A Hong Kong government statement published on September 21, 2026 said the Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Mable Chan, planned to leave for Beijing the following morning, September 22, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Transportation Ministerial Meeting and the Global Sustainable Transport Forum that afternoon. She was to speak at the ministerial meeting and exchange views with other participating ministers on issues of mutual concern, and to call on the Civil Aviation Administration of China to discuss aviation development.

The statement said the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Vic Yau, and the Director-General of Civil Aviation, Clara Wong, would join the meeting. Chan was scheduled to return to Hong Kong in the afternoon on September 23. During her absence, the Under Secretary for Transport and Logistics, Liu Chun-san, was to serve as Acting Secretary for Transport and Logistics.