The Commissioner for Digital Policy, Mr Tony Wong, led a Hong Kong innovation and technology (I&T) industry delegation to visit Fuzhou to attend the 8th Digital China Summit and to participate in the Hong Kong Pavilion at the on-site experience area. The Summit runs for five days starting from yesterday (April 28) at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center. The Hong Kong Pavilion, co-organised by the Digital Policy Office (DPO) and the Fujian Liaison Unit of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, showcases I&T products and solutions from around 30 Hong Kong exhibitors. The display facilitates deeper co-operation between Hong Kong enterprises and the Mainland, demonstrates Hong Kong's vibrant development in the digital technology area to domestic and international audiences, and helps enterprises explore and expand their businesses to the vast Mainland market.
 
     The exhibits in the Hong Kong Pavilion mainly come from award-winning projects in local and international I&T competitions, including the Hong Kong ICT Awards, Maker in China SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest - Hong Kong Chapter, the Hong Kong/Shanghai Co-operation Open Data Challenge, and the Asia Pacific Information and Communications Technology Alliance Awards. They cover a wide range of cutting-edge technology fields, such as big data analysis, AI, blockchain, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. The applications of the exhibits are broad, spanning finance, healthcare, smart site management and digital entertainment, highlighting Hong Kong's deep integration of the digital economy with the real economy, as well as high-quality development of new quality productive forces.
 
     Addressing the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Pavilion yesterday morning, Mr Wong said that this year marks the first time for the DPO to lead a delegation to showcase technology at the Summit's Hong Kong Pavilion. The exhibition not only provides a valuable opportunity for Hong Kong's I&T industry, allowing the Mainland I&T industry and investors to gain an in-depth understanding of Hong Kong's excellent services and leading products, but also helps Hong Kong enterprises tap into the enormous Mainland market and its diverse business opportunities. In addition, the exhibition showcases the remarkable innovative capabilities of Hong Kong's I&T industry, highlighting the city's potential to integrate into the overall I&T development of the country. 
 
     Yesterday afternoon, Mr Wong visited the Fujian Artificial Intelligence Computing Center to gain an in-depth understanding of the Center's facilities and technology applications, as well as the status of its support for the development of the AI industry. He then visited the Fujian Big Data Trading Center to learn about the Center's experiences and practices in promoting the development of the data trading business. Finally, he visited China Unicom's Fuzhou Smart Cloud Data Center to learn how the enterprise built a green and low-carbon data centre with high computing power and high security, as well as its latest technology deployment in promoting "Hong Kong data stored in Fujian, Hong Kong data computed in Fujian".
 
     Yesterday evening, Mr Wong attended the Digital China AI City Summit organised by Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. He shared the latest developments in AI applications by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, as well as the Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence Technical and Application Guideline released by the DPO on April 15, showcasing Hong Kong's proactive measures in promoting the development of digital government and AI.
 
     Mr Wong attended the opening ceremony of the Summit this morning (April 29). The Summit, under the theme "Digital Intelligence Leads High-quality Development", was co-organised by the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Data Administration, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Fujian Provincial People's Government, and undertaken by the Fuzhou Municipal People's Government and relevant units. In the afternoon, Mr Wong attended a sub-forum on e-government services, hosted by the CAC, where he delivered a keynote speech on strategies for enhancing public services through digital empowerment in Hong Kong.
 
     Mr Wong concluded his visit today and returned to Hong Kong in the evening.

Ends/Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Issued at HKT 19:26

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