11月27日上午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，全国青联副主席、香港霍英东集团副总裁霍启刚发表了视频讲话。

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大家好，我是霍启刚。非常高兴今天有机会以视频方式参与2021亚洲青年领袖论坛，并以中国青年领袖这个身份在开幕式致辞。这次活动有不少大家熟悉的名字，他们都来自亚洲各国，是在不同范畴和领域有出色成就和影响力的杰出青年。众人将会在论坛中从科技创新、文化旅游、国际金融、健康医疗、大湾区合作等范畴分享他们自己的真知灼见，探索如何推动中国与亚洲各国青年的交流与合作，并促进“一带一路”沿线国家民心相通，这绝对是开展国际交流及打造亚洲青年领袖朋友圈的一个好机会。

合作共赢是历史给世人的启示。中国自1971年恢复联合国合法席位之后，逐步重返国际大舞台，成就了全球经济的快速发展。改革开放于1979年正式落地，自此便一直采取多边主义，坚持对外开放的基本政策，而且更是一直按实际需要完善。在2002年，中共十六大报告中提出，坚持“引进来”与“走出去”结合的方针，全面提高对外开放的水平。特别是在全球经历了2008年金融危机之后，针对全球金融缓慢复苏的这种新形态，中国积极开展自由贸易区建设与谈判，推动全球双边与多边贸易投资的发展，更提出“一带一路”倡议，吸引了全球100多个国家和国际组织积极支持和参与，为国与国之间紧密合作提供了坚实的基础。

根据官方数据，1978年，中国进出口贸易额为355亿元。到2020年，中国外贸进出口总价值已经达到了32.16万亿元，增长的幅度近905倍。其中，进口额由187.4亿元上升至14.23万亿元，出口额由167.6亿元上升至17.93万亿元。由实际的数据我们可以看到，中国所创造的经济奇迹带动了经济全球化，为提高全球人民生活水平发挥了积极的作用。

中国已经在“十三五”收官之年历史性解决了绝对贫穷问题，“东升西降”的情况越来越明显，可谓全球的发展机遇在中国，而粤港澳大湾区更是国家主席习近平亲自谋划、亲自部署、亲自推动的重大国家策略。

九个内地城市以及香港、澳门两个特区有着错位分工以及对接海内外的桥梁优势，并定位为国际科技创新中心。在过去十年，电子产品及互联网逐步的普及，科技与其他的产业联动成为了全球的新常态。大湾区将会是不同国家与中国合作的重要平台。

在众多的产业中，我相信文化及体育产业将最具发展空间。事实上文化体育是一个非常大的产业。比如，2008年举世瞩目的北京奥运会就吸引了很多的游客到访及消费，令旅游、广告、酒店、餐饮等行业直接受惠。《全民健身计划（2021-2025年）》这个文件更预计中国体育产业规模将会达到5万亿元。新冠疫情改变了我们所有人的生活以及消费习惯，文化和体育这些精神食粮受到了更大的重视，人民更有消费意愿。

此外，疫情也迫使文化体育产业与科技做更广泛的联动，创造了新的业态，比如电竞产业、体育装备、线上艺术展览等。“文体+”将成为国家经济增长点。在“十四五”规划纲要里，香港被赋予八个中心的定位，其中包括中外文化艺术交流中心。我相信，香港将会发挥积极作用，在文化体育产业加强配套，成为不同国家的聚焦点，举办更多有关的国际活动以及交易，促进国与国之间人民的交流。

在新时代，各国人民积极响应发挥自己的作用，特别是影响未来的青年人，以促进国与国之间的合作，共同应对地区争端、恐怖主义、气候变化、网络安全、生物安全等全球性的问题和挑战。最后我盼望今次的活动取得成功，为将来的合作埋下种子，携手推动人类命运共同体的构建和理念。

谢谢大家！


On 27 November, Kenneth Fok, Vice Chairman of the All-China Youth Federation and Vice President of the Fok Ying Tung Group, delivered his keynote speech at the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021.

Read his full speech below.

Hello everyone,

I'm Kenneth Fok. I'm very glad to attend the Asia Youth Leaders Forum through this video and address the opening ceremony as a Chinese youth leader. We see many familiar names at the forum. They are all outstanding and influential young people from Asian countries who have made remarkable achievements in their respective fields. At the forum, they will share their own views and ideas in the fields of technological innovation, culture and tourism, international finance, healthcare, the Greater Bay Area cooperation, etc. They will explore how to promote exchange and cooperation between the young people from China and other Asian countries and promote closer people-to-people ties among the Belt-and-Road countries. The forum is definitely a great opportunity to develop international communication and build connections among young Asian leaders.

History has told us that we should seek win-win cooperation. After China resumed its lawful seat at the United Nations in 1971, it embarked on a journey to reintegrate into the international system and contributed to the rapid development of the global economy. China began implementing the policy of reform and opening-up in 1979. Since then, the country has been practicing multilateralism, sticking to the fundamental policy of opening up to the outside world, and improving it with the change of time. The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2002 proposed heightening the degrees of opening up by "bringing in" and "going out". In particular, after the global financial crisis of 2008, in response to the new situation of slow recovery of global finance, China began the construction and talks for free trade zones vigorously and promoted bilateral and multilateral trade and investment around the world. More importantly, it put forward the Belt and Road Initiative, which attracted the active support and participation of more than 100 countries and international organizations in the world.

According to official statistics, China's value of imports and exports was 35.5 billion yuan in 1978, but in 2020, the total value of China's imports and exports reached 32.16 trillion yuan, increasing by nearly 905 times. Specifically, the value of imports rose from 18.74 billion yuan to 14.23 trillion yuan, and that of the exports rose from 16.76 billion yuan to 17.93 trillion yuan. From the actual statistics, we can see that China’s economic miracle has promoted economic globalization and played an active role in improving the living standards of people around the world.

By the end of its 13th Five-Year Plan, China made historic achievements in eradicating absolute poverty. The "economic power shift from the West to the East" is getting more evident every day. We can say that China is where development opportunities can be found in the world. In particular, the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a major national strategy of China planned, decided, and promoted by President Xi Jinping personally.

The nine mainland cities and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao have different roles to play and serve as bridges connecting China and the rest of the world. And the goal of developing an international scientific and technological innovation center has been set. In the past ten years, the gradual popularization of electronic products and the internet and the interaction between technologies and other industries have become a global new normal. The Greater Bay Area will be an important platform for the cooperation between China and other countries.

I believe that among all the industries, the culture and sports industry has the greatest potential. In fact, culture and sports is a huge industry. For example, the 2008 Olympics in Beijing attracted worldwide attention, drawing numerous visitors and boosting consumption. It brought direct benefits to the industries of tourism, advertising, hotels, and catering. The Fitness-for-All Program (2021-2025) even predicts that the GDP of China's sports industry will reach 5 trillion yuan. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everyone's living and consumption habits. The spiritual food of culture and sports has received greater attention. And people are more willing to spend on them. Besides, the pandemic will certainly lead to more extensive interaction between the culture and sports industry and technologies. New business forms have been created, such as the e-sports industry, sports equipment, and online art exhibitions. "Culture and sports plus" will be an economic growth point in China.

In the outline of China's 14th Five-Year Plan, Hong Kong is designated to become a center in eight aspects, including Sino-foreign cultural and art communication. I believe Hong Kong will play an active role, increase the support facilities and measures for the culture and sports industry, become a focus of many countries, hold more relevant international events and fairs, and promote the communication between people from different countries.

In the new era, people of many countries are giving active responses and playing their own roles. We particularly hope to influence the young people so as to promote future cooperation between countries, in addressing such global issues and challenges as regional disputes, terrorism, climate change, cyber security, and biosecurity. In the end, I hope the event will be a great success and plant seeds for the future cooperation in the joint construction of a community of shared future for mankind. Thank you.