Tech & Innovation

London and Hong Kong are both globally renowned technology hubs, with leading universities, strong financial sectors and large, diverse talent pools creating vibrant start-up ecosystems.

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.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Nanjing Hanwei Public Health Research Institute have developed an AI early warning platform to more effectively prevent and treat respiratory infectious diseases.

The application of augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly widespread. Commonly used in games and education in the early years, it has expanded to the medical field.

Generative AI is drawing intense attention in the licensing industry, as it could cost-effectively generate vast amounts of IP content, but comes with a range of legal, privacy and security problems.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been at the forefront of addressing myopia, an eye disorder that affects one-third of the global population, with a novel non-invasive solution to control the development of myopia in children.