Financial Secretary Paul Chan met senior financial officials in Beijing today.

He first met Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China Pan Gongsheng. They discussed the maintenance of financial stability, the internationalisation of the renminbi and the operation of Bond Connect.

Mr Chan then called on China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Fu Ziying.

He later met Minister of Finance Liu Kun and thanked the Ministry of Finance for supporting the development of Hong Kong's financial services industry and for issuing in Hong Kong RMB sovereign bonds for nine years in a row, as well as US dollar sovereign bonds last October.

Mr Chan also introduced a host of initiatives launched by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government to promote further development of the bond market, green finance, and the insurance and reinsurance industry.

He later addressed a finance seminar and a sharing session for Hong Kong student interns.

Under the summer internship and mentorship programme organised by the Fin Society, Hong Kong university students can work in financial institutions on the Mainland as interns to broaden their horizons and learn about the latest developments of the Mainland's financial sector.

Today's seminar was the highlight of the internship programme, drawing more than 200 participants, including government officials and practitioners from the financial sector and university students from Hong Kong and Beijing.

Mr Chan will attend the ACCA Global Summit tomorrow.