{
  "id": 4664343,
  "title": "Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation Kicks Off 25th Anniversary Prelude “Innovation. Next by Nature.”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hong-kong-science-and-technology-parks-corporation-kicks-off-25th",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T14:05:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arabian Post",
    "slug": "arabian-post",
    "url": "https://thearabianpost.com/hong-kong-science-and-technology-parks-corporation-kicks-off-25th-anniversary-prelude-innovation-next-by-nature/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) began its 25th anniversary celebration with the \"Together to NEXT\" event on August 31, 2026. The event showcased HKSTP's role as the global epicenter for innovation and technology (I&T) and marked a quarter-century of turning innovative ideas into global impact.\n\nThe kickoff event featured HKSTP's new theme for the year-long celebration, \"Innovation. Next by Nature.\" This theme reflects HKSTP's evolution from an ecosystem enabler to a catalyst for the next era of global innovation. The organization will host 25 high-impact activations and cultural moments under the \"25 to NEXT\" campaign, starting in August 2026 and ending in July 2027, with three core goals: broadening a diverse talent ecosystem, advancing tech-industry convergence, expanding a global footprint, and drawing the future nearer through immediate action.\n\nIn partnership with CB Insights, HKSTP unveiled the findings of a landmark study titled \"Inside Asia's Fast-Track to Global Tech Scale.\" The report ranks Hong Kong first in Asia and fifth globally in terms of high-potential start-ups, with a Mosaic score of 370. This score measures momentum, financing, market opportunity, and leadership quality, indicating that Hong Kong has a concentrated pool of scale-ready ventures and highly-investable innovation.\n\nThe report highlights China's dominance in the physical AI wave, particularly in robotics and AI infrastructure, with US$26.1 billion and US$21.4 billion invested, respectively, in 2025. China leads the region in deals for emerging segments such as robot/industrial humanoid robots, vision-language models, and autonomous driving models.\n\nKey figures from HKSTP participated in the event, including Chairman Cordelia Chung, CEO Terry Wong, Chief Financial Officer Aldous Mak, Chief Marketing Officer Hilda Chan, Chief Property and Asset Officer Filla Mak, Chief Ecosystem Development Officer Eric Or, and others. The event highlighted HKSTP's role as a global I&T ecosystem orchestrator and innovation accelerator, emphasizing the importance of connecting innovators with capital, talent, Mainland China links, and global market pathways.",
  "summary": "Partnered with CB Insights to unveil Hong Kong leads Asia and ranks fifth globally for high-potential start-ups, orchestrating the next era of global tech innovation Key Takeaways: HKSTP's 25 th Anniversary Prelude theme, \"Innovation. Next by Nature.\", brings together great minds and bold ideas to inspire what comes next for Hong Kong's innovation ecosystem. The CB Insights-HKSTP white paper…",
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