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Mainland has reached RMB 25,800 (approximately HK$

31,700) in the past three years, which is much higher than
general technical positions and that does not include stock
options and other benefits.

Al jobs are well-paid and have a promising future. Does
Hong Kong also have a position in the race?

Hong Kong's high quality education

244 In fact, the education provided by local universities
is excellent. Graduates have long been the target of
recruitment. For example, Tencent established an AI

joint lab with the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST) in 2015, it was led by Professor
Yang Qiang, an internationally renowned Al expert; Baidu
successively recruited interns from the Chinese University

of Hong Kong (CUHK), the University of Hong Kong (HKU)
and HKUST at the beginning of 2018; HKU and Alibaba
jointly established a research institute to develop AI in
Hangzhou five years ago.