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Inaugural InnoEX promoting Hong Kong’s Innovation and Technology Development

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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

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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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