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The Hong Kong
                                           section of the
                                           Guangzhou-
                                           Shenzhen-Hong
                                           Kong high speed rail
                                           opened, connecting
                                           the city to the vast
                                           national high speed
                                           rail network.


















         The 55 km-long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened,
         becoming the world’s longest bridge-tunnel sea crossing.


   New listing rules took effect,
   allowing pre-revenue biotech
   companies and new economy
   companies with non-standard
   share structures to raise capital
   on the local bourse for the
   first time, adding vibrancy and
   diversity to the markets and
   leading Hong Kong to quickly
   become the world’s second-
   largest biotech fundraising hub.




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