Yan Mingxi sings to welcome astronauts after careful consideration

The China Aerospace Delegation’s whirlwind visit to Hong Kong demonstrates the country’s outstanding achievements in the aerospace field to Hong Kong people. It is an excellent patriotic education. Therefore, the SAR government attaches great importance to it and has arranged a number of activities in just a few days to inspire One of the highlights of the citizens’ patriotic enthusiasm was the grand performance held in the Coliseum. As far as I know, it is very difficult for the relevant departments to prepare for this big show in a very short time and with confidentiality. In particular, there are strict requirements for arranging performers. Among them, choosing TVB’s popular singer Yan Mingxi (Gigi) to sing is very difficult. It took a lot of thought and several considerations, but in the end all parties were satisfied.

The space mission visited Hong Kong this time, including several astronauts who have been in space. Therefore, the Hong Kong government received it with high standards. Guests attending the grand performance included Chief Executive Li Jiachao, Chief Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Zheng Yanxiong, Deputy Director Lu Xinning, as well as Deputy Director of the National Security Agency Sun Qingye and other heavyweights gathered together, so the performers for this show must meet several requirements: the singer should be well-known in the mainland and Hong Kong, and be known to the astronauts; in addition , many of the audience for the grand performance are students. The performers should not be too “old-fashioned”, but must have a youthful atmosphere and bring out positive energy.

Another condition is also very important, that is, not only the popularity of the performers is considered, but also their performance during the black storm. Although some artists are very popular, their backgrounds are not stable enough, so they are not selected. After several considerations and deliberation, the list of performers was finalized.

Among the many singers, Yan Mingxi, whose popularity has surged this year, has become one of the first choices. Firstly, because she participated in the Hong Kong Philharmonic of “The Sound”, a collaboration between the Mainland and Hong Kong, and became popular in the Mainland, highlighting the integration and harmony of the two places. Secondly, she is currently studying at the Polytechnic University. The school has long cooperated with the mainland’s Ministry of Aerospace and participated in the aerospace program. The relationship is very deep, so it is of special significance to find her.

Speaking of Gigi’s popularity in the Mainland, it has indeed risen to great proportions. After becoming popular in “The Sound of Life”, she was invited by Guangdong Satellite TV and CCTV to appear on two “Spring Festival Galas” at the beginning of this year. Later, in May, she and Rainie Yang , Joey Yung and other queens performed at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium, with an audience of 80,000. With her popularity in the mainland, members of the space corps must know her.

After all the above considerations, Yan Mingxi was finally selected as a guest performer in the “Grand Extravaganza”. She also performed well, singing and dancing. Due to her outstanding singing skills, she won warm applause. The effect was very good and all parties were satisfied.

The considerations behind a performance are so complicated. It can be seen that both “Central” and “Western District” attach great importance to Hong Kong’s hard-won stability. They hope that while maintaining a relaxed atmosphere in society, they will defend the bottom line. It still needs to be tight.

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As early as early September, an online post from the Mainland commented on the sluggish Hong Kong stock market, describing “Hong Kong has become a ‘relic site’ as an international financial center.” After this statement spread widely, it quickly gained momentum and attracted a large number of comments mocking Hong Kong, such as “In addition to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, , another “site” of the world’s financial center has been added, which the world looks up to, but it is so cold. A few days ago, Legislative Council member Ng Wing-ka asked the director of the Hong Kong Government’s Beijing Office, Cheng Wai-yuan, how to deal with this. The other party said that he would follow up to see the source of the statement and would pay close attention to it. After reading this Q&A, a financial expert told me that officials lacked strength and attention to the “site theory” this time. They should provide evidence and figures to refute it head-on and not avoid it.

Financial experts said that mainland netizens claimed that Hong Kong’s financial center had declined and had become a “historic site.” This statement had been spreading for more than two months and had a negative impact on Hong Kong’s image. It is right for members of the Legislative Council to urge officials to “do something”, but Wu Yongjia asks the government to communicate with mainland platforms and ask them to “delete posts or block them”, which is too “leftist” and cannot block people’s mouths.

He believes that the government should provide reasons and data to directly refute the “heritage theory” on the mainland’s Internet, actively explain Hong Kong’s advantages, and point out its one-sided bias. However, the director of the Beijing Office only said that he would follow up and pay attention to see the source of the statement. From this answer, it cannot be seen that he has provided sufficient evidence to directly refute the “site theory”.

Experts in finance and economics suggested that in addition to the director of the Beijing Office, financial officials should also have a positive response to such remarks about “a financial center turning into a ruins” and point out that Hong Kong’s international financial center still retains its advantages, so as to resolve the negative impact of the message. In this regard, he believes that officials still lack sufficient resources.

On the contrary, some scholars directly pointed out that the “heritage theory” is inappropriate and expressed injustice for Hong Kong. For example, Professor Cai Hongbin, Dean of the School of Economics and Management of the University of Hong Kong, said at the “Hong Kong Financial Forum” yesterday that the “heritage theory” can easily make people think that Hong Kong is in decline. But he is firmly optimistic about Hong Kong, believing that Hong Kong is unmatched by other places in terms of rule of law, internationalization, diversification, and convenience. The current difficulties are caused by the external environment. When the US interest rate is lowered, Hong Kong can rebound.

Another speaker at the financial forum, Ma Shiheng, chairman of FWD Group, also disagreed that Hong Kong’s finance has declined. He said that an international financial center has five pillars, and the stock market is only one of them, as well as bonds, insurance, banking and wealth management. Citing a number of data, he pointed out that Hong Kong’s development is good in these aspects.

He said that although the IPO performance of the stock market was weak, with a decrease of 19% from last year as of November 24, the IPOs of other stock markets also fell, with New York falling by 16% and Singapore even more by half. He believes that Hong Kong’s status as an international financial center is still stable, and he is very angry about the rumors in the mainland that are “spoken” about Hong Kong.

After listening to the speeches of Professor Choi of the University of Hong Kong and Ma Shiheng, I feel that the SAR officials should be confident, respond quickly, and refute with a reasonable attitude towards those remarks that “mistakenly take the truth”, such as the “site theory”, and cannot avoid it. This can prevent the spread of false rumors and affect Hong Kong.