{"id":678584,"date":"2026-07-07T13:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678584\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:50:16","slug":"ai-central-plank-in-hong-kongs-economic-development-john-lee-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678584\/","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 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 put the city in a position to connect the world with opportunities in a future powered by artificial intelligence (AI).<\/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, was primarily sponsored by Manulife.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At the event, publisher Tammy Tam announced that the SCMP would host a China Conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in September.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The announcement follows Chief Executive Lee\u2019s high-level delegation to Central Asia last month and marks the first such event organised by a local media outlet in the region.<\/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":678585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[733,84,226646,1294,8493,71671,74866,63407,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-business","tag-china-conference","tag-economy","tag-greater-bay-area","tag-john-lee-ka-chiu","tag-northern-metropolis","tag-policy-address","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}