11月27日上午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛开幕式上，全国人大代表、澳门青创国际集团董事长、澳门KNJ投资有限公司董事长何敬麟发表了题为《进一步加强交流合作，共担时代责任，共促全球发展》的主旨演讲。

原文如下：

尊敬的各位领导、各位青年朋友：

大家好！

非常高兴能够参与这次论坛，与来自各国及亚洲各地的优秀青年一起座谈交流。借此机会，我对远道而来的各国朋友、相关组织的机构代表、各位青年企业家表示热烈的欢迎！

当今世界正处于百年未有之大变局，全球的疫情起伏不定，为亚洲及世界发展带来更多的不确定性。在这个重要的时刻，青年作为社会上最积极、最有生气的力量，如何进一步加强彼此的交流合作，共担时代责任，共促全球发展，是我们当今世界的一个重要课题。

刚刚顺利闭幕的十九届六中全会明确指出，以“咬定青山不放松”的执着奋力实现既定目标，以“行百里者半九十”的清醒不懈推进我们中华民族伟大复兴。我认为，不管是既定目标的实现，还是中华民族伟大复兴的推进，我国青年在新时代下必须有强烈的担当精神，把自身的发展与国家的发展紧密联系起来，只有通过进一步融入国家的发展大局，才能实现自身更好的发展。

回到澳门，众所周知，自澳门回归祖国二十多年来，在中央政府的高度关心﹑特区政府的积极作为以及社会各界的共同努力下，澳门取得了举世瞩目的发展，并向世界展示了澳门特色的“一国两制”成功实践。良好的发展环境和条件为广大居民，尤其是青年一代提供了前所未有的发展机遇，更加坚定了对“一国两制”的道路自信、理论自信、制度自信、文化自信，也有助加快促进祖国和平统一。

《粤港澳大湾区发展规划纲要》为我们国家及澳门的长远发展注入了新的发展动力。《纲要》明确指出，建设粤港澳大湾区是新时代推动形成全面开放新格局的新尝试，也是推动“一国两制”的事业发展的新实践。我国正加快构建以国内大循环为主体、国内国际双循环相互促进的新发展格局，在这个过程里面，粤港澳大湾区作为我国开放程度最高、经济活力最强的区域之一，其重要性是不言而喻的。

澳门作为大湾区其中一个中心城市，无论是为湾区的发展，还是“一国两制”的推进，都肩负着重要的使命任务。我作为澳门青年的一员，将会在国家的发展事业里面贡献一份力量，期望透过这次的论坛与亚洲各地的青年朋友展开交流合作，虚心学习，建立有效的人脉关系网络，团结青年力量。

作为澳门青年的其中一员，多年来我们也在不断地思考如何为澳门﹑为国家的发展作出更大的贡献。在2017年，我联合澳门工商联会、澳门青年企业家协会、澳门番禺同乡会等34位澳门的青年企业家共同发起“澳门青年创新创业计划”。在2018年，我们广东的首一个落地的项目——粤澳青创国际产业加速器，在广州大学城营运。也希望能进一步加强大湾区青年企业家资源互联互通及合作交流，并依托澳门工商界、澳门特区政府以及清华珠三角研究院连同广州大学城各高校、孵化器和众创空间，沿着孵化、加速、产业落地一体化的路径，聚焦于互联网技术、产业大数据、生物医药、人工智慧以及新能源新材料行业，重点打造出一批科技型龙头企业，以衔接国家和澳门的未来发展规划。

为助力澳门建设中国与葡语系国家的合作服务平台，我们公司也将投资扩大到葡语国家，包括葡萄牙的媒体企业“环球媒体集团”。这是因为我们通过调研发现，部分澳门的投资者在葡萄牙的投资，一般为制造业和房地产项目，并不能起到广泛宣传澳门的平台作用。而众所周知，媒体是我们可以利用的优秀管道之一，因此期望通过进驻这个平台，发挥人文交流的作用，深化澳门与葡语国家区域经济合作。

以上仅为本人这些年来的一些实践和思考。我也知道随着我国综合国力和国际地位的不断提升，中国前所未有地走近世界舞台中央，在国际上的影响力越来越大。而在这个过程里面，澳门作为国家的一份子，怎样为我们国家的发展作出更大的贡献，也是我们广大青年必须做好的一道必答题。

《“十四五”规划和2035年远景目标纲要》已明确指出，要便利港澳青年到大湾区内地城市就学、就业、创业，打造粤港澳青少年交流的精品品牌。可以预料，澳门青年在大湾区这个舞台上将会获得越来越大的发展空间。在参与湾区的建设﹑融入国家发展大局的过程里面，青年人应多思考如何用好、用足国家赋予澳门的功能以及一系列的优惠政策，助力澳门充分发挥澳门国际桥梁的作用，向世界展示“一国两制”成功实践的澳门成就，讲好我们中国的故事！

最后，预祝大会取得圆满成功！各位身体健康、家庭幸福，谢谢！


On 27 November, Kevin Ho, deputy to the National People’s Congress of China and chairman of Macao Youth Entrepreneurship International Group, delivered a keynote speech titled “Enhance Exchange and Cooperation and Shoulder Responsibilities for Global Prosperity” at the Opening Ceremony of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021.

The full speech is as below.

Distinguished leaders and young friends,

Hello! I'm glad to attend this forum and have discussions with outstanding youth from across Asia. Taking this opportunity, I would like to express a warm welcome to friends from afar, representatives from related organizations, and young entrepreneurs! We are witnessing major changes unfolding in our world, something unseen in a century. Fluctuations of the global COVID-19 pandemic have brought more instability and uncertainties to the development of Asia and the globe. At this important moment, how youth, as the most active and vigorous force in society, can further enhance communication and cooperation, share the responsibilities of the times, and promote global development is a key issue in the world.

At the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which adjourned not long ago, it was explicitly stated that with the determination to never let up until we reach our goals and the attitude that the last leg of the journey is no different from the halfway point, we must make unremitting efforts to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. I think whether it is the realization of our goals or advancement of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, Chinese youth must have a strong sense of responsibility in the new era, and align our own development closely with the country's development. Only through contributing to the overall national development can we realize better development of our own.

Speaking of Macao, as everyone knows, over the past 20-plus years since Macao returned to China, with the central government's earnest attention, the special administrative region's active actions, and the joint efforts from all sectors of the community, Macao has achieved remarkable development and shown the world the successful practice of "one country, two systems" with Macao's characteristics. Macao's good environment and conditions provide residents, especially the younger generation, with unprecedented opportunities for development; further enhance the confidence in the path, theory, system, and culture of "one country, two systems"; and will help accelerate the peaceful reunification of our motherland.

The Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area injects new driving force into the long-term development of Macao and our country. It is explicitly stated in the plan that the development of the Greater Bay Area is not only a new effort to break new grounds in pursuing opening up on all fronts in a new era, but also a new practice of "one country, two systems". China is accelerating the transition to "dual-circulation" development, which allows the domestic and overseas markets to reinforce each other with the domestic market as the mainstay. During this process, the importance of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, one of the areas with the highest degrees of opening up and strongest economic vitality, is self-evident.

Macao, as one of the core cities in the Greater Bay Area, bears the important missions of promoting the development of the Greater Bay Area and advancing "one country, two systems". As a young man from Macao, I want to make a contribution to the development of our country. I look forward to communicating and cooperating with young friends from all over Asia, learning with an open mind, establishing effective connections, and uniting young forces at this forum.

As youth from Macao, over the years, we've been thinking how to make greater contributions to the development of Macao and our country. In 2017, I joined hands with 34 young entrepreneurs from the Industry and Commerce Association of Macau, Macau Youth Entrepreneur Association, and Macao Panyu Association to launch the "Macao Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project". In 2018, the Guangdong & Macau Young Entrepreneurs International Industrial Accelerator, the first project we implemented in Guangdong, was put into operation in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center. We hope to further enhance the interconnection of resources, cooperation, and communication between young entrepreneurs in the Greater Bay Area. We also hope to tap into the resources of the industrial and commercial circles of Macao; the Macao Special Administrative Region; the Research Institute of Tsinghua, Pearl River Delta; universities in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center; and incubators and makerspaces to cultivate a group of leading tech companies, particularly in the fields of internet technologies, industrial big data, biomedicine, artificial intelligence, new energy, and new materials, through integrated incubation, acceleration, and implementation. In so doing, we aim to link up the developmental plans for Macao and the whole country.

To help Macao build a service platform for the cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, our company has extended our investment to cover Portuguese-speaking countries, including Global Media Group, a Portuguese media. Through research we found that Macao investors usually invest in manufacturing and real estate projects, which cannot demonstrate the role of Macao as a platform. It is known to all that media is one of the outstanding channels we can make use of. Therefore, we expect to leverage this platform for cultural exchange and deepening economic cooperation between Macao and Portuguese-speaking regions.

These are some personal practices and thoughts I've had over these years. I also know that with the constant improvement of China's national strength and international status, China is moving unprecedentedly closer to the world's center stage and becoming increasingly influential in the world. During this process, how Macao, as a part of China, can make greater contributions to our country is a question we youth must answer.

It is explicitly stated in the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development and Long-Range Objectives through the Year 2035 that we should facilitate access to education, employment, and entrepreneurship in mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area for youth from Hong Kong and Macao and implement good programmes for the exchange between youngsters in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. It can be expected that Macao youth will have greater and greater space for development in the Greater Bay Area. During the process of participating in the development of the Greater Bay Area and our country, youth should think more about how to make use of the functions and the series of preferential policies our country gives to Macao to help Macao fully play its role as an international bridge and do a better job in telling China's stories through showing the world Macao's successful practice of "one country, two systems".

In the end, I wish this forum every success! I wish everyone good health and a happy family! Thank you!