Published: 17:16, January 13, 2025 | Updated: 11:50, January 14, 2025
Exploring global opportunities
By Wang Zhan
Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People's Bank of China, delivers a speech during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)
The 18th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) opened in Hong Kong on Monday to explore global investment trends, challenges, and opportunities.
Themed “Powering the Next Growth Engine”, the region's first major international business gathering of 2025 will focus on fostering growth momentum and exploring new opportunities for global finance in a period of change. Top economists and leading AI experts took the stage for panel discussions.
China Daily's Andy Chong and Adam Lam took the photos today.
Paul Chan Mo-po, fiinancial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, delivers his welcome remarks during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025.(ADAM LAM/ CHINA DAILY)(From left) Eddie Yue Wai-man, chief executive of Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Philip Lane, chief economist and member of the executive board of European Central Bank; Olli Rehn, governor of Bank of Finland; Rogelio V. Quevedo, commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Philippines; and Bayardavaa Bayarsaikhan, director general of the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank of Mongolia, join the panel discussion on “Accelerating Growth through Innovation” at the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)Liu Zhenmin, special envoy for climate change of the People's Republic of China, delivers a speech during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on January 13, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)Zhou Ji, executive vice-director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, delivers a speech during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025.(ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)Peter K N Lam, chairman of Hong Kong Trade Development Council, delivers his welcome remarks during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)Participants take photos at the 18th Asian Financial Forum, in Hong Kong, on Jan 13, 2025. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)Y.C. Richard Wong (left), provost and deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, and Justin Yifu Lin, former chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank, speak at a keynote luncheon during the 18th Asian Financial Forum at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on Jan 13, 2025. (ADAM LAM / CHINA DAILY)Participants visit the booth of China Daily at the 18th Asian Financial Forum, in Hong Kong, on Jan 13, 2025. (ANDY CHONG/ CHINA DAILY)
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