At the third meeting of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Financial Co-operation Committee in Hong Kong, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Shenzhen Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on co-operation in gold-related aspects and agreed to further deepen fintech co-operation and exchange. The gold-focused MOU aims to jointly build a deeply integrated regional gold ecosystem by leveraging complementary strengths. It provides lawful and regulatory support for Hong Kong gold traders to cooperate with qualified refining enterprises in Shenzhen to carry out processing trade, and is positioned as implementing the initiative to accelerate the building of an international gold trading market referenced in The Chief Executive’s 2025 Policy Address. On fintech, the two sides agreed to leverage the strengths of both cities to jointly establish a global fintech centre and plan to jointly announce co-operation policies for the fintech sector in the near future.