Chongqing, Hong Kong agree to jointly pursue development

Chongqing and Hong Kong, both of which boast mountainous landscapes and spectacular night views, are forging closer ties, with the two cities announcing plans to deepen cooperation in areas covering trade, finance, technology and talent exchanges through a new cooperation mechanism.

The cooperation framework with Chongqing is the first high-level government cooperation mechanism established by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with a mainland province or municipality since the current-term SAR government took office.

It is the third such agreement between Hong Kong and a mainland municipality directly under the central government, after Shanghai in 2003 and Beijing in 2004.