Hong Kong’s smart city ecosystem is on the cusp of accelerated development with the introduction 5G and growing maturity of AI and big data. Hong Kong is set for digital transformation and a wave of IOT services is creating a smarter city for the future.

HK’s highly-connected ecosystem creates ideal living lab for Smart City innovation

Brunei-born entrepreneur Brandon Ng,  Co-founder and CEO of Ampd Energy, a green energy storage company, shares his story of how his team found purpose, the ideal product-market fit and their first customers in Hong Kong--the home to pioneers with the HK10X spirit and the gateway from the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to Southeast Asia and global opportunities.  

Science Park startup, Ampd Energy has raised US$7 million to date. The company’s energy storage systems now power over 50 construction projects for 18 of the largest construction companies and developers in Hong Kong, and the company is now entering the international market.

BRANDON NG  :  Energy storage pioneers Ampd found resilience and purpose in HK to fuel quest for innovation  

Fueled by a desire to find purpose and meaning in life, career technologist Hasan Gadjali leads Meridian Innovation on a global quest for talent and technology to make advanced thermal imaging a pervasive enabler for life-changing apps and devices. His journey brought him to Hong Kong.

HASAN GADJALI : Seasoned startup innovator leverages the best of both Hong Kong and Singapore in pursuit of global capabilities 

Hong Kong’s ambition to be a world-class I&T hub backed by bold government R&D commitment and talent drive to ensure innovations can thrive as current pioneers and innovators in biotechnology, fintech and other sectors are showing the way with their ground-breaking discoveries.

Hong Kong Making Moves to Unleash its World-Class R&D Potential for Global Innovators

Hong Kong rides regional and China biotech boom to become world’s no. 2 biotech funding hub, creating a flourishing ecosystem of R&D spawning IPO-scale-ups as well as promising early-stage startups transforming the world of health.

Hong Kong emerges as world-leading healthtech hub at heart of the China and Asia biotech boom

Startups and booming tech leaders highlight Hong Kong’s world-class techpreneurship and the high-tech manufacturing might of the GBA that make this region the ideal platform to propel their business across Asia and the globe.

Long-term GBA potential positions  HK as Asia’s  ideal  tech  superconnector 

Hong Kong was the second largest IPO hub globally in 2020, beating Asian rivals Shanghai, Shenzhen and Singapore, with investment surging in tech, biotech and fintech.

Hong Kong: Asia’s premiere financial hub for innovation and tech

Hong Kong’s virtual bank success, prevailing financial strength and immediate access to the largest global fintech markets in China and SEA make it a haven for fintechs launching their innovations in the region.

Global and local fintechs find Hong Kong a formidable anchor as world-leading financial market

Health and biotech set to boom as Hong Kong and GBA provide the ideal mix of market opportunity, scientific talent, global regulatory standards and a wealth of capital with all eyes on technology as the answer to the growing global health challenge.

Hong  Kong’s  biomedical  tech  boom  fueled  by  world-class  talent  and  capabilities

AI  and  Robotics  to  revitalize  Hong  Kong  industry,  workforce  and  society

The power of AI and robotic for cross-industry revival and transformation as these technologies spark change in construction, logistics, retail and more, plus Hong Kong’s rising potential as a global certification centre.

AI  and  Robotics  to  revitalise  Hong  Kong  industry,  workforce  and  society

Revealed – how this pioneering investor through her hunger to change the world for the better has sparked the China healthtech boom and is now managing billions in assets and shaping the success of hundreds of startups.

NISA LEUNG : Pioneering  HK  investor  driven  by  improving  lives  and  world-changing  technologies

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Revealed – how this pioneering investor through her hunger to change the world for the better has sparked the China healthtech boom and is now managing billions in assets and shaping the success of hundreds of startups.

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For Professor Tsui Lap Chee, the lessons from cracking the codes to cystic fibrosis and the human genome are to relentlessly pursue the question of why and how success stems from simply focusing on each small step in front of you.

PROFESSOR  TSUI  LAP-CHEE :  World-renowned  HK  scientist  says  small  gains  the  secret  to  scientific  success              

Discover how this Hong Kong fintech pioneer is changing the legacy world of trade finance and creating economic opportunities for small medium and large businesses with his obsession with cryptic secret codes and now blockchain.


DUNCAN  WONG : Secret  codes  inspire  HK  academic  to  change  the  world  of  finance  through  blockchain

See how adversity merely drove the acknowledged ‘father of non-invasive prenatal testing’ to push on as he highlights how challenges, failure and success all go hand-in hand if your mission is to save lives.

PROFESSOR  DENNIS  LO : Overcoming challenges  and  sustaining  vision  to  changing  millions  of  lives

Innovations in balloon and stent technolgy have given thousands of heart disease patients safer and less risky treatments to prolong life, OrbusNeich has taken this further with a ground-breaking world-first -- a bioengineered dual-therapy stent. 


DAVID  CHIEN : HK-based OrbusNeich sets new world benchmark in lifesaving heart device technology

A 25-year tech veteran, Hugh Chow left Hong Kong as an engineering graduate in 1990, founded and sold two semiconductor firms in the US and Canada before returning to Hong Kong to showcase the innovation potential from these shores.



HUGH  CHOW : Meet the man charged with realizing the dreams of Hong Kong’s tech pioneers

Armed with a love of physics and computer chips but most of all a will to leave lasting impact, Dr Owyang King’s career began with roots at MIT and went on to blaze a trail of innovation at Silicon Valley. 


OWYANG  KING : Making a difference drives chip pioneer’s path to global IoT innovator

It takes a minimum of eight years R&D and testing to get a biomedical product to get from bench to bedside approval. But Dr Paul Cheng at BCT-100, conquered all challenges to push through Hong Kong's first FDA-approved drug.


PAUL  CHENG : Saving lives drives HK doctor’s journey through healthtech valley of death

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Tim Lee and his team pioneers the the world’s first Bluetooth-enabled point-of-sale terminals that allowed mobile payments via QR codes. Today QFPay operates in 16 countries, the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay.



TIM  LEE : Transforming the way we pay from China to HK and the world

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Hong Kong's long-held traits of determination, resilience, and sense of community in the face of adversity, are all key characteristics that defines past and current innovators in Hong Kong. The city's innovation culture has been front and center as the I&T community and ecosystem rose to the occasion to tackle COVID-19.

Vibrant I&T ecosystem is a showcase of HK’s post-COVID resilience and emerging innovation culture 

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VIDEO: BCT makes history with HK’s first fully approved cancer drug

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VIDEO: How Arrow Electronics turns HK’s bright ideas into IoT global game-changers

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VIDEO: HK fintech CryptoBLK transforms trade finance for 1000s of SMEs

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VIDEO: HK biotech Arbele unveil therapies to extend the lives of terminally-ill cancer patients

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VIDEO: Siemens tag smart OS as missing link to fulfilling HK’s smart city potential

• Dennis Lo ‘set a goal’ to find safer, non-invasive prenatal test, which is now used over 7 million times in more than 90 countries each year 

• Soung Liew says ‘passion and perseverance’ have helped him develop technology that could transform speed and reliability of wireless communication

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VIDEO: How did 2 Hong Kong innovative pioneers turn ideas into reality that can change the world?

• Abundance of funding, strong research capabilities and easy access to China market prove key to vibrancy of city’s start-up sector 

• Pivotal role in Greater Bay Area helps city's entrepreneurs promote their ideas and inspire future generations

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VIDEO: Hong Kong’s ‘pioneers’: how passion and confidence drives success of city’s innovation and technology businesses

• Technology created at Jonathan Cheung’s Inovo Robotics performs repetitive tasks that can cultivate sustainable crops and process foods in automated kitchens 

• Eric Wong has transformed lab experiments with Nikyang’s automated tools that allow researchers to carry out more reliable and systematic analysis

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VIDEO: How 2 Hong Kong pioneers’ hi-tech robotic arms can transform traditional industries and research

• Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Victor Lee has developed robots that can automatically disinfect shopping malls and deliver meals in quarantine hotels 

• Mattis Tsang says dedication was crucial as he built a flight simulator to train pilots and students with an emphasis on aviation safety

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VIDEO: How Hong Kong’s young innovators are using technology to build a safer society

• Start-up specialises in smart logistics solutions incorporating robotics and artificial intelligence, with a goal to fully automate warehouses

• With a emphasis on research and development as well as international growth, the company decided to open a global R&D centre in Hong Kong

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VIDEO: How tech unicorn Geek+ is nurturing a new generation of R&D talent in Hong Kong

Stories in the media showcasing pioneers ignited by the HK10X spirit.

Stories in the media showcasing pioneers ignited by the HK10X spirit

Stories in the media showcasing pioneers ignited by the HK10X spirit

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