65 7 Conclusions 7.10 This project is coordinated by the Education and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LOCPG), funded by the Research Department of the LOCPG, and managed by the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Center. Thanks to Jiang Jianxiang, Director of the Education and Technology Department of the LOCPG, Mr. Liu Zhiming, former Inspector of the Education and Technology Department of the LOCPG, current Managing Director of Beijing-Hong Kong Talent Exchange Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, other relevant officials from both the Education and Technology Department and the Research Department of the LOCPG, as well as Mr. Hsu Hoi Shan, President of the Beijing-Hong Kong Academic Exchange Centre for their guidance and help. We would also like to thank people from all walks of life in Hong Kong for their help and support, especially Dr. David Chung Wai-keung, Under Secretary of the Innovation and Technology Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Dr. George Lam, Chairman of the Board of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co., Ltd., and Professor Witman Hung, Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority, Mr. Ji Peiran, CFO of Hong Kong XTech, and other community and industry leaders who accepted our interviews and shared their insights. Finally, Yu Chun’s participation in this research as a volunteer, together with Kacie Chan, Kris Lai, Justin Tso, Katie Wong, and Ying Wong’s participation and contributions at different stages of the project, are highly appreciated. This authors would like to acknowledge the generous support of Prof. Kar Yan Tam, Dean of the HKUST Business School, and the kind coordination of MS Jacqueline Hui, Executive Assistant to the Dean, throughout the report publication process. This report only stands for the viewpoints of the authors instead of that of any institutions. The release of the report coincides with the release of the central government’s “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan”, which sets out to build Hong Kong into an international center of innovation and technology, and includes the Loop, along with Qianhai of Shenzhen, Nansha of Guangzhou and Hengqin of Zhuhai, as one of the four major cooperation platforms among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. We hope that this report can serve as an inducement, and bring different ideas and inspirations to promote Hong Kong’s technology and innovation!
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