Market Focus

Green tech

Strong showing by healthtech, greentech start-ups

The 10 Start-up Express winners, an entrepreneurship development programme organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), represented diverse sectors, ranging from healthtech and greentech to edutech and mechanical engineering.

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HKTDC’s major focus areas promote Hong Kong’s advantages

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) this week announced its major focus areas for 2024-2025 to strengthen Hong Kong’s status as a leading global business and investment hub and C&E centre and create opportunities for Hong Kong businesses.

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Digital solutions drive green transformation

With sustainability an increasingly critical issue across industries, firms are rapidly adopting innovative digital technologies to drive green development.

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Logistics firms seek to green fuel tanks

The opening of Hong Kong’s first hydrogen fuelling station and debut of a hydrogen-powered public bus in the city took place at this year’s Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference (ALMAC), a point picked up by several delegates.

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Digital promise for financial services

Financial services are central to Hong Kong’s economy, accounting for nearly a quarter of the city’s GDP and it is one of the biggest financial centres in the world.

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Global entrepreneurs step up

The start-up network is growing and diversifying quickly, extending from traditional hotspots like San Francisco and London to rising giants, such as Hong Kong, while developing economy centres across ASEAN are becoming super-nodes in their own right.

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Green finance looks to COP28

Renewable energy technology is developing at bullet-train speed in Hong Kong and Mainland China, where preparations for the upcoming COP28 United Nations Climate Change conference in the United Arab Emirates in late November are on the fast track.

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Greater Bay Area firms see green

The dynamic Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has many energy-hungry industries, but firms are eager to adopt sustainable practices and opt for solutions from Hong Kong green service providers.

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Green lights in the shade

Sharp falls in renewable energy generator costs mean solar and wind have become the cheapest power sources in much of the world – especially in countries or regions where authorities provide subsidies.

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Peanut waste becomes high-protein meat

Plant-based foods rich in sustainably sourced protein have become popular among environmentally and health-conscious consumers, creating green business opportunities.

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Belt and Road Summit maps new world

Business leaders from around the world descended on Hong Kong this week to map out a shared future in a world of realigning supply chains, a fourth industrial revolution and global desire to deploy sustainable technologies.

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Greenfield sites could yield green cities

The massive development projects in Hong Kong – Northern Metropolis (main picture) and Lantau Tomorrow Vision – will create a perfect prototyping environment for green con tech and prop tech, offering businesses ranging from start-ups to construction giants a chance to develop and deploy cutting-edge sustainable solutions for buildings and infrastructure.

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Hong Kong, Ningbo deepen partnership

The Ningbo-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Forum 2023, jointly organised by the HKTDC and the government of Ningbo city, Zhejiang province, was held in Hong Kong last month. A Ningbo delegation comprising political and business leaders attended in-person, as the two cities explored collaborations to drive the nation’s high-quality development, as well as create new momentum for Hong Kong’s economy.