Hong Kong’s super connector role empowers the Greater Bay Area to integrate with ASEAN
2026-06-30 18:06 | Source: Hong Kong News Network
China News Agency, June 30 (Reporter Tan Chang) "If from the perspective of the world economy, as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, John K.C. Lee said, the GDP of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is comparable to the world's tenth largest economy." Hong Kong’s unique talent is to be good at integrating different things, people and industries.”
At the annual meeting of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and ASEAN Economics held in Hong Kong on the 30th, many participants affirmed the development potential of Hong Kong and even the Greater Bay Area to the China News Agency reporter.
On the same day, more than 500 government officials, business leaders and experts and scholars from the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN member countries discussed cross-border cooperation and regional prosperity, covering important issues such as innovation and technology, supply chain resilience, corporate financing and “going to sea” strategies. Nicolas de Loisy, from France, has been living in Hong Kong for nearly 30 years as the president of both companies, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OUTSOURCE (SCMO) focusing on logistics consulting and GLOBAL FUTURE NEXUS focusing on AGI (general artificial intelligence). In his view, one of Hong Kong’s core competitiveness is its “super-connector” role: “Hong Kong is committed to playing the role of various centers organically, promoting the common development of the business community and society, and can also successfully integrate different things, people and industries, and maintain a unique position in China and even in the world.”
Nicolas told reporters that Hong Kong has now surpassed Switzerland and ranks first in the world in wealth management. In addition, logistics services in Hong Kong are also strong, and his company, SCMO, has focused on consulting services such as logistics, transportation and supply chain management, and has now been established for 27 years.
In addition to traditional advantageous industries such as finance and logistics, the complete physical industrial system and scale advantages of the Greater Bay Area have also become the core highlights of attracting the layout of multinational enterprises and deepening ASEAN cooperation, and the industry is optimistic about the growth space of regional manufacturing and trade cooperation.
"The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has great potential to do more business and promote the development of the manufacturing industry." Today, many small manufacturing industries are changing to large-scale, with strong momentum, and the Greater Bay Area is a very strong financial cluster, manufacturing cluster, and technology and research and development center.” Anson Bailey, head of the retail consumer goods industry at KPMG Asia Pacific, said.
Anson also pointed out that many people in the industry often say that Hong Kong is a “super contact person.” He believes that for capital, people and manufacturing resources, Hong Kong is a perfect gateway, through Hong Kong to connect mainland China and other regions such as ASEAN, the mainland's production capacity, markets and other industries with ASEAN's fast-growing economy, to serve the two-way demand of both sides.
At the same time, the digital economy and financial technology are becoming the new track of regional cooperation. Some people engaged in the stablecoin and digital asset industry interviewed pointed out that although the current development speed of Hong Kong and the United States and Europe is still far away, the Legislative Council has already passed the stablecoin bill, and continue to promote industry management, this year also issued the first batch of stablecoin issuer license; I believe that through multi-party cooperation with ASEAN and the Greater Bay Area, it will help tap the potential of regional integration and promote the development of the industry.
As an important hub for China's foreign economic and trade exchanges and regional cooperation, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is continuing to become a key hub of the global market with its huge economic volume, complete industrial system and open business environment. As a "super contact", Hong Kong also gives more possibilities for the two-way journey between the Greater Bay Area and ASEAN with the advantages of unique location, system and internationalization advantages.
【Reporter Chen Yiqi】【Editor: Qian Linxia】
Source: https://www.hkcna.hk/docDetail.jsp?id=101358698
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香港“超級聯繫人”角色賦能大灣區與東盟區域融合
2026-06-30 18:06 | 稿件來源：香港新聞網
香港中通社6月30日電（記者 譚暢）“如果從世界經濟來看，正如香港特區行政長官李家超所說，粵港澳大灣區的GDP和世界第十大經濟體相當。”“香港所獨有的天賦正是擅長將不同的事物、人群及行業等成功整合在一起。”
在30日於香港舉行的粵港澳大灣區與東盟經濟年會上，多位與會者均向中通社記者肯定了香港乃至大灣區的發展潛力。
粵港澳大灣區與東盟經濟年會（記者 陳奕啟 攝）
當天，逾500位來自大灣區及東盟成員國的政府官員、商界領袖和專家學者，探討跨境合作與區域繁榮，涵蓋創新科技、供應鏈韌性、企業融資及“出海”策略等重要議題。來自法國、在香港扎根近30年的Nicolas de Loisy是兩家公司的總裁，分別聚焦物流咨詢及AGI（通用人工智能）領域。在他看來，香港的核心競爭力之一是其“超級聯繫人”角色：“香港致力於有機地發揮各種中心的作用，促進商界和社會共同發展，亦能把不同的事物、人群及行業等成功整合在一起，在中國乃至於世界中也保持獨特地位。”
Nicolas向記者指出，香港現已超越瑞士，在財富管理方面位列全球首位。此外，香港的物流服務也是強項，他的公司SCMO便聚焦物流、運輸和供應鏈管理等咨詢服務，如今已成立27年。
而除了金融、物流等傳統優勢產業，大灣區完備的實體產業體系與規模優勢，也成為吸引跨國企業佈局、深化東盟合作的核心亮點，業界看好區域製造業與商貿合作的增長空間。
“粵港澳大灣區有很大的潛力，可以做更多生意和促進製造業發展。如今很多小型製造業正在向大型化轉變，發展勢頭強勁，而大灣區正是一個非常強大的金融集群、製造集群，也是技術及研發中心。”畢馬威消費品零售行業亞太區主管Anson Bailey說。
Anson亦指，許多業界人士常說香港是“超級聯繫人”。他認為對資金、人員和製造業資源來說，香港是一個完美的門戶，可以通過香港將中國內地和東盟等其他地區連接起來，將內地的產能、市場等與東盟這一快速增長的經濟體相結合，服務於雙方的雙向需求。
與此同時，數字經濟、金融科技正成為當下區域合作的新賽道。有從事穩定幣及數字資產行業的人士受訪指出，雖然香港目前相關的發展速度和歐美尚有距離，但立法會早已通過《穩定幣條例草案》，且持續推進行業管理，今年也發出首批穩定幣發行人牌照；相信通過與東盟及大灣區的多方協作，有助挖掘區域融合的潛力，促進行業發展。
作為中國對外經貿往來與區域協作的重要樞紐，粵港澳大灣區正憑藉龐大的經濟體量、完備的產業體系與開放的營商環境，持續成為联通全球市場的關鍵樞紐。而香港身為“超級聯繫人”，亦憑藉獨特的區位、制度和國際化優勢，為大灣區與東盟的雙向奔赴、優勢互補賦予更多可能。（完）
【編輯：錢林霞】
