At eleven o'clock the next morning, Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing arrived at Kai Tak Airport. In half an hour, the Queen's special plane will arrive at Kai Tak Airport.
Today, in addition to Governor Youde of Hong Kong and senior government officials, celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong also came here to welcome the Queen.
This is the second time the Queen of England has visited Hong Kong, and her first visit since the British and mainland governments signed a contract to return Hong Kong to the mainland last year.
Governor Youde attached great importance to this. He not only sent invitations to celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong, but also paid special attention to security. The Hong Kong Police Department deployed a large number of police personnel at the airport and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel where the Queen stayed.
As time passed slowly, the Queen's special plane landed on the runway of Kai Tak Airport and slowly slid towards the designated apron.
Kai Tak Airport currently has only one runway. As one of the Asian aviation hubs, there are a lot of takeoffs and landings here every day. In many cases, a plane will take off and land every few minutes, so even the Queen's plane cannot stay on the runway for a long time.
, to avoid causing too much impact on flights at Xiangjiang Airport.
When the plane stopped, Youde took the top government officials and Li Guangyu, Stick Sutherland, George Lavin, Zheng Yutong, Lee Shau Kee, Wooden Shihuai Ya, Henry Keswick, Rowlands.
Kadoorie, Run Run Shaw, Xu Shixun and others came to the plane to wait for the Queen to disembark.
As the cabin door slowly opened, the sixty-five-year-old Queen and the Prince walked out hand in hand.
After coming down to say hello to everyone, the Queen delivered a passionate speech, focusing on maintaining the stability of Hong Kong and promoting the economic development of Hong Kong.
The queen's visit to the mainland lasted for nine days. She was accompanied by the British Foreign Secretary, palace service personnel, escorts, and heads of hundreds of companies. The scale was very large. Zhang Ziyu, president of the Bentley Group under the Li Group,
, Zhao Qihui, president of British Telecom Group, and Zhao Xiaoyan, president of Xingyuan Group, also attended the business cooperation discussions in mainland China.
This time the Queen came for the purpose of cooperation, so the communication between the two parties was very harmonious. The Queen and the British government also expressed their stance like the mainland government. Before the return of Hong Kong, the British government will maintain the political and economic stability of Hong Kong and ensure the healthy development of Hong Kong.
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In front of celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong media, the Queen appeared very calm.
She said: "I came here 11 years ago. This is my second time coming to Xiangjiang. Compared with the first time, this place is much more prosperous. Now Xiangjiang has completely become an international metropolis.
In some areas, it can be compared with London. I am really happy about the development of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong has returned to the embrace of its mother, but many of our British policies towards Hong Kong will not change because of this. Hong Kong can still enjoy some of the previous treatment in our UK and the entire Commonwealth.
I hope that economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and the UK and even the Commonwealth can become more frequent. As a window for exchanges between China and the West, I hope that Hong Kong can build a bridge for cooperation between the UK, the Commonwealth and the mainland, and promote mutual benefit and win-win cooperation between the two parties.
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At present, Xiangjiang is used by many forces as a bridgehead to connect with the mainland. Major multinational companies will give priority to entering the Xiangjiang market and then use Xiangjiang as a springboard to enter the mainland market.
The British government also hopes that Xiangjiang can become a bridge for cooperation between them and the mainland, so that British companies can enjoy the dividends brought by the mainland's reform and opening up.
After delivering her speech, the Queen began to shake hands with those who came to greet her, showing her people-friendly side.
After arriving at Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing's handshake, the Queen smiled and said: "Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, I am very happy to see you again, and thank you for your contribution to the economic development of Britain."
In this British government reform, the Ministry of Finance received a huge amount of funds, and Li Guangyu's contribution is indispensable. Moreover, the industries under the Li Group are developing very well in Britain, which not only provides a large number of jobs for Britain, but also provides
A lot of taxes were paid.
Now that the British economic reform is continuing, it will only take one or two years to get out of the weak economy. The British government hopes that the Lee Group can increase its investment in Britain and help the development of the British economy.
In order to show the importance she attaches to the Li Family Group, the Queen decided to confer a baronetship on Zhang Ziyu after consultation with the British government. As for Li Guangyu, forget it. Except for the Commonwealth region, no leader of the group has accepted her title, and
She also does not want the influence of mainland public opinion on Li Guangyu because she knighted him. She is also aware of the importance that the Li Group attaches to the mainland market.
After all, Xiangjiang has been confirmed to return to the mainland. If Li Guangyu is awarded a British title at this time, the public opinion is likely to destroy Li Guangyu's many years of business in the mainland.
If Li Guangyu did not accept the knighthood, she and England would also be in an embarrassing situation, so this time the Queen and the British government chose to grant the title of baron to Zhang Ziyu, the Western European head of the Li Group.
Li Guangyu said: "Your Majesty the Queen, we are also very happy to meet you again and welcome you and the prince to Xiangjiang."
"Mr. Li, Mrs. Li, at the end of this year, our royal family will be knighted again. You have made a huge contribution to the British economy and are fully qualified. At present, I need to understand your two ideas, so that I can avoid some inconveniences.
Necessary trouble, after all, you are in Xiangjiang, and we also have some considerations regarding public opinion. I wonder if you are willing to accept the title of our royal family?"
The Queen also wants to know the thoughts of Li Guangyu and Cao Weiqing today. On such an occasion, she can show to the celebrities in Hong Kong that their royal family attaches great importance to Li Guangyu. If Li Guangyu accepts the title, she will naturally be happy.
If Li Guangyu doesn't answer, she won't be unhappy about it. What she wants to express has been expressed. If Li Guangyu doesn't answer, it's Li Guangyu's own problem.
Moreover, she fully considered the issue of public opinion, highlighted that the royal family was thinking about Li Guangyu, and let the upper class in Hong Kong know that Britain was friendly to them.
Li Guangyu does not dare to accept this title now. His development focus is the Greater China region, and the mainland market is one of his cores. Once he accepts the title from the British royal family, I am afraid that in the future, trolls on the Internet will be able to troll him to death.
And this will greatly affect his image and development in the mainland. A British title obviously has no practical benefits.
Li Guangyu said: "I am very grateful to Her Majesty the Queen for her kindness to us, but we are really not qualified to receive such treatment. Please ask Her Majesty the Queen to grant this title to someone more qualified than us."
Li Guangyu's rejection was expected by the Queen and the British government. As long as Li Guangyu was not stupid, he would not accept this title.
Today's Xiangjiang is different. If there were no problems in the 1970s, and now it is clear that Xiangjiang will return to the mainland in 1997, it would be foolish for Li Guangyu to accept the ennoblement of titles at this time.
Her Majesty the Queen said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. We have also expected this. As compensation, we will entrust the Bentley Group President Miss Zhang Ziyu with the title of baronet to thank the Bentley Group for its contribution to the British economy over the years."
Li Guangyu has no objection to this. The Bentley Group is a British automobile group, and Zhang Ziyu, as the president of this group, has been knighted by the British royal family, so there is no problem.