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Hong Kong pledges to step up expansion of innovation and technology talent pool, bolstering city’s hi-tech hub ambitions

  • Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, said the city ‘has been very proactive’ to enlarging its tech talent pool
  • He said that initiative also involved the active participation of universities in grooming skilled people in research and development

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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, says the government has sharpened its focus on fostering the growth of exceptional innovation and technology talent in the city. Photo: Sun Yeung
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The Hong Kong government vows to accelerate the expansion of the city’s international talent pool for innovation and technology amid mainland China’s broader efforts to overcome sweeping hi-tech restrictions initiated by the United States.
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Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sun Dong, pointed out that lofty goal in his speech on Wednesday at the 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, organised by the Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians and held at the city’s Science Park in Sha Tin.

“Young people are Hong Kong’s future,” Sun said. He affirmed that the government “has been very proactive” in its efforts to “nurture innovation and technology (I&T) talent, and enlarge the local talent pool”, alongside the active participation of universities in grooming skilled people in research and development (R&D).

He also cited how China’s 14th five-year plan for 2021-25 supports the city’s “development into an international I&T centre”.
Some of the prominent speakers and guests at the 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin, on April 3, 2024. Front row, from left: Peking University president Gong Qihuang; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu, also Council Chair of the Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians; Fang Jianming, Deputy Commissioner of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong; Lu Xinning, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong; Sayasat Nurbek, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and Innovation, Technology and Industry Secretary Sun Dong. Photo: Sun Yeung
Some of the prominent speakers and guests at the 2nd Global Innovation & Technology Summit, held at the Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin, on April 3, 2024. Front row, from left: Peking University president Gong Qihuang; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu, also Council Chair of the Greater Bay Area Association of Academicians; Fang Jianming, Deputy Commissioner of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong; Lu Xinning, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong; Sayasat Nurbek, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and Innovation, Technology and Industry Secretary Sun Dong. Photo: Sun Yeung

“Being home to five of the world’s top 100 universities, and numerous world-class experts and scholars, Hong Kong has access to the best resources available, forming a solid foundation and network for our journey to become an international I&T hub,” Sun said.

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That optimism reflects the Hong Kong government’s sharpened focus on fostering the growth of exceptional I&T talent.

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