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| Chamber in Review 活 動 重 溫 |China Committee 中 國 委 員 會China’s 12th Five-Year-Plan was the focus of our work in2011, as the Central Government dedicated an entirechapter to Hong Kong and Macau – a significant showof support for the two SARs. Moreover, 90% of the Chamber’ssuggestions to the Central and Hong Kong governments, onhow Hong Kong should position itself as an offshore RMB andwealth management centre, were adopted.A key aspect of the plan is the Central Government’s goalto speed up the country’s transition by stimulating domesticconsumption. It is also encouraging the services and emergingindustries to play a bigger role in China’s economic development.Urbanization, innovation and advances in technologyare being encouraged as part of its “go global” strategy. All ofthese initiatives will bring tremendous opportunities for HongKong businesses.Meanwhile, CEPA, an initiative originally proposed by theChamber, has remained an important instrument for variousbusiness sectors from Hong Kong operating in the Mainland.In addition to our regular missions, our 40-member, highlevelbusiness delegation to Beijing in November was very useful.We meet with State Councillor Liu Yangdong, as well asother senior officials, who provided us with very frank and usefulbriefings.In the 2011-12 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announcedthat the Government would set up a dedicated fund of one billiondollars to assist Hong Kong companies grow their brandsand marketing plans in the Mainland. Businesses that qualify canalso use the fund to restructure and upgrade their operations inChina. There were some concerns that the implementation of theproposed fund would make it impractical and deter companiesfrom applying. Therefore, the China Committee, together withthe SME, and Industry & Technology committees, submitted ourviews to the Government on how the application process couldbe improved to make the scheme more effective.In December, Guangdong’s Vice Governor Zhao Yufang leda delegation comprising of officials from 20 different depart-國家 「 十 二 五 」 規 劃 是 2011 年 的 工 作 重 點 , 因 為 中 央 政 府 以 獨 立篇 幅 詳 述 了 港 澳 的 未 來 發 展 大 計 , 盡 顯 對 這 兩 個 特 區 的 支 持 。此 外 , 總 商 會 曾 就 香 港 作 為 離 岸 人 民 幣 及 財 富 管 理 中 心 應 如 何定 位 , 向 中 央 和 香 港 政 府 提 出 眾 多 建 議 , 結 果 當 中 有 九 成 獲 當 局 採 納 。「 十 二 五 」 的 重 點 內 容 是 中 央 政 府 計 劃 刺 激 本 地 消 費 , 加 快 國 家 轉型 , 並 鼓 勵 服 務 業 和 新 興 行 業 在 中 國 經 濟 發 展 中 擔 當 更 重 要 角 色 。 推 動城 市 化 、 創 新 和 科 技 發 展 , 都 是 「 走 出 去 」 的 部 分 策 略 。 這 一 連 串 措 施都 會 為 香 港 企 業 帶 來 龐 大 商 機 。與 此 同 時 , 由 總 商 會 率 先 倡 議 的 CEPA, 仍 然 是 香 港 各 界 在 內 地 營 商的 重 要 措 施 。除 了 定 期 的 考 察 團 外 , 本 委 員 會 在 11 月 舉 辦 的 40 人 高 層 訪 京 團 亦 非 常 實用 。 我 們 與 國 務 委 員 劉 延 東 及 其 他 高 官 會 面 , 細 聽 他 們 坦 率 實 用 的 簡 報 。在 2011 至 2012 年 度 施 政 報 告 中 , 行 政 長 官 公 布 政 府 將 設 立 10 億 元 專項 基 金 , 協 助 港 企 在 內 地 發 展 品 牌 , 實 踐 市 場 推 廣 計 劃 。 合 資 格 企 業 還可 動 用 基 金 , 為 內 地 業 務 升 級 轉 型 。 本 會 關 注 到 建 議 基 金 的 推 行 方 式 不Legal CommitteeThe past year has been a busy one for the LegalCommittee. This was due mostly to a number of complexlegislative proposals that the present administration wastrying to push through before the close of the currentLegislative Council session. These included:• the modernization of the Companies Bill;• a proposal to legislate against unscrupulous retailpractices; and• the incipient Competition Law.Given the broad and potentially disruptive implications ofthese legislative developments, the Chamber has been payingclose attention to the lawmaking process often with theCommittee leading or supporting campaigns to engage withGovernment and legislators to highlight issues of concern tothe 74 June private 2012 sector.The Bulletin 工 商 月 刊The Legal Committee also regularly was called upon torepresent the Chamber at Legislative Council meetings topresent the business perspective on the various draft Billsthat were undergoing scrutiny. This channel ofcommunication provides the Chamber with the furtheropportunity of ensuring that the opinions of business areactually heard and to augment the views that we have putforward in written submissions. It also allows us to respondquickly to emerging developments in Government and theLegislative Council. We have found this approach to beuseful for major legislative proposals such those related tothe Competition Bill and the Companies Bill. In particular,in respect of the Companies Bill, we have specificallyaddressed the issue of the headcount test.Other than spending a lot of time on the CompetitionBill and the Companies Bill over the last year, theCommittee also put in submissions on other topics. Theseincluded: