Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency Symposium 2018

17 May 2018

Build a Sustainable City with Innovation, Artificial

Intelligence and Technology

Dr David Chung Under Secretary for

Innovation & Technology Bureau

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1960-70

Manufacturing Hub

Now

Service Economy

Future

Re-Industrialization

Mid-80s

De-Industrialization

Hong Kong Economic Transformation

• Stimulate private sector R&D

• Technology talent development & attract top overseas R&D institutions

• Provide investment funding

• Provide technological Infrastructure

• Review existing legislation and regulations

• Open up government data

• Government’s procurement arrangements

• Popular science education

• Smart City development

• Leverage on opportunities from 13th Five-Year Plan (One Belt One Road, Bay Area etc.)

2017 Policy Address – I&T

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Talents

Top universities & researchers

Five universities among the world’s top 100

Strong & reliable global professional services in legal, finance, accounting, corporate management and engineering fields

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Our Advantages

Thriving Technology Ecosystem

Among the world's top five fastest growing start-up ecosystems

Some 2,000 start-ups; increased by 80% in the past 3 years

Venture capital on the rise: from US$80 million in 2012 to US$770 million in the first 9 months of 2017

3 unicorns in 2017 from HK Science & Technology Parks Corporation and Cyberport

Incubation programmes for start-ups

Investment funding for start-ups

Marketing support

Investor matching

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Our Advantages: Start-up ecosystem

Innovation & Technology Funded Projects

Sustainability

Green Tech

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics

Healthcare

Total projects – 217

Total funding amount - $469,261,867

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Talent Building

$500 million “Technology Talent Scheme” –

Postdoctoral Hub

Retraining of workforce on advanced

manufacturing technologies

Technology Internship Programme for graduates

Technology Talent Admission Scheme

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Future Directions

Future Directions

Encourage Venture Investment

$2 billion Venture Fund to co-invest with venture

capitalists

Private Sector Initiatives (E.g. Alibaba HK

Entrepreneurs Fund; Hong Kong X Platform;

Jumpstarter & other start-up contests)

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Technology Infrastructure

Lok Ma Chau Loop –

HK-Shenzhen Innovation & Technology Park

Science Park expansion

InnoCell: Accommodation for scientists in Science Park

Advance Manufacturing Centre for Industry 4.0 manufacturing

Data Technology Hub to support data centre cluster

Open Up Government Data

To open up more data

Hospital Authority’s Big Data Analytic Platform

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Future Directions

Future Directions

Popular Science Education

Early start in Computational Thinking

Teacher Training

Dedicated STEM Education Resource Centre

To upgrade Science Museum

Review Legislation & Regulations

Listing rules to embrace new economy & new business models

New office to coordinate review

Change Government Procurement Rules

To encourage adoption of new technologies in public services

To provide testing ground for new technologies

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Future Directions

Increase Resources for R&D:

Increase research funding for

Universities

R&D institutes

private enterprises

Target: Double the Gross Domestic

Expenditure on R&D from 0.73% to 1.5%

of GDP by 2022

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Creation of Global R&D Clusters

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PriBubu Investment

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Super Tax deduction for R&D

2018-19 Budget

$10 billion earmarked to support the establishment

of research cluster on :

healthcare technologies, and

artificial intelligence and robotics technologies,

Financial support for non-profit-making scientific

research institutions in these two clusters.

Creation of Global R&D Clusters Benefits

Win-win for all participating parties

Leverage on each other’s strengths

Jointly develop new products/treatment/devices

Access to China + Belt & Road markets

Talent development for Hong Kong & parent institutions

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Creation of Global R&D Clusters

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Health Tech

Research Cluster

Artificial Intelligence &

Robotics

Research Cluster

Health Cluster

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Strength - Research Excellence

Strong local research capability in universities

with global recognition

Emphasis on research ethics & integrity

Health Cluster

Long history of collaboration with global partners

KI-LMW Centre; KI/HKU joint research

MIT Innovation Node; MIT-HKUST Research Consortium

Chicago Booth School HK

Sydney/CUHK Cooperative Lab for Integrative Medicine

Berkeley/HKU Joint Degree in Biomedicine/Public Health

Harvard/CUHK Public Health Collaboration

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Health Cluster

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Well-positioned for Clinical Trials

Unique advantages for health problems with regional or ethnic specificities (e.g. Liver Cancer in Asia; Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Southern China)

HK + Mainland = large patient population for clinical trials

Data of clinical trial centres recognized by global regulatory authorities

Health Cluster

Commercialization Support

3 Industrial Estates provide land for custom-built production plants

Joint-user GMP Block under planning

Advanced manufacturing technology support from HK Productivity Council

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Rapid prototyping within a day (by HK Productivity Council or suppliers in Shenzhen)

Strong manufacturing base in Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Cluster

Research Excellence

Strong local research capability in universities, with 5 universities ranking amongst top 100 globally in AI & robotics subjects

Universities in HK ranked 3rd globally in terms of citation impact of AI researches by Scorpus, a database of peer-reviewed literature

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Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Cluster

Collaboration with global partners

SJTU/CUHK joint research - medical robotics

Waterloo/HKUST Dual Engineering PhD

Cambridge/HKU Joint Programme for Engineering & Computer Sciences

Fraunhofer/HKPC Diploma in Industry 4.0

INL/ASTRI Joint Innovation Laboratory

Northwestern/HKU academic exchange

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Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Cluster

Commercialization Support

3 Industrial Estates provide land / premises for production operation

Advanced manufacturing technology support from HK Productivity Council

Rapid prototyping within a day (by HK Productivity Council or suppliers in Shenzhen)

Strong manufacturing base in Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area

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Successful case: E-Lock

Successful case: E-Lock

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Logistics & Supply Chain Management Enabling

Technologies (LSCM) collaborated with the Customs and Excise Department in developing the E-Lock enabling technology to simplify and shorten the clearance process for air-land and sea-land transshipments.

Successful case: E-Lock

In collaboration with the Mainland Customs, the system was further extended to facilitate customs clearance across the land boundary since March 2016.

The system won a silver medal at the 45th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in 2017.

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Successful case: NASK

Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (NAMI), in collaboration with private sector, commercialised Nanofiber Smart Mask (NASK), which has integrated desirable features of airborne infection protection, bacteria-killing and antiviral effects, strike a balance between protection and breathability at the frontier of nanotechnology.

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Successful case: NASK

Won the Silver Medal in the 44th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.

Technology Start-up Award in the Hong Kong Federation of Innovative Technologies and Manufacturing Indutries Achievement Award 2015.

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Thank You