On 29 June, an international conference China-Hong Kong-Poland on the New Silk Road initiative was held at Olivia Business Centre. The conference was organized by the District Chamber of Legal Advisors in Gdańsk in cooperation with: the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Berlin, the Consultative Office of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council in Warsaw, HSBC Bank Polska S.A., the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk, Olivia Business Centre in Gdańsk and Pomeranian Employers.

The aim of the conference was to strengthen the contact between the business community and the legal advisors in the context of future cooperation in providing business and legal services for Chinese investments in Poland.

Therefore, entrepreneurs interested in economic cooperation with China and Hong Kong were invited to participate in the conference. We were able to listen to, among others: the representative of the Hong Kong government Ms. Betty Ho, the Vice President of the Shenzhen Bar Ms. Heather Jun Han, the Vice President of the Hong Kong Bar Association Mr. Amirali Nasir and many others.

China is the largest market in the world, the second importer after the USA, the first exporter and one of the fastest growing economic partners of Polish. For entrepreneurs, China is an opportunity to ensure profits for a long time. It is a potential market of one and a half billion consumers, whose aspirations and needs will ensure demand for goods and services from partner countries for many years to come. At the same time, it is a country of fast-growing economy. For entrepreneurs, China is an opportunity to ensure profits for a long time. With this in mind, the two countries aim to strengthen mutual contacts and strategic cooperation.

During the conference, there was also a solemn ceremony of signing two Cooperation Agreements: between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Bar Association in Shenzhen and between the District Chamber of Legal Advisers in Gdańsk and the Association of Lawyers in Hong Kong.