3月25日，在亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，广州市政协常委、北京市青年联合会副主席、香港霍英东集团副总裁霍启文发表主旨演讲。

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尊敬的各位领导、各位嘉宾、各位青年朋友们：

我是霍启文，很高兴今天可以参加本届亚洲青年领袖论坛，让我有机会向来自亚洲各国的科技、金融、文化等不同领域的青年精英们学习，也感谢主办方为我们搭建了一个相互交流、结伴成长、合作共赢的新平台。借此机会，我就大湾区青年“迎接时代和环境变化，团结奋进，逐梦前行”谈三点看法，与青年朋友们探讨和共勉。

一、大湾区青年要有远大的眼光。亚洲有40多个国家，人口近全球的60%，经济总量是全世界的一半。共享发展机遇、共谋合作共赢、共创美好未来，是亚洲人民的共同心愿。当今世界形势错综复杂，亚洲人民唯有精诚合作，才能更好地应对新冠疫情、经济衰退、气候变化等接踵而来的危机和挑战。在国家新一轮改革开放的关键时期和攻坚阶段，总书记亲自谋划、亲自部署、亲自推动粤港澳大湾区建设这一国家战略。数据显示，粤港澳大湾区经济总量去年底已发展至13万亿元人民币，这是总书记和一代代大湾区人以长远眼光谋划应对的成果。我想，新一代青年谋事创业，都应该学习这种超越当下的眼光，特别要以战略和前瞻的眼光看到全球经济发展重心向亚洲转移对世界格局的影响，看到中国和平崛起的大趋势，看到粤港澳大湾区在链接世界交流合作中的独特角色，真正做到胸怀祖国、放眼世界，这样就会有更广阔的拼搏舞台和发展空间。

二、大湾区青年要有宽广的胸襟。俗语说：“泰山不让土壤，故能成其大；河海不择细流，故能就其深。“一国两制”方针允许不同的社会制度、意识形态在一个国家内长期并存，本身就体现了博大的政治包容。香港、澳门与内地同属祖国，是一个命运共同体。我们应该继续以开放包容的姿态面向亚洲和世界，吸引各地的资金、人才、技术、文化等在这里集聚，这有利于保持港澳作为背靠祖国、面向世界的重要窗口，中国走向世界、世界走进中国的重要平台。粤港澳大湾区未来的更大发展，必然伴随着与亚洲区域内其他新兴经济体的更深融合和对世界的更大开放。

三、大湾区青年要有自强的心态。中共二十大吹响了以中国式现代化全面推进中华民族伟大复兴的时代号角，为青年朋友们建功立业、追逐梦想创造了广阔舞台和光明前景。青年既是和平与发展的受益者，也是重要的建设者，惟有自强不息，才能最终迈向成功。作为一名香港青年，我始终与大家一道，为推动大湾区融合发展积极奔走，并积极参与集团在广州南沙的开发建设。南沙是国家战略集中承载地，承载着国家和省、市的厚望重托。我们希望通过发挥广州南沙自贸区先行先试作用，率先实现服务贸易自由化，吸引更多港澳和国际资本、技术、人才进入内地，推动广州南沙建成面向未来、面向世界的现代化滨海新城区。同时，我们也在研究将南沙开发与国家战略对接，发展面向“一带一路”沿线国家的国际教育，促进民心相通，增加大湾区的青年国际专才储备；与香港方面探讨开展青年专业技术培训，组织南沙企业作为港澳学生实习基地，为大湾区输送更多人才。

粤港澳大湾区作为中国对外开放的门户，是世界各国青年创新创业就业、共享发展机遇的优秀平台。在此，我诚挚地邀请大家到大湾区一起来追梦、筑梦、圆梦。

On 25 March, Fok Kai Man, member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC Guangzhou Municipal Committee, vice chairperson of Beijing Youth Federation, and vice president of Fok Ying Tung Group, delivered a keynote speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum. Following is the full text of the speech.

Excellencies, 

Distinguished guests,

Dear young friends,

I am Fok Kai Man. I am very happy to be able to participate in this Asia Youth Leaders Forum today. This gives me the opportunity to learn from young elites from Asia in such different fields as science and technology, finance, and culture. I also thank the hosts for building a new platform for mutual exchange, self-improvement, and win-win cooperation. I would like to take this opportunity to share three views around how youth in the Greater Bay Area should embrace the changes of the times and the environment, forge ahead in unity, and pursue our dreams. I’d like to leave them here for discussion and as an encouragement.

First, young people in the Greater Bay Area should cultivate long-term visions. There are more than 40 countries in Asia, accounting for nearly 60% of the global population and half of the world economy. Sharing development opportunities, seeking win-win cooperation, and creating a better future are the common aspirations of the people of Asia. Today, the world is full of complicated developments. Only by working together can the people of Asia better cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recession, climate change, and future crises and challenges. 

In this critical period of the new round of national reform and opening-up, President Xi Jinping personally planned, deployed, and promoted the national strategy of developing the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Data show that the economic volume of the Greater Bay Area grew to 13 trillion yuan at the end of last year. This is the result of far-sighted planning by President Xi Jinping and generations of people of the Greater Bay Area.

I think the new generation of youth should learn from this looking beyond the present when pursuing our cause. In particular, we should look through strategic and foresighted lenses to see how the focus of global economic development shifting to Asia is impacting the world, to see the trend of China’s peaceful rise, and to see the unique role of the Greater Bay Area in linking global exchanges and cooperation. If we can truly set our eye on the world while keeping our country in mind, there will then be a broader stage and development space for us.

Second, young people in the Greater Bay Area should nurture a broad mind. As the saying goes, "Mount Tai did not refuse soils, so it became great; rivers and seas did not reject streams, so they became deep.” The “one country, two systems” principle allows different social systems and ideologies to coexist in a country on a long term. This is in itself an act of great political tolerance. Hong Kong, Macao, and the mainland all belong to the motherland. They are a community with a shared future. 

We should continue to open up to Asia and the world with an open and inclusive attitude, attracting capital, talents, technologies, and cultures from all over the world. This is conducive to maintaining the role of Hong Kong and Macao as an important link between China and the world, and an important platform for China to go global and the world to enter China. Further development of the Greater Bay Area will inevitably be accompanied by deeper integration with other emerging economies in Asia and greater openness to the world.

Third, young people in the Greater Bay Area should nourish a self-improvement mentality. The 20th CPC National Congress has sounded the clarion call to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese modernization. This has created a broad stage and bright prospects for our young friends to make a name and pursue our dreams. 

Young people are both beneficiaries and important supporters of peace and development. Only through self-improvement can we ultimately march towards success. As a young person from Hong Kong, I have always been with you to promote the integrated development of the Greater Bay Area, and have been actively engaged in our Group’s development projects in Nansha. 

Nansha is a place of various national strategies. It carries the high expectations of the state, the province, and the municipality. We hope that by giving full play to the pioneering role of the Nansha Free Trade Zone, we will take the lead in liberalizing trade in services, attract more Hong Kong, Macao, and international capital, technologies, and talents into the mainland, and promote the development of Guangzhou Nansha into a future- and globally-oriented modern coastal new town. 

At the same time, we are studying the alignment of Nansha’s development with national strategies. We are designing international education that targets countries along the Belt and Road to promote people-to-people bonds and enlarge the reserve of young international professionals in the Greater Bay Area. We are also discussing with relevant Hong Kong institutions to carry out professional skills training for youth and mobilizing Nansha companies to serve as internship destinations for Hong Kong and Macao students, to supply more talents to the Greater Bay Area.

As the gateway for China’s opening-up, the Greater Bay Area is an excellent platform for young people across the world to make an innovation, start a business, find a job, and share development opportunities. Here, I sincerely invite you all to the Greater Bay Area to chase and realize your dreams.

Dear friends,

The times has always entrusted historic responsibilities to youth. We are living in a great new era in which China and the world is developing and progressing in sync. I would like to join our fellow youth in inheriting the endeavors and responsibilities of the previous generation and embarking with joy on this glory- and dreams-filled journey. Let us be the go-getters, trailblazers, and contributors on this new journey of the new era and commit our youthful efforts to building a united, developed, prosperous Asia. Thank you.