The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, met with Asian Football Association President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa today. During the meeting, Li Jiachao introduced the sports development strategy set out in the “Hong Kong First Five-Year Plan”. The SAR government is committed to promoting sports development and implementing the popularization, elitization, specialization and industrialization of sports. Hong Kong is strengthening support to promote the development of inter-team sports to cooperate with the country in promoting the “three major balls” development direction, including soccer. Li Jiachao pointed out that Hong Kong has successfully hosted many AFC clubs and international events over the years, and the recently popular 2026 FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup final has also come to a successful conclusion. With Hong Kong's unique advantages in building a bridge between the mainland and the international sports community, and the world-class facilities at Kai Tak Sports Park, he looks forward to working closely with the Hong Kong Football Association of China and the Asian Football Association to bring more top international soccer events to Hong Kong and show the world the unique charm of Hong Kong as an international sporting event capital.

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, met with Asian Football Association President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa today. During the meeting, Li Jiachao introduced the sports development strategy set out in the “Hong Kong First Five-Year Plan”. The SAR government is committed to promoting sports development and implementing the popularization, elitization, specialization and industrialization of sports. Hong Kong is strengthening support to promote the development of inter-team sports to cooperate with the country in promoting the “three major balls” development direction, including soccer. Li Jiachao pointed out that Hong Kong has successfully hosted many AFC clubs and international events over the years, and the recently popular 2026 FIFA ASEAN Challenge Cup final has also come to a successful conclusion. With Hong Kong's unique advantages in building a bridge between the mainland and the international sports community, and the world-class facilities at Kai Tak Sports Park, he looks forward to working closely with the Hong Kong Football Association of China and the Asian Football Association to bring more top international soccer events to Hong Kong and show the world the unique charm of Hong Kong as an international sporting event capital.