Beijing-Hong Kong Fair held a special event on the collaborative development of digital and smart economy between Beijing and Hong Kong and released a series of important results

China News Service, Beijing, November 5th. The 29th Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Seminar and "Beijing-Hong Kong Digital and Smart Economy Coordinated Development Special Event" was held in Beijing on the 4th. A series of important results were released at the event site.

As the key thematic section of this Beijing-Hong Kong Fair, the event is hosted by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, the Digital Policy Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and jointly organized by the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance, focusing on the coordinated development of the digital and smart industries between Beijing and Hong Kong, with "AI leading the way" With the theme of "Digital Intelligence Beijing-Hong Kong", based on the foundation of previous Beijing-Hong Kong digital economic cooperation, we will continue to deepen the results of the last Beijing-Hong Kong Fair's "Digital Economy Going Overseas Co-construction" special event, further implement the physical industry carrier, launch international standard pre-research, launch a comprehensive overseas service platform, and simultaneously carry out project signing, policy interpretation, expert research and judgment and round-table discussions, and promote the digital and intelligent economic cooperation between the two places to continue to move towards a new stage of normalized development of mechanism co-construction, ecological co-cultivation, and achievement sharing.

Li Hui, Deputy Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Wu Bingzong, Deputy Digital Policy Commissioner (Data Governance) of the Digital Policy Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Xu Lei, Chief Engineer of the Cyberspace Administration of Beijing Municipal Committee, Zhang Tong, Level 2 Inspector of the Beijing Investment Promotion Service Center, Li Wentao, Senior Vice President of Financial Services and Technology, Invest Hong Kong Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong Xu Guoyao, deputy director of international and mainland relations of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Meng Qingguo, professor of the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University and director of the Beijing International Digital Economy Governance Institute, Huang Jinlin, president of the Hong Kong Software Industry Association, and more than 150 representatives from government departments, university research institutes, business associations and enterprises from Beijing and Hong Kong gathered at the scene to discuss new opportunities for the collaborative development of the digital and smart economy.

A series of major achievements were released at the event site. The Beijing-Hong Kong AI Application Accelerator is officially operational. It was jointly initiated by Hong Kong Cyberport and Entrepreneurship Dark Horse. Based on the past two phases of cultivation, it has been upgraded to a normalized industry empowerment carrier. It has attracted a total of 204 Beijing-Hong Kong companies to sign up and 93 companies to enter the business. Many companies have listed Hong Kong stocks, settled in Cyberport, and landed in Beijing as an industrial carrier. The ecosystem of the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance continues to expand. Seven new members of Beijing-Hong Kong business associations and enterprises, including the Hong Kong Software Industry Association, the Hong Kong Chinese Association, and the Digital Spectrum Group, have joined. The alliance continues to gather resources from all parties to build cross-regional scenarios and industry verification channels for the development of international standards and the implementation of innovative projects, helping the Beijing-Hong Kong digital intelligence ecosystem continue to grow.

Beijing-Hong Kong AI cooperation projects are collectively signed, covering spatial intelligence, digital financial innovation, legal AI industry-university-research collaboration, AI security operations, enterprise-level AI ecology, urban digital space and other tracks. Hong Kong universities such as the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the City University of Hong Kong have joined hands with scientific and technological enterprises and professional institutions in Beijing and Hong Kong to carry out diversified cooperation in the construction of joint laboratories, scenario implementation, and technology research and development.

This contracted project continues the steady progress of cooperation accumulated in previous Beijing-Hong Kong Fairs, relying on the respective advantages of the two places to promote AI technology research and development, scenario verification and international implementation. The Beijing-Hong Kong physical AI international standard pre-research was launched simultaneously. It was led by the International Telecommunication Union and the Global Digital Economy Cities Alliance, and the Hong Kong Software Industry Association and the Beijing Information Technology Association jointly participated in the development. Research on the physical AI technology framework and evaluation indicators was carried out around smart city scenarios to promote the transformation of Beijing and Hong Kong industrial practices into international standard input. The Beijing-Hong Kong digital economy overseas “one-stop” service platform was unveiled and launched. Relying on the service capabilities of the “Digital Economy Overseas International Cooperation Alliance Hong Kong Working Committee” unveiled at the last Beijing-Hong Kong Fair, it brings together 16 authoritative institutions and 28 professional service providers to provide enterprises with integrated services such as business environment analysis, listing route guidance, and closed-loop demand matching, creating a service hub for Beijing-Hong Kong enterprises to “reach the world without leaving home.”

The event is set up with multiple links for sharing and communication. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology gave a policy interpretation on jointly building a new highland for the coordinated development of the Ci Yuan economy going overseas; Meng Qingguo, a professor at the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University and the director of the Beijing International Digital Economy Governance Institute, shared a theme on "AI going overseas: trends, paths and governance challenges"; Deloitte China review Accounting and Assurance Partner, Executive Member and Financial Director of the Hong Kong (Region) Chamber of Commerce, China, Lung Yong-hsiung brought the "Annual Observation of Chinese Enterprises Going Global in Hong Kong"; representatives of Uisee Technology, Shupu Global, and Dipu Technology combined their practical experience to share the overseas experience of science and technology innovation entities taking root in Hong Kong and orienting towards global layout.

The roundtable dialogue was chaired by Huang Jinlin, President of the Hong Kong Software Industry Association. Representatives from Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong Cyberport, Hong Kong Young Entrepreneurs, and guests from UFIDA Hong Kong, Yuntu Zhixing, Beijing Zhongshu Ruizhi and other units participated in the roundtable dialogue. Focusing on the Beijing-Hong Kong digital economy cooperation paradigm during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, they had in-depth exchanges on building a Beijing-Hong Kong AI normalized collaboration mechanism, promoting the industrialization of Beijing AI products in Hong Kong, deepening diversified cooperation in the industrial chain and supply chain, and building industry consensus. (over)