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“It’s a long way to go before we can say there is such a thing as petro-renminbi,” said Chen Zhiwu, chair professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong.

近年青年失業及薪酬偏低的問題備受關住，政府以「知識型、高增值經濟」描畫香港未來願景，大力提攜本地創新科技與文化創意產業。有意見認為問題源於產業結構及其衍生的薪酬分配不公。青年是否上流無望？政府如何在青年政策上幫助新一代發展新興產業？令本地青年人才保持競爭力。

能源和電價顯著上漲，除了影響民生之外，還會產生什麼其他重要的影響？

Zhiwu Chen, a finance professor at the University of Hong Kong, said he felt authorities hoped the infections would usher in sufficient immunity within three or four months, allowing small and medium -sized businesses to rebound.

去年9月，美、英兩國為了抑制中國在印太地區的影響力，表示會幫助澳洲發展8艘核動力潛艇，澳洲遂取消了原本向法國購買660億美元潛艇的訂單，美、法兩國因此鬧得不愉快。俄烏戰爭後，北約制裁俄羅斯的能源出口，歐洲須向美國購入天然氣，但價格卻是美國境內的4倍，法國總理馬克龍曾因此猛烈抨擊美國從盟友身上發戰爭財。

港府近年積極推動「再工業化」，港大經管學院馮國經馮國綸基金經濟學教授鄧希煒認為再工業化是香港經濟轉型的最佳選擇，除了生物及生命科技產業，亦可將重點放於高增值產品的研發、創新及裝嵌上，亦要與大灣區內其他城市積極合作。

香港金融市場表現出色，截至2021年底，在港管理的資產總值4.5萬億美元；私募基金資產達1800億美元，在亞洲區內規模僅次於內地。然而在金融市場產品方面，香港仍側重股票，缺乏多元化發展，為加強產品及服務的深度和廣度，以鞏固其國際金融中心地位，不妨從新興領域入手。

The rules of international business have changed. To navigate this new paradigm, companies need to understand four important trends: 1) Interdependence between countries has grown and has created new risks, 2) geopolitical competition between the West and China is growing, 3) this geopolitical competition is playing out in advanced technologies, such as AI and semiconductors, and 4) the private sector can’t escape this tension. To mitigate risk, companies need to 1) increase their geopolitical expertise, 2) ask the right questions, 3) accept that politics are inescapable, and 4) consider reputational risk holistically.

Local-level governments’ implementation of the 20 new easing measures announced by the State Council has been disappointing, casting further doubt on a real reopening any time soon, according to Chen Zhiwu, a chair professor of finance at the University of Hong Kong.