On 5 November 2026, the Fourth Legal Forum on Interconnectivity and Development was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Yuan Gujie, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, Cui Jianchun, Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the HKSAR, Wang Chen, Counsellor of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paul Lam Ting-kwok, Secretary for Justice of the HKSAR Government, and Jeremy POON, Chief Judge of the High Court of the HKSAR, attended the Forum and delivered addresses. Yang Xiaoshan, Director of the Eighth Bureau of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Central People’s Government, was also present.

In his address titled “Fostering an Integrated Cycle: Rule of Law , Interconnectivity, and development”, Commissioner Cui shared observations in the context of the Global Governance Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the national 15th Five-Year Plan and the HKSAR’s first five-year plan. He stated that the rule of law underpins governance, builds bridges for interconnectivity, and safeguards development. He expressed the hope that Hong Kong will further leverage its strengths in opportunities, platforms and talent to support the country’s high-level opening up and the development of foreign-related rule of law.

Co-hosted by the OCMFA and the DoJ, and supported by the Legal Affairs Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, this year’s Forum featured two sessions: “All-Round International Dispute Resolution Hub -Hong Kong” and “Hong Kong New Generation Legal Roundtable: Contributing to National Development on Foreign-Related Rule of Law”. More than 500 participants from nearly 40 countries and regions as well as international organizations joined the Forum in person and online.