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Hong Kong – Business as usual despite political unrest
As head of the Port of Hamburg Marketing – HHM Representative Office in Hong Kong, Anne Thiesen covers the markets in Hong Kong, Southern China and South-East Asia. Traditionally, the accent of the Represent- ative Office’s activities is on Hong Kong
and Southern China with its Metropolitan regions of Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The countries of South-East Asia receive atten- tion on a project basis when need arises. In 2019, as previously, the focus was on the development of the ‘Greater Bay Area’ right around the Pearl River Delta. Shenzhen in particular established itself further as a hub for innovation, artificial intelligence and new
»technologies, such as electro-mobility.
Axel Mattern speaking at Port Evening in Hong Kong
A special highlight was the presentation of the AFLAS Awards in Hong Kong: The Port of Hamburg was nomin«ated as ‘Best Global Seaport 2019’
by ‘Asia Cargo News’.
For Hong Kong and its inhabitants, 2019 was hall- marked by political unrest that caused quite a stir worldwide. Despite the protests, the Hong Kong Representative Office was able to go ahead with its activities with a range of maritime events. Among others, it was pleasing to have our joint attendance
with Hamburg Port Authority – HPA at the World Port Conference in Guangzhou and our presence at the Chi- na Shenzhen International Logistics and Transportation Fair - CILF, with a Port of Hamburg exhibition stand.
The Representative Office was also able to welcome delegations lead by the Senator for Economics
Michael Westhagemann: initially in June on the topic of the fairway adjustment and again in November on current developments in the field of electro-mobility. A special highlight was the presentation of the AFLAS Awards in Hong Kong: The Port of Hamburg was rated ‚Best Global Seaport‘ by ‚Asia Cargo News‘.
In addition, the Port of Hamburg was once again partner for the Hong Kong Maritime Week. Under this framework, Hamburg Port Evening was officially on the programme and, despite the difficult backdrop, was very well received.
Representative Office for Hong Kong, Southern China, S.E. Asia
Head of the Representative Office
in Hong Kong Anne Thiesen
phone: +852 2522 5268 thiesen@hafen-hamburg.de
f.l.: Axel Mattern, Anne Thiesen and Mathias Schulz
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