerate the shift to green energies.
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Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday that the city's economy showed resilience in the first quarter of 2026 amid volatility in equity and oil markets caused by war in the Middle East. Investors continued moving assets to the city, drawn by mainland China's steady economic growth and a large number of initial public offerings in Hong Kong. He noted the geopolitical landscape was complex and fast-changing, with uncertainty from the United States-Israel attack on Iran clouding the stock market.
Hong Kong's finance chief Paul Chan forecasts first-quarter GDP growth exceeding 4%, the strongest in nearly five years, driven by a 17% rise in visitors and 5.2% gain in retail and catering spending. The preliminary figure is due on Tuesday.
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Hong Kong recorded 17 per cent growth in investment in the first quarter, driven mainly by machinery purchases and construction activities that reflect a steadily improving property market.
Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to align the city with national strategies in China’s latest five-year plan and turn Beijing’s assigned “new positionings, functions and missions” into tangible outcomes to drive economic growth. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said he would lead the government in uniting society to proactively align with the 15th five-year plan, which sets China’s economic and social development targets for 2026 to 2030. His comments followed the approval of the plan’s outline by China’s top legislature.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney, accompanied by his wife Diana Fox Carney, spoke with media before boarding a government plane at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on March 7, concluding his two-day visit to Japan—the final leg of a multi-nation Indo-Pacific tour.