AR | Hong Kong Means Business

17 January 2023

The year opened with a flurry of activity for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) as the first events held after the reopening of the border with Mainland China and easing of COVID-19 restrictions on overseas travel drew heavy traffic. More

HKTDC Updates

HKTDC International ICT Expo

13 September 2022

Explore a world of cutting-edge smart-city solutions and information and communications technology (ICT) applications across all sectors at the HKTDC International ICT Expo. Learn about the next-generation strategies that can provide a clearer path towards the brighter, smarter cities of tomorrow. More

Market Opportunities

A new world of opportunity

13 September 2022

The metaverse can offer an effectively unlimited virtual business space to enterprises. Many Hong Kong firms are gradually incorporating the metaverse into their business, integrating online and offline resources, creating synergies and exploring new business opportunities. More

Market Opportunities

Build your own universe

31 March 2022

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are pulling real-world assets into the metaverse and giving them value in the content-owner-driven world of Web 3.0. But since the metaverse is content-only and everyone can create items from scratch, or even virtualise real-world performers and let them live forever, why not go all-virtual? More

Tech & Innovation

Global digital tech on display

15 February 2022

From a colour‑changing car to a finger‑nibbling cat robot (the Amagami Ham Ham, courtesy of Yukai Engineering and the Liv Heart Corporation, main picture), the recent CES 2022 brought the latest tech ideas from around the world to Las Vegas for a combined in‑person and digital event. More

Market Opportunities

Launching into the metaverse

07 February 2022

The planned metaverse will bring profound changes to virtual and physical supply chains. This webinar will explore the implications and opportunities for the Hong Kong business community. It will also consider how the COVID-19 pandemic has turbocharged the shift towards the digital economy as service providers turn to technology-driven initiatives to create new customer experiences and generate innovative online sales and marketing channels. More

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Greater Bay Area Start-Ups: From San Francisco Bay Area to China’s Silicon Valley

25 November 2021

Raj Oswal is a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur from the San Francisco Bay Area. Seeing the huge business opportunities in the GBA, Raj recently set up his own company focused on being a technology solution provider – Interface Technology (Shenzhen) CO. – in Shekou, Net Valley in 2021. He also has an eye on education technology for the future, using AR and VR to enhance the online learning experience. Raj shares how he perceives the GBA start-up ecosystem from his own experience. More

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Start-Up Hong Kong: Design Via VR Visualisation

03 May 2021

Local start-up Cube Present Limited uses an “unreal engine” platform to provide services in virtual scene designing, spatial designing and virtual visualisation. Deky Leung, the founder and chief operating officer, shared about how he had gone about starting a business. He said that because start-up entrepreneurs often feel enormous pressure and frustration, it is vitally important for them to stick to their beliefs. More

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SWOT Analysis of Hong Kong as an International Business Hub: An Innovation and Technology Interchange

28 October 2020

Hong Kong’s standing in the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2019 of 63 countries and regions around the world has risen from 11th in 2018 to 8th in 2019. Although Hong Kong’s global ranking in innovation and technology (I&T) has improved overall, few enterprises in the GBA have used or are using Hong Kong’s I&T services. PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited (PwC) carried out a SWOT analysis of Hong Kong as an innovation and technology interchange for GBA. More

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Hong Kong Companies in the GBA (18): Seizing Retail Opportunities

06 April 2020

Founded in 1841, A.S. Watson Group has grown into the international health and beauty retail giant. Its business spans across health and beauty, electronics, wine, etc. Watsons is the Group’s flagship health and beauty brand, with more than 700 outlets located in the GBA. In an interview for HKTDC, Malina Ngai - Group CEO of A.S. Watson Group and CEO of A.S. Watson (Asia & Europe) - shares the company’s experience of operating in the GBA. More

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