During this period, important meetings in the international community have followed one after another. After the ASEAN summit and G20 summits, leaders of many countries went to Thailand because the APEC leaders' summit will be held in Thailand. This will be the first offline leaders' meeting since 2019. It has a great influence in Asia-Pacific region and is a large-scale meeting in the Asia-Pacific region that is related to important economic cooperation mechanisms.
One of them is worth paying attention to. is that the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, will set off for Thailand on the 17th to attend the APEC informal meeting and related meeting . Then Li Jiachao will lead a Hong Kong trade delegation to continue visiting Bangkok to strengthen the connection and economic and trade exchanges between Hong Kong and Thailand. It is reported that the trade delegation is more than 20 representatives from different industries, including major chambers of commerce leaders, as well as from finance, trade, innovative technology and other fields. At the same time, Li Jiachao emphasized that this time is to explain to everyone that Hong Kong has returned to the international stage and has contacted the world.
However, this time Li Jiachao led a delegation to participate in APEC and was also subject to considerable resistance. In In August 2020, the US Treasury Department announced sanctions of 11 mainland and Hong Kong officials, including Li Jiachao and Carrie Lam and others. The sanctions include freezing their U.S. assets, and any bank operating in the United States may also freeze their assets.
At that time, when the Sino-US war and anti-extradition riots began, the US sanctioned Hong Kong government officials, including the Chief Executive and several senior officials of the governance team, . The main purpose was to put pressure on the Hong Kong government, prevent the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, prevent the quelling of black violence, and prevent the punishment of anti-China and Hong Kong rioters and foreign agents in accordance with the law. However, the effect was not effect, and everyone scoffed at it.
But this did not stop Li Jiachao from participating in APEC. In June this year, he said in an interview with Hong Kong media that although he was included in the US sanctions list, it did not prevent him from participating in APEC. He will continue to strengthen overseas publicity and "counterattack against foreign smears". In the past, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong would attend APEC, and as one of the members of Hong Kong, he had no reason not to attend.
Li Jiachao emphasized that he is not worried that the sanctions against him by the United States will affect his visit. There are still many countries in the world who welcome him to visit, but "only one country" has made unreasonable sanctions against him. Hong Kong's participation in APEC this time can also test whether the US sanctions on Hong Kong officials will have an impact when attending large international conferences, because the previous US sanctions were only affected by relevant Hong Kong people's use of banking. For example, former Chief Executive Carrie Lam cannot "sell grain" and cannot leave the bank accounts, and must find cash.
In fact, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong is moving internationally and participating in international activities, which is to fight against US sanctions, eliminate resistance and intervention, fight against US smears and sanctions, defend the country and Hong Kong's interests, and consolidate and expand Hong Kong's status as an international metropolis. Li Jiachao's APEC campaign should be his first appearance at an important international conference venue, responding to US sanctions with practical actions.
This time Hong Kong's participation in APEC proves that the US sanctions on the Hong Kong government have no effect. Its active participation in national activities also reflects that Hong Kong has received full support from the mainland of the motherland. Previously, Hong Kong media analyzed that because Hong Kong has implemented strict epidemic prevention policies in the past three years, a small amount of foreign capital has left Hong Kong. Foreign capital's pessimism about China's economic prospects has intensified, and they have withdrawn from mainland China and Hong Kong. Hong Kong's future economic development has hidden worries.
An open capital market is beneficial to Hong Kong, first China is beneficial to China, and the Chinese market also needs the participation of high-quality institutions. Hong Kong plays an important role in China's economic growth , so this event is more important. Although participating in international conferences is likely to encounter obstacles in aviation and banking business, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome and there are no sanctions that cannot be broken.
In addition, Biden will absent from the APEC summit, and Vice President Harris will attend the meeting. Biden's move has attracted criticism. Thailand believes that Biden does not attach importance to APEC meeting , and makes it difficult to accept . The media believes that Biden attaches importance to " Indo-Pacific Strategy ". Washington tries to downplay the role of APEC and try to use other "small circles" dominated by the United States to replace it.
But now China's influence in the Asia-Pacific is obvious to all. No matter which summit, China is the focus. The United States is too ambitious and is trying to make the US-led NATO take its tentacles to the Asia-Pacific. This must arouse the more vigilant of Asia-Pacific countries, and China will continue to develop its own strength and resolutely fight against the US hegemony.
