Published: 9:24pm, 27 Oct, 2017 Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping is to speak at the Boao Forum in Asia on 8 April where he is expected to announce plans to create free-trade ports along Hong Kong's's coast, as previously hinted in October. This move would allow greater market access. It could also undermine China position as a link between Hong Kong's and the rest of the world.