CanChamHK's Response to the First Five Year Plan Consultation and Chief Executive’s Policy Address 2026
CanChamHK has submitted its response to the HKSAR Government's public consultation on the First Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) and the 2026 Policy Address.
Developed through close consultation across our 11 sector committees, Executive Committee and Platinum & Gold partners, our submission centres on a simple proposition: what international business needs most over the next five years is certainty, not subsidy.
The recommendations focus on two flagship priorities:
- Reinforcing Hong Kong's leadership as an international financial centre
- Advancing the Northern Metropolis and seizing the AI opportunity
Other Key Pillars include:
- GBA connectivity – deeper integration for people, capital, services and energy across the region
- Trade and logistics digitalisation – Smart Port programme, unified customs platform
- SME support – extend relief, convert into productivity, channel AI+ support to small firms
- Green transition – accelerate clean energy imports, strengthen climate resilience
- Talent and inclusion – make retention an explicit objective, accelerate women's board representation
- "One Country, Two Systems" – Hong Kong's common law system and international character as strategic assets
We sincerely thank the Policy & Government Relations Committee for their dedication, expertise, and hard work in bringing this document together.
The full submission is available below. We look forward to working with the Government and the broader business community to turn these priorities into measurable progress over 2026–2030.
