Hong Kong representatives claim triumph at Maker in China SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest Final (with photos)
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The Government Chief Information Officer, Mr Tony Wong, congratulated all the award-winning teams. He said, "This success demonstrates that Hong Kong's capabilities in innovation and technology (I&T), and research and development have grown from strength to strength and are highly recognised by our country. I am very confident that the Hong Kong representative teams will continue to strive for excellence in I&T and give full play to their strengths in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), thereby contributing to the high-quality development of our country and the GBA".
Due to the epidemic, the MiC Global Contest Final 2022 had been postponed to this year. The contest featured winning teams from preliminary contests in Hong Kong, Macao, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Japan, South Korea and Europe. The awards received by Hong Kong representative teams are as follows:
Representative team (Project name) | Award |
Vista Innotech Limited (Micro Gimble Stabilizer) | MiC Global Contest Final 2022 Champion |
Wizpresso Limited (Wizpresso Discovery) | MiC Global Contest Final 2022 Merit |
Gense Technologies Limited (Portable and self-administrable medical imaging for remote preventive screening and chronic disease monitoring) | MiC Global Contest Final 2022 Merit |
Participating teams will visit the I&T park in Nansha tomorrow (November 30) morning to promote their projects to industry representatives on the Mainland.
The Mic Global Contest is co-organised by the SME Development Promotion Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT) and China International Cooperation Association of SMEs. It is one of China's innovation and entrepreneurship contests at the state level with significant global influence. Maker in China SME Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Contest - Hong Kong Chapter (MiCHK) is an important platform for Hong Kong start-ups and SMEs to better integrate into the overall development of the country and expand their business opportunities in the GBA. Apart from representing Hong Kong to join the MiC Global Contest Finals in Mainland China, winning teams can also gain business matching opportunities with a number of Mainland enterprises and set up their businesses in a number of cities in the GBA. For more details about MiCHK, please visit www.smeiegc.hk/en.
Ends/Wednesday, November 29, 2023
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