The Silk Road Development Association has published a Belt and Road-related book titled *Embarking on the Era’s Giant Ship of the Belt and Road*.  Every era presents different opportunities, and the Belt and Road Initiative is a significant opportunity of our time. As young leaders with certain understanding and experience of the Belt and Road Initiative, we are entrusted with the mission of leading the new generation to "embark on this era’s giant ship" of the Belt and Road, striving for the development of Hong Kong and the country under the Initiative, and working to help enterprises, the public, and young people seize development opportunities in the Belt and Road context while creating hope for society.   As one of the most important cities in China and an economic hub in Asia, Hong Kong plays a crucial role in the development of the Belt and Road Initiative. Its advantages in this regard go beyond having outstanding professionals, being an international financial center, boasting a fully open internet, and serving as a global aviation hub. Hong Kong’s greatest advantage lies in the "One Country, Two Systems" principle. As part of China, it enjoys full support from the country; at the same time, it is an international and fully open market economy. This gives Hong Kong immense advantages in the Belt and Road Initiative.   The Belt and Road Initiative represents an opportunity that will last for the next 50 years, or even 100 years. We are honored to contribute to this century-defining project. In the book *Embarking on the Era’s Giant Ship of the Belt and Road*, we offer a comprehensive understanding of the Belt and Road Initiative from three perspectives: business, culture, and professionalism.   *Embarking on the Era’s Giant Ship of the Belt and Road* is available for loan at Hong Kong Public Libraries and is also held in the collections of libraries in some Belt and Road countries.  Author Biographies  Rem Tai  Rem Tai is the Founding Chairman of the Silk Road Development Association, a winner of the 10th Young Leader Award, and General Manager of an international freight group.   Over the past 18 years, Mr. Tai has been engaged in business activities between the Chinese mainland and Belt and Road countries, with long-term experience living and working in the mainland and Belt and Road nations. He currently serves as a director of an international logistics company and has previously held positions such as Executive Director of the Board of Directors of a listed company, Member of the Logistics and Transportation Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, External Logistics Expert at the Guangzhou Industry and Trade Technician College, Guest Lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Member of the Business School Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Hung Hom Christian College.   Mr. Tai holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor of Business Administration. He is a columnist for various newspapers. In 2014, he founded the Silk Road Development Association—the first local professional organization in Hong Kong dedicated to the Belt and Road Initiative—and has served as its Founding Chairman ever since. The Association’s members and consultants include Deputies to the National People’s Congress, Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), former government officials, Executive Council members, Justices of the Peace, directors of listed companies, presidents of chambers of commerce, professionals from multiple countries, and winners of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award. As one of the core figures in Hong Kong’s early promotion of the Belt and Road Initiative, Mr. Tai has organized or co-organized over 60 Belt and Road-related activities, including a forum for entrepreneurs from Belt and Road countries attended by nearly 500 participants, as well as inspection tours to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Qianhai Free Trade Zone.   He has delivered keynote speeches on the Belt and Road Initiative at over 30 forums hosted by universities in the mainland and Hong Kong, Xinhua News Agency, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and the Guangdong Youth Federation, among others. Additionally, he has provided Belt and Road-related information sharing sessions for mainland municipal government officials, listed companies, and investment banking organizations. In 2016, Mr. Tai signed memorandums of cooperation with Huang Yi, Vice Mayor of Qinzhou, and Dato’ Lim Heng Yee of Malaysia, respectively, and served as the official Hong Kong promotion partner for Qinzhou. In the same year, he co-authored *Embarking on the Era’s Giant Ship of the Belt and Road* with six other authors and served as the chief editor. The book was distributed in bookstores across Hong Kong and Macao and is available for loan at Hong Kong Public Libraries. He has also published more than a dozen articles on the Belt and Road Initiative in newspapers and platforms such as *Hong Kong Commercial Daily*, *Wen Wei Po*, *Bauhinia Forum*, and *Metro Daily*, and has shared insights on the Initiative in programs of Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and Metro Radio.   In 2017, Mr. Tai produced a Belt and Road-themed microfilm *Wish You a Safe Journey* as the producer and wrote the lyrics for its theme song *Bon Voyage*. The microfilm and the song video have been viewed over 100,000 times, and the microfilm was premiered in January 2018. In 2019, he organized the Belt and Road Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Cooperation Promotion Forum, which was attended by Li Jing, Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, as the officiating guest. In the same year, he hosted the Canton Fair Africa Forum at the Dongfang Hotel in Guangzhou and signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Director of the Guangzhou Arbitration Commission. In 2020, the Belt and Road Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Cooperation Promotion Forum, co-organized with the Shenzhen Finance Institute, received extensive support.   Mr. Tai is one of Hong Kong’s representatives in the field of Belt and Road development. In 2016, he was awarded the Young Leader Award in recognition of his social services related to the Belt and Road Initiative.  Spring Cheung  Spring Cheung is Vice Chairman (International Affairs) of the Silk Road Development Association and a doctoral student. She received a scholarship from the University of Sheffield in the UK in 2008 and completed a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance in 2009. She currently serves as a director of a pharmaceutical company and previously worked at the China Development Bank, a national policy bank, where she gained years of experience in syndicated loans, trade finance, and other businesses.   Since 2011, she has published over 50 articles on international politics, economy, and current affairs in *Sing Tao Daily*, *Wen Wei Po*, *Ta Kung Pao*, *Hong Kong Commercial Daily*, *Bauhinia Forum*, etc. In 2016, she was one of the authors of the book *Elite Gathering*.   Since 2012, Ms. Cheung has served as a consultant member of the Film Censorship Panel of the Office for Film, Newspaper and Article Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. In 2016, she took up the position of Member of the Vetting Committee for Self-Defined Vehicle Registration Marks of the Transport Department. Starting from 2012, she has been interviewed by *Wen Wei Po*, *Ta Kung Pao*, China Review News, and other media outlets, analyzing Hong Kong’s current situation, its future development opportunities, and putting forward a number of forward-looking suggestions. Her insights and research have played a role in Hong Kong’s future development. She was awarded the "Hong Kong Young Leader Award" in 2014, the "Hong Kong Fashion Professional Women Award" in 2016, and the "Hong Kong Outstanding Youth Volunteer Silver Award" in 2016, in recognition of her contributions to Hong Kong’s long-term development and her enthusiasm and commitment to serving society.  Jacky Chan  Jacky Chan is a professional geologist and mineral valuation expert, as well as an amateur ecological photographer. He holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master of Philosophy degree from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, where he also served as a guest lecturer for master’s courses. After graduation, Jacky worked in geological exploration, development, and project financing in Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Cambodia, Laos, the Russian Far East, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, dedicated to promoting green development, mining, and sustainable development of resources. He founded an international mining consulting service company in early 2012, which assisted Chinese enterprises in overseas investment and management of natural resources in line with China’s "Going Global" strategy and the Belt and Road Initiative. The company was fully acquired by a listed company at the end of 2014.   Jacky is active in the mining, tourism, and education sectors. He is Chairman of the Expert Advisory Group of the Silk Road Development Association and was a Founding Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Mining Investment Professionals Association. He is also the Founding Chairman of ProjecTerrae, a non-profit organization, Director of Development at the Ecological Education and Resources Centre, and Chief Business Development Officer of Eco Tours. He has been committed to promoting sustainable resource development and ecological and geological tourism in Hong Kong, China, and Central Asia. He is also the author of *Mining Legacy*, a book introducing Hong Kong’s little-known mining history.  Hidy Chan  Hidy Chan is a Hong Kong accountant, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Taxation, a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) graduate from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Business Administration graduate from the University of Manchester in the UK. She is a Member of the Continuing Professional Development Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Taxation, an Expert Advisor (Accounting) of the Silk Road Development Association, and Chief Executive Officer of an international corporate advisory group.   Ms. Chan has over 20 years of professional experience and has held key positions in listed companies, well-known global business service groups, and international accounting firms, serving multinational enterprises. She has extensive experience in corporate planning, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, listing projects, investment and financing, company operations, corporate management, fiscal and tax standardization, and accounting operations.   Over the past 8 years, Ms. Chan has served as a Council Member of ACCA and Chairman of its Small and Medium Enterprises Committee, organizing multiple seminars covering topics such as Belt and Road opportunities for enterprises, the development of free trade zones, RMB internationalization, and corporate financing. She has published articles on accounting, taxation, and corporate management in *Hong Kong Economic Journal*, *Ming Pao*, *Oriental Daily News*, and *Sing Pao Daily News*, among others. She has also been interviewed by Metro Finance Channel to share accounting insights with enterprises. For years, she has assisted the Trade and Industry Department in organizing the "Mentorship Programme for Small and Medium Enterprises" and was awarded a certificate of appreciation by the Department. She has served as a tutor for the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Qualification Programme (Taxation) Workshop and the University of Hong Kong’s Business Advisory Internship Programme. She was also a member of the Hong Kong Trade Delegation organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, exchanging ideas with provincial, municipal, and enterprise leaders to explore Belt and Road markets together.  Liu Yang  Liu Yang is a lawyer at Reed Smith Richards Butler, specializing in shipping litigation and arbitration. His practice covers maritime and commercial law, including disputes over charterparty and shipbuilding contracts, second-hand ship sale disputes, cargo claims, and disputes related to marine insurance. He has handled arbitration cases in London and Hong Kong, which are diverse in type and scale.   Mr. Liu has published numerous legal articles and case analyses on shipping and arbitration in renowned journals and newsletters in the UK, Chinese mainland, and Hong Kong. He is a regular contributor to the UK shipping law newsletter *Shipping & Trade Law* and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the China Law Society. He has also published many articles in newspapers and periodicals in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, promoting Hong Kong’s shipping services, particularly maritime dispute resolution services. He has been invited to give interviews and speeches on maritime arbitration and shipping-related topics.   In August 2016, Mr. Liu was shortlisted for the "Next Generation Shipping Talent" Award at the 2016 Lloyd’s List Asia Awards, in recognition of his industry-recognized work and promising future. In March 2015, he was honored with the title of "Top 10 Outstanding New Hong Kong Youths" at the first edition of the award, in recognition of his outstanding performance at work and remarkable contributions to Hong Kong society.  Kevin Kan  Kevin Kan is a lawyer qualified in Hong Kong, the UK, and Australia (New South Wales). He is also a Certified Practising Accountant (Australia) and an accredited mediator. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Finance) from the University of Sydney, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of London, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from City University of Hong Kong, a Master of Laws (Commercial Law) from the University of Bristol, and a Master of Laws (Chinese Commercial Law) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.   Mr. Kan has gained commercial law experience at international, Chinese mainland, and Hong Kong law firms. He also worked at the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, where he handled maritime law matters and organized maritime arbitration forums.   Mr. Kan participates in various government and professional committees and organizations in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, including serving as Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Professionals Association, Member of the Greater China Legal Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong, and Legal Advisor to the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong. He has assisted the Law Society in organizing forums on Hong Kong legal services, cross-strait and Hong Kong-Macau youth lawyer forums, and "Youth Plaza" events. Recently, he joined the newly established Belt and Road Committee of the Law Society. Alongside his role as Legal Advisor to the Silk Road Development Association, he hopes to contribute to the country’s policies.  Paco Lam  Paco Lam is currently Vice Chairman of the Silk Road Development Association. He also served as Commercial Director of the Tung Chung District Junior Chamber in 2016 and Secretary-General in 2017. Mr. Lam is a director of a construction engineering company, with over 10 years of experience in construction business in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, making him a seasoned engineering professional. Additionally, he is the founder of an information technology company, dedicated to developing solutions to assist in business operations and project management.   After the release of the Belt and Road policy, Mr. Lam joined the Silk Road Development Association as a director upon the recommendation of Chairman Rem Tai and became a member of the Executive Committee, committed to helping research business opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative. Both within and outside the Association, he has participated in and assisted in organizing multiple Belt and Road-related activities and lectures.