{"id":454159,"date":"2025-09-27T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/454159\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T01:33:10","slug":"how-hong-kongs-role-in-beijings-economic-strategy-could-evolve-in-the-next-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/454159\/","title":{"rendered":"How Hong Kong\u2019s role in Beijing\u2019s economic strategy could evolve in the next 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">As China drafts its 15th five-year plan \u2013 the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country\u2019s development over more than seven decades \u2013 we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and how Hong Kong could strengthen its position as a \u201csuperconnector\u201d linking the mainland with global markets.<\/p>\n<p>For more stories in this ongoing series, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/article\/3326468\/chinas-15th-5-year-plan?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a LinkedIn post earlier this month, Phil McManus, innovation and technology chair at the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, declared: \u201cHong Kong bounced back. It always has. It always will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not long ago, the script was the opposite. Many wondered if the city had lost its allure as an international financial centre, its halo dimmed by intensifying <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-china-trade-war?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">US-China tensions<\/a>, a prolonged economic slowdown and the influence of regional rivals like Singapore.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">But these doubts have eased in the wake of a rising stock index, a surge in fundraising and the city\u2019s growing appeal to global businesses and talent. As Beijing drafts its 15th five-year plan, the country\u2019s main socio-economic development blueprint, analysts said the special administrative region could play a unique role in China\u2019s evolving economic strategy.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cPut simply, Hong Kong\u2019s position in China\u2019s next five-year plan will determine the policies and resources Beijing directs its way,\u201d said Raymond Yeung, chief economist for Greater China at ANZ.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Like other regions in China, Hong Kong, along with Macau and Taiwan, has seen its economic trajectory shaped in large part by Beijing\u2019s policy decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As China drafts its 15th five-year plan \u2013 the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[152491,35396,3801,71499,51821,152490,51,1395,28901,152489,1700,34916,3749,10831,98134,10741,2943,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-454159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-ah","9":"tag-anz","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-belt-and-road-initiative","12":"tag-binance","13":"tag-british-chamber-of-commerce","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-china","16":"tag-chinese-companies","17":"tag-cuhk-shenzhen","18":"tag-economy","19":"tag-greater-bay-area","20":"tag-hong-kong","21":"tag-ipo","22":"tag-macau","23":"tag-shanghai","24":"tag-taiwan","25":"tag-uk","26":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115273689076131364","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}