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Hong Kong:

Stanford + Silicon

Valley model?

Xu Li, CEO of SenseTime, a local unicorn (a startup with a
valuation of USD1 billion) from the mainland, who studied
a doctoral degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong,

158 shared his insight recently on how Hong Kong can become
an innovation and technology (I&T) hub. He believes that
Hong Kong has a solid scientific research foundation
which China cannot compete with. The problem is that, its

ecosystem for the industry is weak.

I cannot agree more with him. Hong Kong indeed has
a number of advantages which have the potential to

transform it into an I&T hub, if the policy is right.

First of all, we are well-known in scientific research such as
artificial intelligence (AI). In terms of citation and influence

(H-index), Hong Kong's AI theses ranks 10th in the world.