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Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong

Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong

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The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港工商專業聯會, abbreviated 工商專聯; BPF) is a non-partisan think tank in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Mission

The mission BPF is:[1]

  • to help enhance the competitiveness, long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong;
  • to promote the continuous development of Hong Kong as a free, capitalist and international financial and business centre;
  • to conduct in-depth studies on issues of strategic importance to Hong Kong's economic, social and political development; and
  • to promote the importance of strong economic cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

History

The BPF was founded in 1990 as a successor to the "Group of 89 members" of the Basic Law Consultative and Drafting Committees,[1] a group of conservative business and professional leaders which opposed to faster pace of democraticsation. It maintained close relationship with other parties of business background, especially the Liberal Party.[2]

Led by the pro-Beijing tycoon Vincent Lo, the Federation was against the then Governor Chris Patten's proposal of constitutional reforms for the Legislative Council which Beijing strongly opposed.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Who is BPF?". The Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong.
  2. [2]
    Hook, Brian (1993). "Political Change in Hong Kong". China Quarterly. 136: 852. doi:10.1017/S0305741000032355. ISSN 0305-7410.
  3. [3]
    "The Last Governor 2: Restraint in Difficult Circumstances – YouTube". YouTube.
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