HKTDC Chairman deepens Hong Kong-GCC business ties with visit to Qatar

Hong Kong, Oct 28, 2026 – (ACN Newswire) – To reinforce long-lasting service ties in between Hong Kong, Qatar and the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), Prof Frederick Ma Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), gone to Doha, Qatar, from 24 to 27 October at the invite of the Government of the State of Qatar. Throughout this see, Prof Ma met senior authorities consisting of ministers of financing, financial investment and trade, along with leaders of organization organisations and banks with a view to deepening company ties. He likewise spoke at the UN Conference Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Forum.

Speaking at the Forum at a session entitled “International Investment Facilitation Policies: Creating Partnerships for Sustainable Development” Prof Ma shared how Hong Kong, as one of the world’s leading worldwide monetary centres, is a relied on platform for worldwide financial investment and trade, linking capital, business and chances throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa and beyond.

Prof Ma stated, “Despite current geopolitical volatility, I believe it is important to reach out and build important relationships to ensure long-term economic development around the world.  My trip to Qatar gave me this opportunity, while the World Investment Forum presented an ideal occasion to promote the advantages of Hong Kong as the world’s leading international financial centre and investment hub. Hong Kong, under the unique One Country, Two Systems arrangement, combines connectivity to the Chinese Mainland and global markets with an international business environment based on common law, the free flow of capital and global standards, is an effective platform to deepen relationships across regions to facilitate more business and investment. This is also our core mission at the HKTDC, where our network of 51 offices worldwide helps us connect people around the world to create business success.”

Top-level conferences deepen organization ties

In addition to his speaking engagement, Prof Ma consulted with top-level authorities consisting of Qatar’s Minister of Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al KuwariMinister of State for Foreign Trade Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed Al SayedBahrain’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdullah bin Adel Fakhrosenior authorities from Invest Qatar and Qatar Investment Authority, and leaders from the Qatar National Bank, the Qatar Foundation, Qatar Chamber of Commerce & & Industry and the Qatar Development Bank. The conferences supplied important chances to reinforce relationships with crucial stakeholders, exchange views on the current financial patterns and financial investment concentrate on facilities, logistics, innovation and production, while highlighting capacity for tactical collaborations leveraging Hong Kong’s function as a super-connector and very value-adder.

Riding on the growing momentum

HKTDC has actually been actively promoting service connection in between Hong Kong and emerging markets through arranging company objectives led by the Chief Executive and senior authorities of the Hong Kong SAR Government, together with business from Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Objectives to Qatar and Kuwait in 2025, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in 2023, and most just recently Central Asia in June, have actually shown the worth of government-to-government (G2G), government-to-business (G2B) and business-to-business (B2B) cooperation in producing brand-new chances for trade and financial investment. HKTDC likewise included an unique Middle East Chapter and a Middle East Zone at the Belt and Road Summit in Hong Kong in September 2026 which was gone to by some 6,200 organization and federal government leaders from over 70 nations and areas.

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