1 September 2025 – Hong Kong – Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park Company Limited (HSITPL), welcomes the release of the World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 today (1 September 2025), which ranks the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science and technology cluster number one among the world’s top 100 for the first time.
Mr. Vincent Ma, Chief Executive Officer of HSITPL said, "We are deeply encouraged by the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou science and technology cluster's achievement of topping the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, a significant recognition of the region’s I&T capabilities by an internationally recognised authoritative institution. As the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone (the Hetao Co-operation Zone) is a major platform of co-operation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in the country’s 14th Five-Year Plan, the Hong Kong Park in the Loop is committed to facilitate the development of an international I&T hub of the GBA, with the vision of developing into a world-class I&T hub which connects the Mainland and the rest of the world, acting as a crucial source of new quality productive forces for our country. Looking ahead, we will continue to synergize with the Shenzhen Park in the Loop under the principle of “one zone, two parks” at “one river, two banks”, striving to establish the Hetao Co-operation Zone into an I&T bridgehead.”
“The development of the Hong Kong Park in the Loop (the Park) is progressing with enhanced speed and quantity. Our first batch of buildings - including two wet lab-enabled buildings and one talent accommodation building - are nearing completion, with the Park set to officially commence operations later this year. We are also pressing ahead with the related leasing work and have engaged in a more intensive phase of negotiations with close to 30 enterprises in life and health technology, microelectronics, new energy, as well as AI and data science, hailing from Hong Kong, Mainland and overseas. We look forward to welcoming our first group of tenants starting from the end of the year,” Mr. Ma continued.