Inaugural InnoEX promoting Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Development

Inaugural InnoEX promoting Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Development

HONG KONG, Mar 28, 2023 – (ACN Newswire) – – Innovation and technology (I&T) play an important role in Hong Kong’s development blueprint, especially in the growing demand for smart city technologies and applications, bringing more opportunities for technology companies and start-ups. Leveraging Hong Kong’s role as an innovation and technology hub, the first-ever InnoEX, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will bring together international exhibitors and buyers, officials from Mainland China and ASEAN tech experts, research centres and thought leaders to promote cross-regional, cross-industry and cross-sector cooperation through I&T exchange. Taking place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) from 12 to 15 April, alongside the HKTDC-organised Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) and Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition), under the theme of “Connecting the World with Innovations for Better Living”, the three major technology exhibitions are set to attract over 2,600 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions, highlighting Hong Kong’s growing strength as a centre for technology and innovation, while also reflecting further normalisation of international trade after Hong Kong’s re-opening.

At a press conference held today to introduce this year’s technology exhibitions, Ms. Sophia Chong, Deputy Executive Director of the HKTDC, said: “HKTDC is committed to promoting innovation and technology, fostering start-ups and promoting Hong Kong’s development in the digital economy and smart city through a series of events themed on I&T, and promoting the strength of local I&T to the Mainland and overseas markets. The inaugural InnoEX is the flagship event of Business of Innovation and Technology Week (BITWeek), driven by the Government of HKSAR and HKTDC. BITWeek also features the HKTDC’s Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) and the Digital Economy Summit co-organised by the HKSAR Government and Cyberport. Alongside the 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival that will be held concurrently, the series of events reflect Hong Kong’s determination to develop into an international centre for innovation and technology, confirming Hong Kong’s leading position as an international trade exhibition centre.

Cross-industry cooperation facilitates commercialisation of innovation achievements

The Central Government has pledged to support Hong Kong’s development as an international I&T centre under its 14th Five-Year Plan, with the aim of promoting the development of I&T. As a key highlight of the forthcoming three technology fairs, the inaugural InnoEX will build on the success of the HKTDC’s International ICT Expo by showcasing exceptional innovations and a range of cutting-edge I&T solutions on smart living, inviting reputable international experts and opinion leaders to discuss some of the most important issues in the area of technological development. InnoEX will promote multifaceted cooperation, including business-to-business (B2B), government-to-government (G2G), and government-to-business (G2B), and will help to build bridges between technology institutions and markets with an aim to promote the commercialisation of innovations, as well as support global market expansion. On the first day of the event, Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, will officiate

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President Xi hails Hong Kong’s innovation, engineering advancement

President Xi hails Hong Kong’s innovation, engineering advancement
President Xi hails Hong Kong’s innovation, engineering advancement

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Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects the Hong Kong Science Park, accompanied by Main Government of the Hong Kong Exclusive Administrative Location Carrie Lam, in Hong Kong, south China, on June 30, 2022.

Less than the help of the central federal government, Hong Kong has leveraged its personal pros to make amazing achievements in fundamental exploration, expertise cultivation, and development in the innovation and technological innovation sector in the latest many years, President Xi Jinping stated on Thursday.

Xi created the remarks during an inspection tour of the Hong Kong Science Park, accompanied by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Location Carrie Lam.

He experienced warm exchanges with Hong Kong-centered academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, researchers, and young business owners.

The president arrived in Hong Kong Thursday afternoon to go to a assembly celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term federal government of the HKSAR on July 1.

The science park, the greatest research and growth and organization incubation base in Hong Kong, is now property to a lot more than 1,100 enterprises and 17,000 innovators.

The HKSAR authorities should give complete engage in to the purpose of technological innovation in supporting and main economic growth, Xi said.

In a take a look at to the Hong Kong Heart for Neurodegenerative Diseases within just the park, Xi discovered about the progress in the diagnosis and procedure of Alzheimer’s sickness and encouraged scientists to make much more entire world-foremost achievements.

When chatting with academicians, researchers, and youth associates of innovation enterprises, Xi known as on Hong Kong to much better cooperate with mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Larger Bay Area, fortify the collaborative enhancement of enterprises, universities and research institutions, and try to construct the bay place into a world highland for scientific and technological innovation.

Xi expressed the hope that the tradition of loving the motherland and Hong Kong will be carried forward and more contributions will be created to create China into a worldwide leader in science and technology.

Endeavours should also be produced to pave way for the youths, giving them with a lot more advancement area, Xi said.

On Thursday afternoon, Xi’s spouse Peng Liyuan visited the Xiqu Middle in the West Kowloon Cultural District, which is a venue for the artwork of Chinese standard theater.

She watched rehearsals and spoke extremely of the performances, calling the exhibit a screen of the allure of Chinese society. Peng also encouraged Hong Kong’s more youthful technology to have an in-depth being familiar with of great conventional Chinese society and inherit and encourage the culture.

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AWS and HKSTP Announce Strategic Collaboration to Speed up Innovation and Technological know-how Enhancement in Hong Kong

AWS and HKSTP Announce Strategic Collaboration to Speed up Innovation and Technological know-how Enhancement in Hong Kong

HONG KONG–()–Amazon World-wide-web Products and services (AWS) and Hong Kong Science and Technologies Parks Corporation (HKSTP) declared a strategic collaboration right now, aiming to foster a sturdy Innovation and Technology (I&T) ecosystem in Hong Kong. With this collaboration, AWS and HKSTP will start a sequence of packages underneath 4 key pillars to drive innovation of IT providers, startups, and scientists during their complete development cycle – Investigation & Enhancement, Engineering Simulation, Co-incubation, and Expertise and Lifestyle Cultivation.

“HKSTP and AWS have been performing intently for years in supporting substantial potential tech ventures to innovate, realize success and improve a lot quicker. We have witnessed the surging demand from customers from businesses on cloud computing understanding and innovation systems. This partnership brings together the scale and technological know-how skills of AWS, the undisputed cloud innovation leader, as effectively as HKSTP’s R&D, incubation and commercialization capabilities gathered about the earlier 20 years, to speed up the enhancement of Hong Kong’s I&T ecosystem whilst firmly creating the city’s standing as a worldwide innovation hub,” reported Albert Wong, Chief Government Officer, HKSTP.

“AWS is generally dedicated to help the electronic transformation of enterprises of all scales in Hong Kong,” reported Robert Wang, Taking care of Director, Hong Kong & Taiwan, AWS. “Since 2014, AWS and HKSTP have been doing work together on a quantity of cloud systems and trainings. We are pleased to deepen our marriage with HKSTP and jointly tackle the numerous worries the town faces in phrases of talent, innovation, and know-how commercialization.”

  • Research and Growth: HKSTP is signing up for the AWS Open up Details Sponsorship Application which extends Open up Details accessibility via STP Platform, to guidance neighborhood analysis groups, including those from universities and analysis laboratories. Using AWS cloud services, AWS Open Information Sponsorship Method allows scientists all over the world to share and examine datasets derived from latest scientific studies on global pandemics, most cancers, and more. The collaboration will allow for scientists at HKSTP associate providers to increase effectiveness, while conserving expenses and time needed for research and facts processing.
  • Know-how Simulation: It is generally challenging to predict the good results and exceptional route for commercialization of new systems in sectors these as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. AWS will help STP System to visualize outcomes by Engineering Simulation, allowing developers to conduct exams and simulations at lessen costs. AWS and HKSTP will also form a ‘train-the-trainer’ method making use of AWS RoboMaker, allowing builders to simply simulate apps under digital 3D environments and examination robotics answers developed with distinctive coding languages, all with reduced expenditures and increased effectiveness. Packages to assist simulation of other emerging technologies will stick to.
  • Co-incubation: AWS and HKSTP will carry on to nurture startups and support their business enterprise advancement. Concentrating on Program-as-a-Support (SaaS) startups, the first six-thirty day period acceleration method will supply instruction, complex and small business consultation to enable them unlock the probable of SaaS enterprise design,
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