He became San Francisco’s 43rd mayor in 2011 and was re-elected in 2015. The son of immigrants from China, his election was a milestone for Chinese Americans, many of whose ancestors came from China to America as laborers in the 1800s and were mistreated and suffered decades of discrimination, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 which stopped Chinese immigration for nearly a century. It was repealed on December 17, 1943.
He made the comments Monday when Xueersi English launched World Elite, an upgraded learning system to boost students' learning abilities and broaden international perspectives.
He emphasized that the central government has attached great significance to the visit. Ding also said he hoped the visit would further inspire Hong Kong people's love for the country and the city, enhancing national spirit.
He made the comments at the Seminar on Strategies and Opportunities under the Belt and Road Initiative, which was themed "Leveraging Hong Kong's Advantages, Meeting the Country's Needs".
He attributed his confidence to its key strengths, having achieved robust growth under a market-oriented economy, being highly international, and possessing a steadily growing innovation-driven economy.
He called the Belt and Road Initiative "a big theme" that could spell opportunities for financial investors in areas such as logistics, transportation, advanced machinery manufacturing and services.
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He is known as a goodwill ambassador of love and hope, and founder of One Heart Beat, a global initiative to help needy people and vulnerable children through art, culture and relief work.
He debated which liquor to use for the base and settled on gin, which he calls "the traveler's liquor".
He cited the example of rhinoceroses in Indian zoos that are kept in larger pools, compared with ones in China which are not as well looked after.
He has been working in China for 25 years and speaks six languages. The China market is unique in several ways, he said.