Chief Executive-designate Li Jiachao's political platform mentioned "no innovation and technology, no future", and to build Hong Kong into an international innovation and technology center.
In an exclusive interview with Hong Kong 01, Chairman of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Cha Yichao, said that at this stage, Hong Kong should make full use of the existing Science Park and the newly completed Tseung Kwan O Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC), etc. The company that has produced it is a good demonstration for the northern metropolitan area and Xintian Science and Technology City.
He believes that the most important thing for Hong Kong is to establish a re-industrialization model with local characteristics. He also expects that in the future, the land for innovation and technology will be quadrupled, and the manpower demand will also be quadrupled at present. Talents should be cultivated and absorbed through a multi-pronged approach.
He emphasized that the most important thing is to cooperate with government policies. When there are good policies, software and hardware such as funds and facilities will be in place.
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FTU survey says more than 40% of GDP belongs to producer services
According to the Census and Statistics Department's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) percentage, the service sector accounted for about 93.5% of Hong Kong's GDP in 2020, while the manufacturing sector accounted for only 1%.
However, Zha Yichao quoted last year's research conducted by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and the University of Hong Kong and pointed out that among more than 90% of the service industries, more than 40% belong to the producer service industry, including engineering, design and even marketing, etc. The relevant research was published in 2016 Years have also been carried out, with similar results.
He emphasized that the manufacturing industry that is truly "settled" is only a part of the production chain, and there are also productive service industries, which also account for a large proportion of local GDP.
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Three types of reindustrialization including local production
Talking about re-industrialization, Cha Yichao said that there are currently three types of re-industrialization in Hong Kong. One is the re-industrial process. For example, a company produces domestically, or some high-tech processes are extracted and returned to Hong Kong or overseas. Local output includes the production of anti-epidemic supplies, which has become popular in recent years; third, new technologies and new industries, such as local research and development, production that does not require a lot of labor and sophisticated procedures, he believes that the opening of AMC is just right for re-industrialization.
Actively help new enterprises set a good example for the future
To develop re-industry, I&T, etc., is nothing more than talent, money, market and land.
In terms of land, Cha Yichao said that the government is actively implementing the Northern Metropolitan Area, San Tin Science and Technology City and re-launching the Ma Liushui reclamation plan. In terms of land used today, the Pak Shek Kok Science Park is actually saturated, and the remaining land may involve reclamation. The area is reserved for special planning, and some can also be built with AMC, etc., and there are not many places.
He emphasized that before the completion of these plans, the most important thing is to help some companies that have never done or produced in Hong Kong to gain a firm foothold among the science and technology park companies, and serve as a good example to lead the future northern metropolitan area and The future trend of Xintian Science and Technology City.
In the future, the demand for I&T land and talents is expected to quadruple at present
As for talents, he said that there are currently 17,000 people stationed in the Science Park, of which about 11,000 are research and development personnel, and there are about 40,000 such personnel in Hong Kong, with the largest number of local personnel, and domestic and foreign personnel.
He pointed out that the future land for innovation and technology is estimated to be four times the existing land, so the number of talents in innovation and technology should be about four times that of the present, that is, about 40,000 people in the Science Park and more than 100,000 people in Hong Kong.
He believes that local AI-related university degrees are in short supply, and a multi-pronged approach should be taken to increase talents, including coordinating the increase of relevant university degrees, setting up relevant teaching courses in secondary schools, and retraining existing scientific and technological talents. It is also necessary to study how to attract domestic and foreign talents. development in Hong Kong.
The re-industrialization with Hong Kong characteristics will create many opportunities for young people in the future.
Cha Yichao, Chairman of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
Zha Yichao said that there are many innovation and technology talents in Hong Kong, and the most important thing is to cooperate with government policies. With good policies, software and hardware such as funds and facilities will be in place.
He said he was happy to see the strong support for innovation and technology by the past two governments. Chief executive-designate Li Jiachao also said that Hong Kong would be built into an international innovation and technology city. The Science and Technology Park Corporation would try its best to give advice. He emphasized that the most important thing for Hong Kong’s re-industrialization is to find a model with its own characteristics. .
Among them, the producer service industry has its own methods. If you think you are the most core (core) department, take your own core to manage it.
Cha Yichao, Chairman of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
18 "unicorn" companies in Hong Kong emphasize that numbers are not KPIs
He also said that there are now 18 "unicorn companies" in Hong Kong, which is more than six to eight three years ago. He described it as "not bad", but he pointed out that the existence of "unicorn companies" is influenced by culture, such as Japan. Most start-up companies cooperate with large companies and then merge into large companies, so there are fewer "unicorns" in Japan.
He emphasized that the number of "unicorns" is not a KPI and does not need to be compared with other landfills.
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