The first five-year plan of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was announced to align with the country’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and clarify quantitative targets for people’s livelihood.

On September 16, the highly anticipated and anticipated "First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2026-2030)" was officially announced, and the Chief Executive's 2026 Policy Address was released at the same time. This is a major event related to the development of Hong Kong in the new stage. It is a major measure taken by the SAR to proactively align with the country’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and is of groundbreaking significance. Under the guidance of the first five-year plan, Hong Kong's move from chaos to governance to governance and prosperity will surely become more powerful, boosting the high-quality development of the "one country, two systems" cause to start a new chapter.

The formulation and implementation of the first five-year plan is a historic step for Hong Kong and demonstrates a new model of SAR governance. Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu and the SAR government have effectively shouldered the responsibility of being the "first person responsible" for governing Hong Kong. In the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan", they seized the country's major opportunities and pioneered the establishment of a "collaborative research and opinion collection mechanism between the government and the Legislative Council" in accordance with the principle of administrative leadership. They opened up channels and listened to public opinions. They held more than 100 public consultations and received more than 17,000 opinions from all walks of life, completing the planning text "from scratch to something". The plan establishes a new model that adheres to the combination of effective markets and promising governments, draws a long-term blueprint, anchors the strategic direction, and strives to eliminate the adverse effects of economic cycles and other factors on governance, so that Hong Kong's direction will be clearer, resource allocation will be more effective, social expectations will be more stable, and citizens' well-being and investors' interests will be better protected. The plan is a scientific foresight and overall planning for the mid- to long-term development of Hong Kong. It is in line with and organically unified with the annual specific policies of the policy address. The two complement each other and together form a systematic governance system, creating a new model of SAR governance, and further unleashing the superiority and vitality of the "one country, two systems" system.

The first five-year plan of the Hong Kong SAR has a clear theme and numerous highlights, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of the SAR. The plan is closely aligned with the country's "15th Five-Year Plan" to strengthen the construction of "four centers and one highland" such as international finance, trade, shipping, science and technology innovation centers and international high-end talent gathering highlands, consolidate and enhance Hong Kong's unique advantages, and continue to build a global cooperation platform; focus on accelerating the construction of the northern metropolitan area, aiming at university towns, innovation and technology, industry, and livability and tourism, to achieve integrated development of education, technology, and talents, and deepen the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; adhere to the people-oriented approach and will The content of improving people's livelihood is divided into a separate article, and it clearly sets out quantitative goals such as basically solving the problem of inferior subdivided housing and shortening the waiting time for public housing to less than 4 years by 2030, so as to effectively alleviate people's livelihood worries... It can be said that this plan of about 60,000 words closely combines the needs of the country, Hong Kong's strengths, and the expectations of residents. It fully demonstrates the strategic thinking that Hong Kong and the country develop at the same frequency, and fully carries the yearning for a better life and the hope of a bright future for more than 7 million Hong Kong residents.

The historic first five-year plan is a valuable result of Hong Kong society gathering the hearts, strength and wisdom of the people. It is the mission statement and construction drawing for the development of the SAR in the next five years. We believe that with the firm support of the central government, all sectors in Hong Kong, under the united leadership of the Chief Executive and the SAR government, will think in one place and work hard in one place. In the process of better integrating into and serving the overall development of the country, they will step by step turn the blueprint into reality and continue to create a new situation for the high-quality development of the "one country, two systems" cause. (Voice of the Greater Bay Area)