Hong Kong holds forum to mark 100th anniversary of founding of CPC
1 2021-06-17 08:14:20Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
ECNS App Download This photo taken on June 16, 2021, shows an international symposium held in Hong Kong to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. (Wang Shen/Xinhua)
An international symposium was held Wednesday in Hong Kong to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), with the attendance of scholars, political figures and business elites from home and abroad.
When addressing the forum, Carrie Lam, chief executive of China s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said the country and the CPC as its ruling party always put its people first, citing that unparalleled economic progress have been achieved and 850 million people have been lifted out of poverty over the past decades.