Businessman Irons Sze has called for collaboration between technology parks in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area to make advances in artificial intelligence and biotechnology.

The local delegate to the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Sunday told a CPPCC plenary meeting that the focus should be on cutting-edge technology and striving for support to establish more national-level scientific research platforms.

“[We should] treat the Northern Metropolis and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park as the core, and align with the development of the Greater Bay Area National Centre of Technology Innovation, to promote the collaboration between Hong Kong and Macao universities and mainland research institutions and leading enterprises to build more national-level laboratories,” Sze said in Beijing.

He also said the SAR should focus on efforts to create the world’s top innovation ecosystem.

There should also be efforts in improving the financing mechanism, removing cross-border flow barriers, and promoting data exchange, Sze added.


Edited by Aaron Tam