Hong Kong is urged to leverage its strengths in technology, innovation, and talent to bolster China's scientific and technological self-reliance, following recommendations from the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's fourth plenary session.

• The 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) emphasizes scientific and technological self-reliance as a core principle.
• Lau Siu-kai, consultant and former vice-president of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong and Macao Studies, called for Hong Kong's government to adopt a more proactive role in industrial transformation.
• The plan supports Hong Kong reinforcing its status as a financial, shipping, and trade center, and a hub for high-caliber international talent.
• Recommendations also highlight that Hong Kong and Macao should be "administered by patriots" and "more effectively governed in accordance with the law".
• Angus Ng Hok-ming, chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Youth Association, encouraged young people to upgrade capabilities for emerging fields like green finance and digital trade.