The United Hong Kong Foundation held the "Unity Zhuoer Forum" today (13th) with the theme of "A New Chapter in Hong Kong - Discussing the Future of Hong Kong's Regional Innovation Centre".
In his speech, Financial Secretary Paul Chan said that the government has invested more than 150 billion yuan in innovation in the past five years, and is now formulating a strategic plan and roadmap for the development of innovation and technology in the next 5 to 10 years. It is confident that Hong Kong can become a regional innovation and technology center.
Chen Maobo said that the government is actively formulating strategies and roadmaps for the development of innovation and technology in the next 5 to 10 years. The goal is to launch within 6 months, focusing on building an innovation and technology ecosystem, strengthening cross-sector and regional collaboration, and integrating innovation and technology. Achievements and commercialization, as well as strengthening infrastructure, etc., hope to promote Hong Kong to become a regional innovation and technology center through cooperation with cities in the Greater Bay Area.
He said that the government continues to promote innovation and technology development and economic transformation, including research and development of infrastructure, nurturing talents and improving policies for purchasing innovative products. In the past five years, more than 150 billion yuan has been invested, which has driven the number of start-up companies to increase from about 1,000 in 2014 to more than 4,000 now. During the period, the total amount of venture capital has also increased from 1.2 billion yuan to 42 billion yuan, and the results are obvious to all.
In the consultation of the "Policy Address", he received comments on attracting talents and strategic organizations on strengthening the innovation and technology sector. He said that relevant measures would be introduced, and he was determined that with the support of the national "14th Five-Year Plan", Hong Kong could become an international Innovation and Technology Hub.
When Chen Maobo left, he was asked if he was worried that Singapore's Fintech Festival in November would "grab customers" and weaken Hong Kong's competitiveness, but he did not respond at all.
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