Proposals must reflect the needs of development

I first visited Beijing about 30 years ago. I am deeply impressed with the changes in the capital since then.

Back then, there were few vehicles on Chang'an Avenue, which runs through the heart of the capital. As a Hong Kong resident, I needed to go to the Beijing Friendship Store to do my shopping with foreign exchange certificates.

When I finished my studies in the United Kingdom in 2002, I came to Beijing to learn Mandarin at Tsinghua University because I planned to participate in the country's future development and there were a lot of opportunities at the time.