Tech collaboration between China and Hong Kong is key to fostering innovation, experts tell forum
- Despite tensions between China and United States, business leader says Hong Kong has a role to play in commercialising and applying technologies
- Former Chinese foreign minister calls for ‘greater progress in a variety of sectors’, with innovation as the driving force
Hong Kong and mainland China should seek technological cooperation to foster innovation, according to speakers who participated in the Global Innovation and Technology Forum held in Hong Kong, Chengdu and Singapore on Monday.
The forum, sponsored by the South China Morning Post, took place against the backdrop of an intensifying “tech war” between China and the United States.
Li Zhaoxing, former Chinese foreign minister, called innovation the driving force behind progress of all nations and human beings.
“Now we need to promote greater progress in a variety of sectors and make bigger achievements,” Li said in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.
We must unlock the potential of innovation and advancement in technology … and facilitate better international collaboration on a global scale
Leung Chun-ying, former chief executive of Hong Kong, said at the forum that “there are political, legal and policy barriers on the country level that hinder or prohibit the international transfer and global sharing of [technologies]”.
“We must unlock the potential of innovation and advancement in technology … and facilitate better international collaboration on a global scale,” Leung said. “We need to overcome apprehensions about sharing new technology among nations.”
