The upcoming Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel on Nov 2, and at Hong Kong HKEX Connect Hall on Nov 3. Some of the said attendees include senior executives of Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and other U.S. financial institutions.
The U.S. Congress and Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) issued statements urging the active finance groups to reconsider their decision to attend the summit. CECC also criticized the capital giants for whitewashing the Hong Kong government and violating human rights if they attended.
CECC co-chairman Rep. Jim McGovern and Senator Jeff Merkley stated on Oct 27. They had called on the senior executives of U.S. financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley to reconsider their attendance at the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit in Hong Kong….