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Hong Kong will deepen ties with emerging economies worldwide, expanding connections with the Middle East and belt and road countries, from finance to innovation and technology, according to the finance chief. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also said the city aims to build “networked and institutionalised” connectivity with the Global South – a broad term for developing less-industrialised countries, primarily located in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Belt and road countries are nations...

Summit to focus on building a DeepTech ecosystem and boosting research, innovation, investment and employment in the State

In the third of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Leopold Chen and Theodora Yu look at how the city can raise its game and expand the adoption of artificial intelligence. Read part one here and part two here. Spotting bags of construction waste illegally dumped near a temporary refuse collection point in Hong Kong’s Southern district last year, former lawmaker and resident Michael Tien Puk‑sun immediately dialled the government’s...

Rama Krishna Dasari urges students to identify real-world problems and develop practical solutions; V-TAPP-2026 features 92 events and nearly 7,000 entries

Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2026–Young Professionals Roundtable deliberates on how India’s cultural heritage, knowledge, diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and youthful energy could strengthen the country’s global identity VIJAYAWADA

Huawei Technologies has unveiled a high-speed optical module designed to eliminate bottlenecks in artificial intelligence infrastructure, staking an early claim in the race to set standards for next-generation data centre connections. The Shenzhen-based tech giant showcased what it called the industry’s first 7.2-terabit-per-second (Tbps) near-packaged optics (NPO) product at the China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE) in Shenzhen this week. The technology replaces traditional...

A cluster comprising Hong Kong and two mainland Chinese cities has been ranked the world’s top innovation hub for the second consecutive year by a United Nations body. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster retained its crown in the 2026 Global Innovation Index (GII) released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Tuesday. Tokyo-Yokohama, San Jose-San Francisco, Seoul and Beijing followed in the rankings. A government spokesman welcomed WIPO’s ranking, saying it reaffirmed...

Longsys Electronics Founder Cai Huabo says 78% of proceeds will go into research and development as the company shifts from a module house to a semiconductor memory brand. With expansion plans in Brazil, Europe, and the US, Longsys aims to break the industry’s price‑driven cycle and position itself at the forefront of AI‑era innovation. (Source: Bloomberg)

“We are also celebrating 2026 as the India-France Year of Innovation. This strategic partnership is particularly special because it rests on the solid foundation of our long-standing cultural and political ties,” he said.

Even as China installs new solar and wind power capacity faster than the rest of the world combined, it is setting new benchmarks for the technologies through innovation. This year alone, Chinese companies and researchers have generated the first electricity from high-altitude winds 4,000 metres above Earth, cleared the last hurdle to commercialising a cheaper and more efficient alternative to silicon solar panels, begun trials of the world’s most powerful floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind...

Washington, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)--Innovation ministers from the Group of 20 major economies ended their two-day meeting Wednesday, calling on countries to refrain from introducing regulations that would hinder corporate technological innovation, including technologies using artificial intelligence. The policy was included among the three principles for emerging technologies in a joint minis...

A Government Order to his effect has been issued by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department

Autonomous crop-spraying aircraft are leading the way in pilot-free flying.

The World Humanoid Robot Games test the limits of technology and innovation.