Wednesday, April 19, 2000, updated at 11:53(GMT+8)
China
NPC Vice Chairman Meets HK Business Delegation
Jiang Zhenghua, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, met with a business delegation from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) on April 18.
The 41-member delegation consists of leaders of major Hong Kong- based securities and futures companies and other notables. During the meeting, Jiang briefed the delegation on the securities development in the mainland, saying that there is a huge area for developing securities and futures with Hong Kong and the mainland.
Hong Kong is one of the world financial centers. Hong Kong securities and futures has greatly contributed to Hong Kong and mainland's economic development, Jiang said.
