These hi-tech corporations will arrange their analysis and growth centres, in addition to operation and manufacturing bases on the HKSTP’s Science Park and InnoPark. Science Park is the town’s start-up hub, whereas InnoPark is the HKSTP’s large-scale manufacturing area to spice up technological innovation.
This can generate synergies with native companies, analysis and better training establishments to drive the event of diversified industrial chains and create Hong Kong’s vibrant innovation and expertise ecosystem, Solar Dong, the Secretary for Innovation, Expertise and Trade, stated at a signing ceremony on Friday.
“These excellent corporations have chosen to arrange their companies and broaden their superior manufacturing operations within the metropolis, which is a vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s efforts to construct a world innovation and expertise hub,” stated Solar.
The enterprises, lots of that are {industry} leaders, span sectors equivalent to biopharmaceuticals, synthetic intelligence, robotics and automation, semiconductors, new power automobiles and inexperienced power, stated Solar.
The general investments of those corporations will attain HK$14 billion (US$1.8 billion), which may generate greater than 2,200 jobs, he added.
The 11 corporations are Adaspace Expertise, Superior Isotopes Expertise Asia, BeyonCa HK, China State Building Engineering (Hong Kong), Enpower Greentech, Henan Oriental Supplies, Jacobson Pharma, Jiangsu Nationwide Chip Intelligence Tools, Mission Info Applied sciences, Pudu Robotics HK and Unity Drive.
Hong Kong has sturdy benefits in analysis and growth (R&D) in addition to expertise, which can assist Pudu Robotics’ growth of its pioneering expertise, stated founder and CEO Felix Zhang.
As Hong Kong is a part of the Higher Bay Space, it may leverage the area’s provide chain benefits, Zhang stated. “We’re very assured that we can assist contribute to the event of Hong Kong as a complicated manufacturing hub.”
Pudu Robotics will be part of HKSTP in August and may have about 100 R&D employees in Hong Kong in three years, Zhang stated, including that the agency will make investments HK$500 million over the following three years to develop its expertise.
The federal government has been actively bringing modern expertise corporations from the mainland and abroad to Hong Kong, in keeping with the innovation and expertise minister.
“During the last two years, we have now negotiated with greater than 100 innovation and expertise corporations to arrange their enterprise or broaden in Hong Kong, together with a minimum of 20 industry-leading corporations,” stated Solar.
“The federal government will [continue] to draw extra enterprises to develop their enterprise in Hong Kong, and speed up the event of Hong Kong as a world innovation and expertise centre.”