​Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) Ms Loretta Lee attended the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area-Yangtze River Delta Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference (Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Industry Session) in Shanghai today (August 12), promoting Hong Kong's business advantages and opportunities in the innovation and technology (I&T) industry to AI and robotics enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta. She encouraged these enterprises to fully leverage Hong Kong's advantages as a "super connector" to complement the strengths of the Yangtze River Delta region.
 
     The conference was co-organised by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, InvestHK, and the Macao Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute, attracting more than 200 representatives from industry enterprises, investment institutions, R&D institutions and business associations. Inspector at Level 2 of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province Mr Huang Xin; Ms Lee; and Director of the Macao Commerce and Investment Promotion Institute Mr Larry Leong, presented business opportunities in their respective regions at the conference, which is is one of the joint investment promotion activities conducted by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao this year, aiming to deepen economic and trade co-operation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area). Assistant Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Ms Cathy Li also attended the event.
 
     Ms Lee explained to the enterprises the unique advantages Hong Kong possesses as the most international city in the Greater Bay Area. "Under the 'one country, two systems' principle, Hong Kong is backed by the country and connected to the world, serving as a global business hub. Hong Kong is not only the world's freest economy, but also Asia's leading international financial centre and the world's largest offshore Renminbi centre. As a 'super connector', Hong Kong seamlessly connects Mainland China with international capital markets through mutual access mechanisms, providing financing channels for enterprises", she said. Leveraging its strengths as an international financial centre and a hub for high-calibre global talent, Hong Kong offers world-class research and development (R&D) infrastructure, top-notch academic research, a diverse talent pool, strong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government policies and funding programmes, and a vibrant local start-up ecosystem for the development of I&T. She added, "Hong Kong possesses the ideal conditions to attract investment and top talent from around the world, making it the best springboard for technology firms expanding overseas."
 
     Addressing representatives from the AI and robotics industry at the event, Ms Lee provided an overview of Hong Kong's I&T development. She introduced various aspects, including Hong Kong's latest initiatives in AI development, such as the AI Supercomputing Centre already in operation at Cyberport and related funding policies; the InnoHK research clusters. and the city's 15 research centres focusing on AI and robotics; the Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Center, which aims to establish open-source and self-training AI foundational models; and the HKSAR Government's various funding policies for innovative technology companies in Hong Kong, as well as its policies for attracting I&T related talent.
 
     Ms Lee said, "As a crucial national technological powerhouse, Hong Kong has been actively committed to the development of the AI ecosystem. The HKSAR Government is steadily implementing the development of AI in Hong Kong from all perspectives, including strategy, R&D, infrastructure, industrial development, data flow, applications, and talent." She also highlighted InvestHK's free services for Mainland enterprises to set up operations in Hong Kong and expand their business globally, and promoted InvestHK's flagship events for the second half of the year. She encouraged companies in the Yangtze River Delta to leverage Hong Kong's advantages to expand into overseas markets.
 
     Mr Huang stated that the conference promoted precise connections between the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta region in multiple dimensions, including projects, markets, scenarios, and capital. He encouraged and invited enterprises from the Yangtze River Delta to seize the opportunity to personally experience and invest in the Greater Bay Area.
 
     Mr Leong also presented Macao's business environment and the development of I&T at the conference. He added that Macao will continue to deepen co-operation with various Mainland cities, fully leveraging its role as a bridge between China and Portugal, and serving as a "precise connector" between China and Portugal. This will help I&T enterprises to fully leverage the Greater Bay Area's policy dividends and Macao's unique advantages to achieve greater development in high-tech fields such as AI.
 
     Representatives from the Canton Investment Development Commission and the Investment Promotion Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality made investment promotion presentations for their respective cites on site.
 
     The second half of the conference also invited 28 companies in the AI and robotics industries to present their projects at the business matching meeting, encouraging them to interact with representatives from the Greater Bay Area.
 
     To download event photos, please visit: www.flickr.com/photos/investhk/albums/72177720328276040.

Ends/Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:35

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