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In fact, SZ, China’s Silicon Valley, has a large pool of

I&T talent. Can Hong Kong assume the role of primary
research and development, while cooperating with the
production establishments in GBA cities such as SZ, so
that commercialisation can be realised? In other words,

we leverage the technology development and industrial
capabilities of GBA cities while Hong Kong remains as the
driver, just like the inter-dependency between Stanford
University and Silicon Valley in the U.S.

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In the past, Stanford University was a second-rate

engineering school but nowadays, it has become
the No. 1 choice for most students, over Harvard and
Princeton. While the goal of most of academia is to
advance knowledge for the sake of knowledge, not to

commercialise technology, Stanford’s engineering school
has shown a strong entrepreneurial spirit in building the
tech boom; resulting in some of the most celebrated
innovations in Silicon Valley. Stanford’s research park

houses not only cutting-edge companies like Tesla and