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The financial sector has a critical role to play in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

20 January 2021

Healthy infrastructure requires a healthy country – and investment in health is a critical component of infrastructure investment.More

Topics: Banking Services, Finance & Investment, Hong Kong, Mainland China, e-business, asian financial forum

Bridge to Africa

A free trade agreement with a member of a new African trade bloc offers Mainland China enhanced access to the vast regional market.

13 January 2021

Mainland China began 2021 with a single step into a giant continent — Africa, The mainland’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Mauritius took effect on the same day as the African Free Trade Continental Area (AfCFTA), which includes Mauritius, rolled out, forging a link between the mainland and Africa.More

Topics: Association & Government, Mauritius, Ghana, trade

IPHatch win boosts Greater Bay Area drive

A Hong Kong network programming innovator sets its sights north after winning an open-innovation competition.

06 January 2021

Start-ups often lack research and development (R&D) capital and can extend development by collaborating with leading multinational companies in developing technological patents.More

Topics: Hong Kong, Mainland China, start-ups, e-business

‘Silver’ expo integrates health, elderly care

Technology offers solutions to the problem of caring for seniors with limited staffing resources.

30 December 2020

Guangzhou’s China International Silver Industry Exhibition offered an upbeat update on the sector, with exhibitors presenting a wide range of senior-friendly smart products, while acknowledging that the integration of health and elderly care is very much the emerging service model.More

Topics: Medical & Healthcare Services, Mainland China, MedTech, health

Putting IP to bed

An innovative Hong Kong bedding producer finds many appropriately sleepy customers in the Greater Bay Area.

23 December 2020

Experiential marketing has become a hot topic among sales and marketing professionals.More

Topics: Furniture & Furnishings, Design Services, Mainland China, Hong Kong, bip asia forum, Furnishing

Powerhouse for R&D

A Hong Kong battery innovator picks the Greater Bay Area as its development base while EV revolution ramps up demand.

16 December 2020

One of the strongest trends in the 2020s is certain to be a surge in electric-vehicle sales, which will bring a massive increase in demand for lithium-ion batteries.More

Topics: Chemicals, Engineering, Mainland China, Hong Kong, start-ups, e-business

Summit-eye view of logistics shake-up

Belt and Road Initiative economies need to plot a fresh course forward as the COVID-19 pandemic, trade disputes and digitalisation of the industry transform global supply chains.

08 December 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has turbo-charged the supply chain shake-up which the Sino-United States trade dispute initiated.More

Topics: Association & Government, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Greater Bay Area

SmartHK plugs into Sichuan

Hong Kong’s innovation and technology knowhow, financial acumen and global links can boost this pivotal province.

02 December 2020

The large, central province of Sichuan serves as an internal pivot for China, linking the subtropical south and temperate north, the heavily industrialised east and mountainous west.More

Topics: Association & Government, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Bay Area, Belt and Road

Plotting a new path

The Belt and Road Summit offers a chance to review changes driven by the pandemic.

25 November 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic stalled many development projects across the world as restrictions – ranging from social distancing measures to total lockdowns – interrupted work.More

Topics: Association & Government, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Belt & Road, trade

Work resumes on Pakistan corridor

The Belt and Road link between Mainland China and Arabian Sea via a new deep-water port in Gwadar is back on track.

18 November 2020

It is fair to say that even by the general standards of 2020, it has been a particularly tough year for Pakistan.More

Topics: Association & Government, Pakistan, Mainland China, Belt and Road, infrastructure

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