{"slug": "mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong", "title": "Mainland Chinese tech firms find more than just deep capital pools in Hong Kong", "summary": "Mainland Chinese tech firms listed in Hong Kong are leveraging the city's global connectivity to refine products, forge international partnerships, and expand overseas, according to executives. Beijing-based robot maker Yunji Technology, listed in October, uses Hong Kong as a gateway for testing service robots and targeting markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the US, and East Asia.", "body_md": "# Mainland Chinese tech firms find more than just deep capital pools in Hong Kong\n\nRecently listed start-ups in robotics and AI explain what the city gives them besides funding for development and expansion\n\nMainland Chinese technology companies newly listed in Hong Kong are deepening their engagement with the city, tapping not only its capital markets but also its global connectivity to refine products, forge international partnerships and expand overseas, according to executives.\n\nFor Beijing-based service robot maker Yunji Technology, Hong Kong has become a key gateway to global markets since its listing in the city in October.\n\n“If we use one word to describe what Hong Kong offers for us, that would be connection,” Xie Yunpeng, the company’s chief development officer, told reporters during a media tour on Tuesday in Beijing.\n\nXie said Hong Kong connected Yunji with business opportunities, capital, research partners and overseas markets, while exposing the company to diverse consumer habits that helped prepare its products for international deployment.\n\nHong Kong had become a testing ground for Yunji’s service robots before their roll-out overseas, according to Xie, as international customers tended to view successful deployments in the city as more representative of operating conditions outside mainland China.\n\nThe company plans to focus its overseas expansion on Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the US and parts of East Asia.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong", "canonical_source": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3359826/mainland-tech-firms-find-more-just-deep-capital-pools-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed", "published_at": "2026-07-08 07:00:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 07:09:05.634115+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["robotics", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Yunji Technology", "Xie Yunpeng", "Hong Kong", "Beijing", "Southeast Asia", "Middle East", "United States", "East Asia"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/mainland-chinese-tech-firms-find-more-than-just-deep-capital-pools-in-hong-kong.jsonld"}}