Li Keqiang, the man almost certain to succeed Wen Jiabao as China’s premier, came to Hong Kong last week bearing gifts. Some of these were rhetorical. Hong Kong, he said continues to “play its irreplaceable role in the mainland’s reform, opening-up and modernisation drive.” But there were also more tangible goodies. Beijing picked the same day to place a Rmb20bn ($3.1bn) bond in Hong Kong, the biggest offshore renminbi offering thus far. Equally important, it announced measures intended to increase flows of money between Hong Kong and China, such as allowing mainland investors to buy exchange traded funds linked to Hong Kong shares. There are also plans for a joint venture between the stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Shenzen to capture these new opportunities.
几乎肯定将接替温家宝出任manbetx3.0 总理的李克强，上周带着“礼物”访问了香港。其中一些“礼物”是口头上的。他表示，香港将继续在manbetx3.0 内地改革开放和现代化建设中发挥“不可替代的重要作用”。但还有一些“礼物”则更加实际。北京方面选择同一天在香港发行200亿元人民币（合31亿美元）债券，这是迄今规模最大的一次离岸人民币债券发行。同样重要的是，北京方面宣布了旨在增加香港与内地之间资金流动的相关举措，比如允许内地投资者购买与香港股票挂钩的交易所交易基金(ETF)。此外，香港、上海和深圳的证交所也计划成立合资企业，以便利用这些新的机遇。