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24 September 2021

This story is a part of the Hong Kong Means Business “Powered by HSBC – Bridging the GBA” series. More

Post-Covid Prospects: The United Arab Emirates

23 September 2021

The first case of COVID-19 in the UAE was recorded on 29 January 2020, and so the Emirates was one of the first countries in the world to see confirmed cases. Repeated lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus, coupled with the global and regional economic recession, severely impacted the economy of the Middle East’s global business hub, and hit the tourism, logistics and retail sectors particularly hard. More

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China’s 14th Five-Year Plan: Research Priorities and Industrial Policies

15 July 2021

In the 14th Five-Year Plan, the Chinese government sets forth a strategy of the “domestic and overseas markets reinforcing each other, with the domestic market as the mainstay”. The key to building a strong domestic market is enhancing supply capacity. There are a number of policies laid down in the 14th Five-Year Plan that are designed to support research and industry development. More

Tech & Innovation

Start-ups reach out

02 July 2021

The serial information technology revolutions – transistors (1950s), integrated circuits (1960s), personal computers (1970s, 80s), Internet (1990s) and mobile devices (2010s) – had a profound effect on the global economy because of their breadth. The jump in communication, data processing and storage capacity transformed every field from accounting to zoology. More

Market Opportunities

Trading platform picks up plaudits

01 June 2021

Physical conferences and fairs offer exhibitors and attendees a chance to circulate, directly network with peers and engage face to face, often displaying documents and prototypes. More

Market Opportunities

Chatty robot walks the talk abroad

27 May 2021

Many children learning English as a foreign language grow up in households where there are no English speakers, and lose out on the chance to learn through conversation. More

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Smart City Facilitators: Enhancing Customer Experience with AI Chatbot

03 May 2021

Businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence (AI) to automate business functions. AI-powered chatbots are more frequently adopted to replace human chat service agents to automate customer support. In view of the opportunities presented by the use of AI in customer services, HKTDC Research conducted an interview with Set Sail Software to get insights on the benefits and applications of AI chatbots across industries. More

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Start-Up Hong Kong: The Academia-Entrepreneur Interface

22 April 2021

Miles Wen, founder and CEO of Fano Labs, told HKTDC Research that the academia-entrepreneur interface helps expedite the commercialisation of R&D achievements. In addition, entrepreneurs can build up personal connections, obtain valuable experience in entrepreneurship and broaden their horizons through the exchange of ideas within the academic network. More

Entrepreneurship

Nimble AI for fast-changing market

04 March 2021

As overseas brands scramble to reboot business in Mainland China following a year of COVID-19 upheaval, Hong Kong-headquartered EternityX is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help boost their prospects. More

Market Opportunities

How bright is ‘I’ in AI?

29 January 2021

Apple’s smart voice assistant SIRI puts a human voice, if not a face, to artificial intelligence (AI) for many people, but one of the fathers of SIRI believes that AI, as widely understood, does not exist. More

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