{"slug": "in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing", "title": "In the age of AI, Hong Kong’s strategy as a ‘superconnector’ is progressing", "summary": "Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee outlined the city's strategy to become a superconnector in the age of AI at the SCMP China Conference, emphasizing AI as a central plank in its first five-year blueprint. The plan aims to guide high-quality economic development, strengthen Hong Kong's role as an international innovation and technology center, and leverage its position as a bridge to the Greater Bay Area.", "body_md": "Advertisement\n\nEditorial\n\n# In the age of AI, Hong Kong’s strategy as a ‘superconnector’ is progressing\n\nAt SCMP’s China Conference, Chief Executive John Lee and panellists made clear the city’s potential as an innovation centre, building on its traditional strengths\n\n2-MIN READ2-MIN\n\nListen\n\nEditorials represent the views of the South China Morning Post on the issues of the day.\n\nHong Kong’s strategy as a “superconnector” in the age of artificial intelligence unfolded further on Tuesday before an audience of hundreds of senior policymakers, business executives, academics, investors and innovators at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference.\n\nChief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the city’s high-quality economic development would be guided by its first five-year blueprint, in tandem with the nation’s 15th five-year plan, and by his coming policy address, with AI as\n\n[“a central plank”](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3359667/ai-central-plank-hong-kongs-economic-development-john-lee-says?module=inline&pgtype=article).The government has launched a\n\n[public consultation](https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3357121/government-aims-publish-hong-kongs-first-5-year-plan-third-quarter-minister?module=inline&pgtype=article)on its five-year plan, which will project the city’s vision for the Northern Metropolis, the advancement of innovation and technology, and the development of finance, shipping and trade. Along with the[final policy address](https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3358291/john-lee-begin-public-consultation-terms-final-policy-address-monday?module=inline&pgtype=article)of his five-year term, Lee said the plan would “guide our high-quality economic progress and [improve] the livelihood of the people”. An area of importance was the further development of Hong Kong as an international innovation and technology centre. “In that development, artificial intelligence is a central plank,” Lee added.Separately, Lee made\n\n[major announcements](https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3359651/hong-kongs-gold-clearing-and-settlement-firm-joins-shanghai-exchange?module=inline&pgtype=article)on gold and yuan trading at the Hong Kong FIC & Bond Connect Summit. These policy changes further entrench Hong Kong’s status as an international finance centre and a bridge for the mainland and its businesses. This was also a key theme at the China Conference.Lee set the tone for panellists at the China Conference who highlighted the potential for Hong Kong to leverage its role as a superconnector to the\n\n[Greater Bay Area](https://www.scmp.com/topics/greater-bay-area?module=inline&pgtype=article), which links Hong Kong, Macau and nine southern China cities in an economic powerhouse.Top RISC-V scientist and an advocate of international collaboration, Dr Qi Xiaoning, vice-president of Alibaba Group Holding which owns the SCMP, said collaboration was already happening in the RISC-V industry.\n\n[RISC-V](https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3347614/why-hong-kong-betting-risc-v-build-global-open-source-chip-hub?module=inline&pgtype=article)is an open-standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that China’s chip designers have embraced. Qi believes that with an open market, and sound financial and legal certainty, Hong Kong can attract global talent.Advertisement\n\nSelect Voice\n\nSelect Speed\n\n1.00x", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3359739/age-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-superconnector-progressing?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-07-07 23:15:07+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 23:39:02.953305+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["John Lee", "Hong Kong", "South China Morning Post", "Greater Bay Area", "Alibaba Group", "Qi Xiaoning", "RISC-V"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/in-the-age-of-ai-hong-kongs-strategy-as-a-superconnector-is-progressing.jsonld"}}