{"id":785308,"date":"2026-07-07T04:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785308\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T04:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T04:34:08","slug":"ai-central-plank-in-hong-kongs-economic-development-john-lee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/785308\/","title":{"rendered":"AI \u2018central plank\u2019 in Hong Kong\u2019s economic development, John Lee says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s high-quality economic development will be guided by its first five-year blueprint and the coming policy address, with artificial intelligence (AI) as the \u201ccentral plank\u201d, the city\u2019s leader has said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Speaking at the South China Morning Post\u2019s China Conference 2026 on Tuesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also said Hong Kong\u2019s \u201cone country, two systems\u201d advantages and commitment to innovation and technology position the city to connect the world with opportunities in an AI-powered future.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHong Kong is recognised worldwide for its openness, deep international networks and role as a vital bridge between mainland China and the rest of the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This year\u2019s China Conference, themed \u201cIntelligence at Scale: Hong Kong\u2019s AI-Powered Future\u201d, is primarily sponsored by Manulife.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The government last month launched a two-month public consultation on its first five-year plan, aiming to publish the blueprint in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Lee described the plan as a \u201chistoric milestone\u201d and a strategic road map aligning Hong Kong with the national 15th five-year plan, which will guide the country\u2019s development from 2026 to 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s high-quality economic development will be guided by its first five-year blueprint and the coming policy address,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[276,45,49,48,277706,46,12038,85921,89193,76430],"class_list":["post-785308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-china-conference","tag-economy","tag-greater-bay-area","tag-john-lee-ka-chiu","tag-northern-metropolis","tag-policy-address"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}