(JW Insights) Apr 18 -- The Chinese mainland tech firms that attended Hong Kong’s first InnoEx (香港国际创科展), a business exhibition for cross-functional collaboration and exchange, have greatly benefited from the event, gaining both orders and exposure, Yicai Global reported on April 18.
Zhu Ran, chief marketing officer of Shanghai-based VR device developer YVR Technology (鱼微阿), said the company secured many orders from Japan, Canada, the US, Indonesia, and Singapore, as well as a large number of potential customers during InnoEx.
Co-organized by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, InnoEx attracted over 2,600 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions worldwide, including 12 delegations from 10 provincial-level regions and municipalities in the Chinese mainland. It was held during April 12-15.
A Shanghai-based company said to Yicai Global that it participated in InnoEx to increase its international exposure as Hong Kong is the capital of digital services. Many customers inquired about the firm’s products, which have a huge potential market, it added.
Xue Wu, chief strategy officer of Huawei’s Asia-Pacific Strategy and Marketing Department, said “Hong Kong, which boasts advantages in terms of talents and languages, is becoming the first stop for Chinese mainland companies to expand their digital business overseas.” The Shenzhen-based telecoms giant had an over 600-square-meter exhibition area at InnoEx.
The industrial park in Shanghai’s Lingang New Area inked a cooperation agreement with Hong Kong’s Cyberport business park, said Sun Dong, secretary for innovation, technology, and industry at the HKSAR. The deal provided room for collaborations between companies based in the two industrial parks on development opportunities in the two cities, Sun said.
Shanghai’s Lingang boasts almost 100 firms willing to expand their business in Hong Kong, Sun added, noting that likewise, the nearly 100 companies in Cyberport wish to develop in the Chinese mainland, reported Yicai Global.
(Yuan XY)
