12 January 2008 – A team of government officials, led by Mrs. Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet Ngor, Secretary for Development of the HKSAR Government, visited Yangkou Port, including the convention and exhibition centre and the construction site.

Mrs Lam expressed admiration towards PYI for undertaking the infrastructure of Yangkou Port, a project of magnitude. She looked forward to more collaboration between Hong Kong enterprises and the Mainland to invest in Rudong. She believed that, through close cooperation between the two, Rudong is set for a brighter future as the next “Pearl of the Orient”.