{"slug": "hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong", "title": "Hong Kong, mainland China to start sharing data this year: tech minister Sun Dong", "summary": "Hong Kong and mainland China will start sharing cross-border data this year, according to tech minister Sun Dong, as more companies move into the Hetao innovation hub. The minister also announced plans for local students to chat with Hong Kong's first astronaut, Lai Ka-ying, while she is in space, possibly as early as the new school term.", "body_md": "# Hong Kong, mainland China to start sharing data this year: tech minister Sun Dong\n\nMinister also outlines plans to host chats between students and city’s first astronaut as early as start of new school term\n\n*As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achievements so far and what may lie ahead.*\n\nHong Kong and mainland China are expected to begin sharing cross-border data within the year, when more companies will start operating in the Hetao innovation hub, the tech minister has revealed.\n\n[artificial intelligence (AI)](https://www.scmp.com/topics/artificial-intelligence?module=inline&pgtype=article)firms had already expressed interest in the data-sharing policy.\n\nThe minister also outlined plans to roll out events as early as “the start of the new school term” so local students could talk to Lai Ka-ying, the city’s first astronaut, while she was in space.\n\n[Greater Bay Area](https://www.scmp.com/topics/greater-bay-area?module=inline&pgtype=article).\n\nThe second half of the year offered a good window to activate relevant arrangements as more companies would begin operating in the Hong Kong section of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone, located in the Lok Ma Chau Loop, he said.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3358943/hong-kong-mainland-china-start-sharing-data-year-tech-minister-sun-dong?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-06-30 23:00:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-30 23:28:38.236833+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Sun Dong", "Hong Kong", "mainland China", "Hetao innovation hub", "Lai Ka-ying", "Greater Bay Area", "Lok Ma Chau Loop"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/hong-kong-mainland-china-to-start-sharing-data-this-year-tech-minister-sun-dong.jsonld"}}