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The Science Park promotes the establishment of a digital ecosystem of "soft and hard" to promote Hong Kong's industry to take off again

2021-09-30T19:39:10.448Z


The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park held the fifth "On the Horizon" webinar on September 3, with the theme of "Digital Infrastructure: Hong Kong's New Development Force", inviting a group of investors, technology start-ups and industry experts.


The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park held the 5th "On the Horizon" webinar on September 3, with the theme of "Digital Infrastructure: Hong Kong's New Development Force", inviting a group of investors, technology start-ups and industry experts to discuss Hong Kong together The prospects for the development of the digital industry, and the analysis of the industry’s development status in hardware and soft power resources.

The seminar also mentioned the importance of the digitalization of traditional industries, and advocated the use of technology and data to enable Hong Kong to have a sustainable digital ecosystem and to promote the re-industrialization of Hong Kong with digital infrastructure and the gathering of talents from all over the world.


Photography: Huang Shuhui


Improve the digital infrastructure and provide multiple services to help the digital transformation of traditional industries

In recent years, digital transformation has become a major trend. In addition to innovation and technology companies, other traditional industries such as food, finance, logistics, etc. all need to "evolve." Networking technology improves efficiency, reduces costs, etc.

Huang Keqiang, Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, pointed out that "digital industry" is the general trend.

After a company is digitized, a large amount of data is generated, attracting other companies to turn the data into useful resources, conduct big data analysis, and use as reference materials for business decision-making. There are more and more different needs in the market, which promotes "digital industrialization."

To support the development of local innovation and technology, encourage more industries to invest in digital transformation, and achieve the vision of "re-industrialization", a sound digital infrastructure is essential.

Li Songde, chairman of the Hong Kong Data Center Association, pointed out at the seminar that the number of data centers in Hong Kong has grown rapidly in recent years. It currently covers about 8 million square feet and is expected to increase by nearly 50% in 2026.

But with the large number of data centers, does it mean that the industry has matured?

Dr. Yao Qingliang, senior director and engineer of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation's reindustrialization, explained that the number of data centers is not enough to measure the development level of the local digital industry.

On the contrary, the industry has to make long-term plans for land development and strengthen the diversification of infrastructure in order to continue to promote the development of the digital industry.

"The current land prices reflect the shortage of land and bring hidden concerns to industrial development. The Science Park allocated 3.5 hectares of land in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate 10 years ago for the development of digital infrastructure. The development of the digital industry is driven by infrastructure first, but only hardware The construction is not enough. The supporting infrastructure and soft power resources are equally important."

He continued that, in addition to the number of construction, whether the services and supporting equipment provided by the data center itself are diversified enough to affect the development of the digital transformation of traditional industries. Because the data center plays a supporting role, it can assist industry merchants in processing external data analysis and improve efficiency. .

Dr. Qingliang Yao pointed out that many data centers currently cover "IaaS" (Infrastructure as a Service), "PaaS" (Platform as a Service) and "SaaS" (Software as a Service). Services), the booming digital industry is conducive to Hong Kong's reindustrialization.

The Science and Technology Park promotes industry exchanges and cooperation, cultivates talents, attracts foreign investment, and establishes a sustainable ecosystem

Upgrading hardware is the cornerstone of the development of the digital industry, allowing data to be more widely used.

However, the further development of the industry depends on the number of talents in the local market and investors' interest in the market.

Many guests at the seminar said that cultivating local R&D professionals is an indispensable part, and the Science Park not only introduces data centers and plays a role in digital infrastructure, but also strives to enhance the "soft power" of the local digital industry market. .

As a platform to nurture the local innovation and technology industry, the Science and Technology Park has always introduced a series of measures for various innovation and technology industries, such as consulting, personnel training, and support for scientific research and start-up industries. It has become an important platform to promote industry exchanges and enhance local innovation. The comprehensive strength of the scientific community.

Take the Data Technology Hub (DT Hub) built by the Science and Technology Park in Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate as an example.

DT Hub brings together companies and talents of different nature and scales such as information and communication technology services, financial technology, Internet of Things, data center support, etc., to promote exchanges and cooperation from all walks of life, generate synergy and stimulate creativity.

DT Hub is an important infrastructure for building a digital ecosystem.

Dr. Yao continued: "The focus of the Science Park is to build a diversified and sustainable ecosystem. A sound ecosystem has large and small enterprises and supporting units that complement each other and compete with each other, so that they can gather talents and attract sufficient investment. Capital, create a good industry prospect. And the benign interaction of talents from all parties can make the pie bigger and bigger.” Ideally, the ecosystem can operate on its own, gradually expand, and apply its experience to industries outside the industrial village. .

As an important base for Hong Kong's "re-industrialization", the Science and Technology Park hopes to support the development of Hong Kong's re-industrialization through the construction of a digital ecosystem.

The so-called "re-industrialization" is not re-industrialization, but re-evolution of industry.

Dr. Yao added that the new wave of digital transformation has just begun. Even with the current mature technology, it is difficult to ensure that competitiveness can continue into the future.

Therefore, different industries must promote innovation in order to keep up with the evolving cycle of technological development.

A good digital infrastructure and a vigorous industrial environment can promote the development of value-added services and enable the sustainable development of production lines, such as assisting factories and production lines to become automated, and establishing a mature Internet of Things to cooperate with production.

The development of the digital industry will not only benefit data centers, but also promote the re-industrialization of Hong Kong and enable Hong Kong's economy to reach new heights.

Industry professionals gathered to share their insights in the webinar.

Among them are (from left) Qiu Dagen, co-founder of SmartTech Capital Co., Ltd., Li Songde, Chairman of Hong Kong Data Center Association, Dr. Zheng Jinxiong, Director of Research and Technology Development of Logistics and Supply Chain Multi-Technology R&D Center, Dr. Yao Qingliang, Senior Director of Reindustrialization of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Corporation, Xiao Lianghui, Managing Director of DTZ Hong Kong, Li Shaobin, Chief Digital Director of Hong Kong Productivity Council, and Huang Yuanshan, Senior Vice President of Unity Hong Kong Fund and Dean of Public Policy Research Institute.

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Source: hk1

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