Lau Siu-ka, who has just been appointed as a member of the Research Strategy Expert Group of the Chief Executive Policy Group and an advisor to the National Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, pointed out that the country will soon enter the stage of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and the Chief Executive will give up the passive attitude of the past from the perspective of the chief executive and macro perspective, and actively find out strategies that are seamless with the development of the country, so as to know themselves and others.


Liu Zhaojia pointed out. (Photo by Huang Baoying)

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On 5 May, the Government announced the appointment of 30 members from the business and finance sectors, professionals, think tanks and academia to provide professional advice and fresh ideas to the Chief Executive Policy Unit on various topics. To facilitate the work and have a more focused discussion, the members of the Expert Group will be divided into three groups, namely the Expert Group on Economic Development, the Expert Group on Social Development and the Expert Group on Research Strategies.

Someone needs to think from the perspective of the chief executive

Lau Siu-kai, one of the members of the Research Strategy Expert Group, pointed out that the establishment of the expert group requires someone to look at the issue from the perspective of the chief executive or the government as a whole, from the perspective of long-term and macro strategies, rather than from the perspective of individual policy bureaux.

As for the focus of the expert group's future work and the most urgent work, Lau pointed out that in the face of the increasingly dangerous international situation, including the financial situation, especially the changes in the international situation, the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the possibility that the United States may take the opportunity to attack Hong Kong; It should be noted that if the economy deteriorates, it will deteriorate the livelihood of the society and affect the hard-won stability.

Liu Zhaojia: We must take the initiative to dock with the "15th Five-Year Plan"

In addition, he pointed out that the country will soon enter the stage of the "15th Five-Year Plan", Hong Kong used to only participate in the plan according to the central government, and in the future, it should take the initiative to study how Hong Kong can better integrate into the overall development of the country and actively do a good job in taking the initiative to dock. He said frankly that there will be a lot of research work to be done to explore how to achieve self-knowledge and achieve seamless cooperation between Hong Kong and the country.

After his return, Lau Siu-kai, who served as the chief adviser of the government's Central Policy Group, saw the changes in the former Central Policy Group, the Innovation Office of Carrie Lam's era, and the current Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu's Chief Executive Policy Group. He said frankly that it is difficult to have continuity, different chief executives have different requirements, and the Central Policy Group led by Gu Rude in the era of the Hong Kong and British governments did not attach importance to policy surveys or polls; When he was the chief adviser of the Central Policy Group, he focused on polling, policy research and talent search. But by Lam's time, policy research was important but only a low-level improvement in administration to make policy a little better.

He pointed out that the current Chief Executive Policy Group Advisory Group is now returning to strategic research and macro research, and is integrating into the overall development of the country and breaking through deep-seated contradictions.