Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto) (HKETO), Ms Emily Mo, promoted Hong Kong’s economic strengths and opportunities for Canadian startup founders at a networking luncheon on May 24.
At the event, Ms Mo highlighted Hong Kong's dynamic business environment and proactive approach to innovation and technology (I&T) and introduced the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s various initiatives to facilitate and support Canadian business to set up and expand into Hong Kong.
Ms Mo said, “being the most internationalised cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong is an ideal gateway to the Mainland China market and capital. Hong Kong is also a free, open, diversified and innovative city that offers robust legal and IP (intellectual property) protection framework, solid research and development foundation, a simple and low tax system, as well as high accessibility in fund-raising.
“All these intangible assets have positioned Hong Kong as one of the most vibrant innovation hubs in the Indo-pacific region, and ensured Hong Kong’s promising role as a super value-adder between Mainland China and the rest of the world.”
The networking event also served as a valuable opportunity for forging connections among I&T startups, entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in Toronto.
The event was co-organised by HKETO, Invest Hong Kong in Canada and the Aceocial, a Canadian non-profit group dedicated to creating a better startup ecosystem. It was a side event of the Toronto Tech Fest, an unbranded week of events hosted by various members of the technology community in the city held from May 21 to 24. It was also a prelude to Hong Kong’s presence in the annual mega technology conference Collision 2024 to be held in Toronto from June 17 to 20.