Hong Kong unveiled its first Economic and Social Development Five-Year Plan
(2026–2030), saying the city will use tech enablement, cross-border cooperation
and institutional innovation to support R&D, standards setting, product
certification, corporate overseas expansion and export facilitation to help
Chinese standards reach international markets. Priority areas named: railway
standards; low-altitude economy standards; traditional Chinese medicine
standards; national hospital accreditation standards; and green and low‑carbon
hydrogen standards and certification systems.