Second from the left to right (front row): Liu Guangyuan, commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China; HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor; HKSAR Chief Executive-designate John Lee Ka-chiu; and Mao Chaofeng, chairman at Bauhinia Culture Group Co., Ltd. attend the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

HKSAR Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

HKSAR Chief Executive-designate John Lee Ka-chiu attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Mao Chaofeng, chairman of Bauhinia Culture Group, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Liu Guangyuan, commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Maria Tam Wai-chu, a member of the Committee for the Basic Law of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Zhang Xiang, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Hong Kong, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, CEO and executive vice-chairman of the Hong Kong-listed New World Development, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Grenville Cross, vice-chairman (Senate) of the International Association of Prosecutors, speaks at the Bauhinia Culture International Forum on the future achievements of "one country, two systems" at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Allan Zeman, chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group,  attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)

Albert Chen Hung-yee, immediate past dean of the Faculty of Law of The University of Hong Kong, where he currently serves as the chair professor in constitutional law, attends the Bauhinia Culture International Forum at Grant Hyatt Hong Kong in Wan Chai on June 16, 2022. (CALVIN NG / CHINA DAILY)