The inaugural Global Business Summit was successfully held today, providing forward-looking, multi-dimensional insights into the prospects, challenges and opportunities facing various industries.

Held on the second day of the Asian Financial Forum, the summit attracted more than 3,500 global leaders.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan stressed the importance of Hong Kong's status as an international financial centre. He noted that empowering industries through finance would foster deeper integration and collaborative development between finance and industry. He further stated that trade, finance and innovation and technology will be the three principal drivers of the city's economic growth.

Mr Chan pointed out that tailored incentive packages, such as land grants, premium concessions, tax incentives and other facilitation measures, would be prepared to welcome technology enterprises to establish a presence in the Northern Metropolis.

Jointly organised by the Financial Services & the Treasury Bureau, the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) and the Trade Development Council, the summit focused on strategies for financial–industrial integration and the latest market trends. 

Discussions included life and health technology, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, new energy, fintech and other fast-growing sectors. 

Participants explored how cross-sector collaboration can generate synergies, drive industrial upgrading, and leverage Hong Kong's strength as a financial and trading centre to support Chinese Mainland enterprises in going global.

This collaboration also aims to attract more international capital to reinforce and foster ecosystem development, strengthening Hong Kong's role in finance and innovation.

OASES, as a co-organiser of the summit, actively engaged with global leaders from existing and potential strategic enterprises across various sectors, including AI & Data Science, fintech, advanced manufacturing and new energy technology, and life and health technology, enabling them to exchange ideas as guest speakers and provide professional and diverse industry perspectives.