Wuhan and Hong Kong join hands to build science and technology innovation collaboration platform

China News Service, Wuhan, October 15th (Wu Yili, Yang Fan) The "Intelligence of Jingchu, Hong Kong Connects the World" Wuhan Science and Technology Innovation Enterprises Use Hong Kong to Go Overseas Development Exchange Conference was held in Wuhan on the 15th. This event established a collaborative platform for science and technology innovation between Hong Kong and Hong Kong, connecting the strengths of Hong Kong with the needs of Wuhan, and helping Wuhan science and technology innovation companies expand the global market.

Zhou Yikai, head of Central China of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Investment Promotion Agency, introduced that the recently released “First Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2026-2030)” clearly establishes a scientific and technological innovation pattern of “three major science and technology innovation parks and five major R&D institutions”. This is not only Hong Kong’s own development roadmap, but also an international cooperation platform for mainland enterprises. He believes that Wuhan enterprises can take advantage of the policy dividends brought by Hong Kong's five-year plan and use Hong Kong to expand the international market.

Huang Weizhuo, President of Innovation and Technology, Life and Health Sciences of the Hong Kong SAR Government Invest Hong Kong, introduced that Hong Kong has established a HK$10 billion Innovation and Technology Fund, focusing on core areas such as life and health technology, artificial intelligence and robotics, semiconductors and intelligent equipment. As an important strategic hub for the future development of science and technology innovation in Hong Kong, the northern metropolitan area is accelerating the development of key projects such as the Loop Hong Kong Park, Yuen Long Microelectronics Research and Development Institute and Shaling International Data Park, which will provide industrial space and supporting support for science and technology innovation enterprises.

Wang Huizhong, deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Industrial Innovation and Development, said that the institute plays a "bridge" role in "borrowing Hong Kong to go overseas": on the one hand, it links with Hong Kong Investment Promotion Agency, the Hong Kong Exchange and scientific research institutions and other institutions to export Hong Kong business policies, cross-border finance and taxation, and knowledge to Wuhan enterprises. Practical guidance on intellectual property protection, financing and listing in Hong Kong, etc., reduces the trial and error costs of enterprises; on the other hand, the institute's Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Hive Platform was launched in April last year and has organized Wuhan science and technology innovation enterprises to Hong Kong for docking and exchanges many times to help Wuhan enterprises match international capital and overseas partners. The exchanges of talents between the two places are lively, promoting the industrialization of Hong Kong's cutting-edge scientific research results in Wuhan, and realizing the deep coupling of innovative resources. (over)