The new Budget proposes to allocate $5 billion to establish a "Strategic Innovation and Technology Fund".
Cha Yichao, chairman of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, said today (12th) that the company will actively cooperate to identify potential innovation and technology companies.
He also said that in recent years, the atmosphere of innovation and technology investment in Hong Kong has been positive. In the past four years, the park companies in the Science Park have received more than 220 investment cases and raised more than 68 billion yuan.
He said that the Science and Technology Park has nurtured about 850 start-ups, more than 1,000 I&T companies have settled in the Science Park, and the I&T community has more than 17,000 people, of which 11,000 are R&D professionals.
He emphasized that the Science and Technology Park will actively provide more internship, training and employment opportunities for young people through different programs, and will launch the Shenzhen Branch of the Hong Kong Science Park in the second half of the year to support enterprises and talents to "bring in and go out".
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Cha Yichao said on the RTHK program "Letter from Hong Kong" today that he was very encouraged by the fact that the "Budget" published last month promoted a number of innovation and technology projects.
He said that in recent years, the innovation and technology ecosystem constructed by the Science and Technology Park has made progress. For example, the total assets of venture capital funds under management have exceeded 600 million yuan, supporting start-ups at different financing stages.
As of today, the fund has invested in 23 technology companies. For every yuan invested in the science park, it can attract 32 yuan of external investment.
He described the current "innovation and technology momentum is good, and Hong Kong's unicorns continue to grow." The park companies in the Science Park include the listed company SenseTime and the unicorn Lalamove.
In the Science Park, the biomedical technology group is also very good, and the number of companies has increased from 50 to more than 150 in a few years.
This June marks the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Cha Yichao pointed out that in order to meet the future development, the second phase expansion plan of the Science Park has begun. The government has also proposed an expansion plan to provide more space for scientific research collaboration. Actively provide more internship, training and employment opportunities for young people.
He emphasized that the three major industrial estates have been repositioned as "innovation parks" earlier, promoting "from R&D to innovative manufacturing", assisting the upgrading and transformation of local traditional industries, and supporting the development of emerging advanced manufacturing industries.
In the past four years, the park companies in the Science Park have received more than 220 investment cases and raised more than 68 billion yuan.
(File photo / Photo by Liang Pengwei)
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