在中华人民共和国成立六十三周年国庆酒会的致辞
香港特别行政区行政长官 梁振英
香港会议展览中心
2012年10月1日
Speech at the National Day Reception in Celebration of the 63rd Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China
by Mr C Y Leung, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR
the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
October 1, 2012
各位嘉宾、各位朋友：
Distinguished guests and friends,
欢迎各位莅临今天的酒会，共聚一堂，庆祝六十三周年国庆。
Welcome to this reception to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
过去一年，国家在各个领域取得可喜的进步和发展。我们在衷心祝贺的同时，也要认识到香港和内地共同发展的必然性和必要性，及时把握国家发展为香港带来的每一个机遇。
In the past year China has made encouraging advancement and progress on all fronts. For that we offer our heartiest congratulations to the Motherland. At the same time, we must realise it is inevitable and essential for Hong Kong to develop alongside the Mainland. We must embrace every opportunity that the development of our country brings to Hong Kong.
香港和内地的经济和民生关系一直密不可分。改革开放前后一直如此。过去三十年，香港和内地的互动关系更为明显，这既是由于内地的改革开放、也是全球经济一体化和区域经济一体化大趋势的一部分。香港和海内外周边地区的互动发展，是一个现实。
Economic and social ties between Hong Kong and the Mainland have been very close even before the opening up of China and its reform. These ties have grown closer and stronger in the past 30 years as our country continues to open up and as a result of globalisation and regionalisation. It is a fact that Hong Kong has mutual development with neighbouring areas both within and outside of the country.
今年头八个月，平均每天通过陆路口岸进出深圳的香港居民达到三十七万人次，大部分到珠三角一带工作、探亲和经商，也有部分在内地定居;有不少香港居民在深圳居住，每天往返香港工作，这些都是香港居民在内地的惯常活动。香港居民每天进出陆路口岸的人次，是大陆居民进出这些口岸的人次的2.5倍。
In the first eight months of 2012, the average daily number of Hong Kong residents passing through the land boundary control points to and from Shenzhen reached 370,000. Most of them work, visit relatives, or do business in the Pearl River Delta region, and some have moved to and settled in the Mainland. There are many Hong Kong residents who live in Shenzhen and travel back to Kong Hong to work every day. These are all Hong Kong residents' usual activities in the Mainland. The daily number of cross-boundary land trips made by Hong Kong residents is 2.5 times of those made by Mainland residents.
