Hong Kong Chief Secretary Attends Talent Initiatives in Dongguan, Emphasizes GBA Talent Flow

Chief Secretary Chan Kwok‑ki opened the fourth Greater Bay Area (GBA) High‑quality Talent Development Conference and the third GBA Doctoral and Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Dongguan. He pledged that Hong Kong will keep attracting talent for its own and the country’s development and will collaborate with other GBA cities to align rules and mechanisms that ease talent movement across the region. Chan highlighted Hong Kong’s First Five‑Year Plan, which dovetails with the National 15th Five‑Year Plan and promotes integrated growth in education, technology and talent. He also announced that the Northern Metropolis University Town will link Hong Kong’s strengths in basic research and internationalised education with the GBA’s innovation, technology and talent resources. After the ceremony, Chan and Labour and Welfare Secretary Chris Sun toured the exhibition hall, visited the Hong Kong Talent Engage booth, and inspected a key I&T enterprise to study local cooperation models. They then explored synergies with City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) and discussed ways to strengthen complementarity before returning to Hong Kong.