Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Legal Forum 2023: Building a Rule of Law-based Bay Area and Creating New Prospects for Development
On July 28, 2023, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Legal Forum 2023 was held with great fanfare at City University of Hong Kong, attracting numerous legal experts, scholars, and decision-makers from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The conference theme was "Building a Rule of Law-based Bay Area and Creating New Prospects for Development," aiming to explore ways to strengthen the rule of law in the Greater Bay Area's development, promote regional growth, and build a brighter future.
The opening ceremony commenced at 9 a.m., where Professor Lee Chun Sing, the Provost and Deputy President of City University of Hong Kong, and Professor LIN Feng, the Dean of the School of Law participating online, delivered the welcoming speeches.
After the opening ceremony, the Decision-Makers Forum commenced at 9:20 a.m. Professor ZHU Guobin (professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong, Director of the Public Law and Human Rights Forum). The Forum first invited important guests, including Mr. Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan (Deputy Director of the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and Chairman of the Special Task Force for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area), MS. Leung Wing Yin (Director of the Legal Affairs Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government), Ms. Eunice Yung Hoi-yan（the Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Promoting the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.）Mr. Victor Dawes SC (Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association), Mr. CHAN CHAK MING (President of the Hong Kong Bar Association), Professor MO Jihong (Director of the Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Dean of the School of Law at the University), as well as Dr. Bian Fei (President of the People's Court of the Qianhai Cooperation Zone in Shenzhen). These distinguished guests delivered fascinating speeches on important topics such as the rule of law construction and cooperative development in the Greater Bay Area.