Innovation & Tech

The inaugural Hong Kong Shopping Festival, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and supported by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR, will be held from 1 to 31 August across e-commerce platforms in Mainland China.

As e-commerce matures, many transport-focused logistics companies find freight-management a pain point, given the large number of clients.

London and Hong Kong are both globally renowned technology hubs, with leading universities, strong financial sectors and large, diverse talent pools creating vibrant start-up ecosystems.

The 10 Start-up Express winners, an entrepreneurship development programme organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), represented diverse sectors, ranging from healthtech and greentech to edutech and mechanical engineering.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Nanjing Hanwei Public Health Research Institute have developed an AI early warning platform to more effectively prevent and treat respiratory infectious diseases.

The application of augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly widespread. Commonly used in games and education in the early years, it has expanded to the medical field.

Generative AI is drawing intense attention in the licensing industry, as it could cost-effectively generate vast amounts of IP content, but comes with a range of legal, privacy and security problems.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been at the forefront of addressing myopia, an eye disorder that affects one-third of the global population, with a novel non-invasive solution to control the development of myopia in children.

Start-ups are essential in Hong Kong’s drive towards becoming a global innovation and technology leader, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is committed to nurturing start-ups, helping them upgrade and transform and explore business opportunities.

Generating bespoke bone components – anything from a skull plate to part of a load-bearing arm bone – on a 3D printer might seem far-fetched, but that is just what Hong Kong biomaterials pioneer NOVUS Life Sciences does.

Hong Kong is fast developing into an international I&T hub, one of the eight centres that China’s Five-Year Plan outlines for the city, offering many arising opportunities via its platform.

When asked about the three top factors for property buyers, an estate agent will say “location, location, location” and for investors in Hong Kong as well as the broader Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area “location” is a broad term.