June 5, Shenzhen — Li Zhen, deputy director of the State-owned Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), attended a meeting on
integration between central state-owned enterprises and Hong Kong science and
technology innovation. SASAC said it will prioritize source-level innovation
cooperation, accelerate commercialization of R&D outcomes, deepen tech‑finance
linkages and promote global talent aggregation to push central enterprises to
deepen collaboration with Hong Kong and support construction of Hong Kong as an
international sci‑tech center to serve China’s innovation-driven development
strategy. The meeting included 37 central enterprises and 10 Hong Kong
universities and research institutes and announced 33 joint projects in AI,
next‑generation mobile communications, smart manufacturing, new energy, new
materials, life sciences and financial services.
