Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub officially launched a Bay Area hotline on Friday to further facilitate young Hong Kong people who are working, living or setting up businesses in the special economic zone in Shenzhen.
The hotline provides answers to inquiries ranging from policy interpretation and the business registration process, to housing options and social services for young people from Hong Kong who are attempting to settle and develop in Qianhai.
The move is the latest among a series of measures introduced in Qianhai to help young Hong Kong people better integrate into the mainland.
Hong Kong entrepreneur Tang Kiu-chor, general manager of Airtutor — a startup based in Qianhai which specializes in educational technology — said the hotline provides some useful information to young Hong Kong people.
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“Young people from Hong Kong are normally familiar with such social media platforms as Instagram and Facebook, which are quite different from those on the mainland. They may face difficulties when they go across the boundary,” he said.
“The hotline offers a direct and quick way for them to address these problems.”
The event on Friday also marked the first anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Qianhai Hong Kong Youth Development Center.
The center serves as a platform for young Hong Kong people to learn about the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and plays an active role in supporting their work, lifestyle preferences, employment and entrepreneurship in the region.
It has served more than 4,200 people and organized over 20 events over the past year.
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“The reason why the Qianhai center can achieve rapid development is that we have a solid foundation in social services in Hong Kong. Moreover, the support of the government and other parties has enabled us to extend our services and guide our youths to venture into Qianhai and the wider Greater Bay Area,” Hsu Siu-man, executive director of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, said.
