My Interfaces with the Belt and Road Initiative
Integrated Abilities Competition and Overseas Visits
"My Interfaces with the Belt and Road Initiative" is the name of Integrated Abilities Competition for Hong Kong students, and is also the flagship event of the Belt and Road Pioneer. Since the beginning of 2017, the first event has been held. The winners of the competition will have chances to visit the ASEAN countries.
The main objective of the events is to help young people grasp the opportunities of the changes of the world, such as the Belt and Road Initiative as well as the development of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Greater Bay Area.
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1. Expert Speakers
The Belt and Road knowledge will be shared by Pioneer Experts, including:
- Prof. Simon HO, President of The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. (2025)
- Prof. Raymond CHAN, Vice-President (Academics) cum Provost of Lingnan University. (2025)
- Dr. Jun MA, Chairman and President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association. (2025, 2024)
- Prof. Terence CHONG, Executive Director, Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance and Associate Professor of Economics, CUHK. (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2018, 2017 )
- Prof. Thomas CHAN, Director of The Ng Teng Fong· Sino Group Belt and Road Research Institute of the Hong Kong Chu Hai College (2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 )
- Prof. Johnny HO, Associate Vice-President (Enterprise), CityU (2024)
- Ir Dr Cary CHAN, Executive Director of Hong Kong Green Building Council. (2023)
- Ir Prof Alfred SIT, Senior Advisor to the President and Vice-Chancellor, HKBU; Honorary Prof of Faculty of Social Sciences. (2023)
- Dr. James SUNG, HK Progress and Perfection Research Institute. (2023)
- Mr. Edmond LAI, Chief Digital Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council (2022)
- Dr. David CHUNG, Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology of the HKSAR. (2021)
- Mr. K.C. CHAN, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Hong Kong Association of Cultural Industries. (2019, 2017)
- Stephen WONG, part-time Lecturer, Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy, CUHK. (2019)
- Professor Francis LUI, Economics Professor and Director of the Center for Economic Development, HKUST. (2019)
- Dr. Witman HUNG, Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority. (2019)
- Nicholas KWAN, Director, Director of Research, Hong Kong Trade Development Council. (2019, 2018)
- Prof. YAN Houmin, Director, Research Centre on One-Belt-One-Road, HK CityU (2018)
- Dr. Justina YUNG, Senior Officer of Chinese Mainland Affairs Office, HK PolyU. (2018)
- Esmond LEE, Senior Advisor, Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (2017)
2. Preliminary round
Multiple choice contest.
According to the study in the morning lectures, the top five winners will be selected to enter the second round competition, and the others will win the second and third prizes.
3. Finals
The top five winners will demonstrate their understanding of the Belt and Road Initiative (and / or the Greater Bay Area).
4. Overseas visits
The best teams visited the Belt and Road countries together with celebrities. The first year winners went to Malaysia and the second year winners went to Thailand to communicate with local political and economic celebrities and scholars respectively.