Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is the point.
As Hong Kong approaches the 30th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule,
the SAR's chief executive, Zhang Likaxiu,
said in a recent interview that the city will explore drafting its first five-year plan to better align with national development strategies.
Mr.
Li said all 15 Hong Kong policy bureaus have set up task groups for the job and once details of the national plan are unveiled,
the SAR government will start to work on its own.
blueprint.
Now the plan will focus on boosting the economy,
improving livelihoods and strengthening competitiveness and will be subject to public consultation.
So why now?
How will it be done and will it work as on the mainland.
Welcome to this special edition of The Point with me, Li Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
This is an opinion show, of course.
And I'm pleased to be joined from Beijing, the Chinese capital,
by Priscilla Long Mei-Feng, deputy to the ongoing National People's Congress of the CPC.
She is also a basic law committee member of Hong Kong and member of the Hong Kong legislature.
Here in the studio, I'm also joined by Sean Calips,
my co- from CGTN headquarters in Washington DC who has visited China many times including covering the two sessions for the past four years so it's great to have both of you to the show and welcome to you both first of all let's take a really really brief look at the past mentions of Hong Kong in China's national five-year plans for instance for the 12th five-year plan that was from 2011 to 2015,