In September, Swire Pacific Chairman, John Slosar, and John Swire & Sons (China) Chairman, Ivan Chu, paid a courtesy call on Mr Xie Feng, the recently appointed Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong SAR. Mr Slosar and Mr Chu took the opportunity to discuss current economic trends – in particular, the opportunities offered to foreign enterprises by China's Belt and Road policy and the recently announced Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area initiative.



During September, Ivan Chu also visited Beijing, where he called on Mr Huang Liuquan, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. During the visit, Mr Chu and Mr Huang discussed a wide range of issues relating to Hong Kong's development.