China News Service, Shenzhen, October 24 (Reporter Liu Dawei) The 2026 "One Country, Two Systems" academic seminar hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences with the theme of "Hong Kong and Macao Five-Year Plan and Integration Serving the Overall Development of the Country" was held in Shenzhen on the 24th. Nearly a hundred guests, experts and scholars from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas attended the meeting.
In August this year, the Macao SAR government announced the "Third Five-Year Plan for the Economic and Social Development of the Macao SAR (2026-2030)", and in September the Hong Kong SAR Government announced the "First Five-Year Plan for the Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2026-2030)." The two five-year plans proactively align with the national “15th Five-Year Plan” to make arrangements for the further development of Hong Kong and Macao.
Gao Xiang, President of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that the preparation and implementation of the five-year plan reflects Hong Kong and Macao's overall awareness of adhering to the foundation of "one country", proactively connecting with the national governance system, and exploring a new governance model that combines effective government with effective markets. The two plans jointly combine the needs of the country, the strengths of Hong Kong and Macao, and the expectations of the citizens, and focus on high-quality development in testable projects and indicators to ensure that medium- and long-term development goals can be consistently and continuously advanced.
Deng Zhonghua, president of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macao Studies, believes that the five-year plans for Hong Kong and Macao take "reform and innovation" as the guiding ideology. For a long time, there have been deep-seated contradictions and problems in the economic and social development of Hong Kong and Macao. First, the economic structure is relatively simple, the growth momentum is insufficient, and interests are increasingly solidified. Second, the development results have not benefited the general public in a balanced manner. The key to solving these problems lies in breaking down the barriers of interests and cultivating new momentum and new tracks for development. Only by breaking the situation with reform and opening the way with innovation can high-quality development of Hong Kong and Macao be achieved.
At the seminar, Huang Yuanshan, leader of the Policy Group of the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government, and Zhang Zuowen, Director of the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, respectively introduced the background, content and significance of the preparation of the two five-year plans.
Huang Yuanshan pointed out that the launch of Hong Kong's first five-year plan benefited from the historic transformation from chaos to governance, from governance to prosperity, and from the full implementation of "patriots governing Hong Kong". Without stable governance, there is no long-term planning. When it comes to connecting with the country’s “15th Five-Year Plan”, he believes that this is not to copy the outline of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, but to find the integration point between “the needs of the country” and “Hong Kong’s strengths” and to dynamically adjust it as the country’s strategic deployment evolves.
On the same day, participants also discussed topics such as "Hong Kong and Macao's five-year plan and core competitiveness improvement", "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction and Hong Kong and Macao's integration into the overall national development situation".
