On January 22, 2024, Vice President Han Zheng met with Chairman of the HSBC Group Mark E Tucker in Beijing.

Han Zheng said that China is advancing Chinese modernization on all fronts through high-quality development, remains steadfast in expanding high-standard opening-up, and will focus on institutional opening-up with regard to rules, regulations, management and standards to promote high-standard financial opening-up. China welcomes the HSBC Group and other international financial institutions to continue to actively participate in China's financial reform and opening-up and achieve better development in China. The Chinese central government fully supports the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in promoting the building of an international financial center. Han Zheng expressed the hope that the HSBC Group will make good use of its own advantages to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China and make new contributions to consolidating and upgrading Hong Kong's status as an international financial center.

Mark E Tucker spoke highly of China's economic and social development achievements. He said that the HSBC Group has firm confidence in investing in China, and will actively participate in China's high-quality development and high-standard opening-up, support Hong Kong's efforts in the building of an international financial center, and work for more results in mutually beneficial cooperation between the UK and China.