{"slug": "beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern", "title": "Beijing’s point man for Hong Kong to visit city on Tuesday, check on Northern Metropolis", "summary": "Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, will visit Hong Kong on Tuesday to inspect the city's alignment with the national 15th five-year plan and the development of the Northern Metropolis. The visit includes a stop at the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, accompanied by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu.", "body_md": "# Beijing’s point man for Hong Kong to visit city on Tuesday, check on Northern Metropolis\n\nHong Kong government says Xia Baolong to gauge city’s alignment with 15th national five-year plan and development of Northern Metropolis\n\n[Northern Metropolis](https://www.scmp.com/topics/northern-metropolis?module=inline&pgtype=article)part of the itinerary, while sources say the chief executive will join him as he looks into a cross-border technology cooperation platform.\n\nThe Hong Kong government announced on Monday morning that Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, would be visiting the city for two days.\n\n“[Xia will] inspect Hong Kong’s alignment with the national 15th five-year plan and the advancement of the Northern Metropolis,” it said, referring to the megaproject to turn 30,000 hectares (74,131 acres) of land into an economic growth engine and housing hub.\n\nThe top official’s visit will take place just a day after the beginning of the two-month public consultation for the Hong Kong government’s first five-year plan, which aims to integrate the city into national development.\n\n[Greater Bay Area](https://www.scmp.com/topics/greater-bay-area?module=inline&pgtype=article)cities.\n\n“The Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone in Lok Ma Chau will be one of his stops,” an insider said, adding that Xia would be accompanied by Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3357097/beijings-point-man-hong-kong-visit-city-tuesday-check-northern-metropolis?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-06-15 02:58:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 03:17:00.824503+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Xia Baolong", "Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office", "Northern Metropolis", "John Lee Ka-chiu", "Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone", "Lok Ma Chau", "Greater Bay Area"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/beijings-point-man-for-hong-kong-to-visit-city-on-tuesday-check-on-northern.jsonld"}}