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Arvin Zhang, Head of the New Industrialisation at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, shared insights on how New Industrialisation can serve as a practical roadmap for unlocking New Productive Forces in Hong Kong, at the Committee meeting held on 26 June. He underscored the role of smartification technologies, including AI, robotics, big data analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), in enhancing production efficiency and facilitating agile customisation within the city’s constrained urban spaces. Members also gained a deeper understanding of the Industry 4.0 maturity framework, as well as tangible strategies for leveraging technological capabilities, talent development and government funding schemes to accelerate the advancement of new industrialisation.

At the same meeting, Stephen Ng was elected Chairman, Matthew Man was re-elected Vice Chairman and Mingles Tsoi was newly elected as Vice Chairman.

The Committee welcomed representatives from the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) to its meeting held on 31 March. Rosalind Cheung, Assistant Commissioner for Innovation & Technology (Funding Schemes) of ITC was joined by her colleague, Alexander Leung, Senior Manager (Innovation and Technology Fund), gave an overview of the Government’s strategic priorities for developing Hong Kong into an International Innovation & Technology hub. The vision is primarily steered by the Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Development Blueprint, a strategic roadmap structured eight major strategies under four broad development directions. Following the sharing session by ITC, Hubert Lau, Head (Programme Management) and Forrest Ngo, Manager (Technical Advisory) from HKPC introduced various funding programmes with a focus on the newly launched Pilot Manufacturing and Production Line Upgrade Support Scheme (Manufacturing+), providing members with crucial information on eligibility criteria and funding scope as well as procedural guidance for submitting applications.