(Hong Kong, 16 March 2023) The HKSAR Government is committed to achieving carbon neutrality before 2050. It has proposed forward-looking and targeted decarbonisation strategies in the “Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050”, and strives to encourage the whole community’s participation, with corporate involvement playing a crucial role in achieving this goal.

(Hong Kong, 9 March 2023) Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today organised the “Appreciation Day 2023 - Our New Industrialisation Journey” event to express its heartfelt appreciation for the support and trust from industry partners and the HKSAR Government over the years. More than 200 representatives from the government, industry, academic and research sectors joined the event, which was also held in celebration of the remarkable accomplishments achieved by HKPC and its clients last year.

(Hong Kong, 22 February 2023) The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) welcomes the 2023-24 Budget of the HKSAR Government. HKPC will continue to fully support the Government, and help industry partners and the business community to tap the new opportunities presented by Hong Kong’s economic recovery, and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Belt and Road Initiative.

(Hong Kong, 8 February 2023) The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT) of the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) held a briefing today to summarise the information security situation in Hong Kong in 2022 and release the security forecast for 2023, and invited scholars from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to share the latest security risks of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Web 3.0.

(Hong Kong, 6 February 2023) The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) is committed to nurturing young research and development (R&D) talents for Hong Kong through annual internship programmes in winter and summer. These programmes aim to provide practical work experience and diversified learning opportunities for local and overseas tertiary students to be well-prepared for their career pathways. The Winter Internship Programme this year attracted overwhelming responses with around 1,000 applications.

(Hong Kong, 3 February 2023) The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) welcomes the launch of the “Task Force on Promoting and Branding Hong Kong” by the HKSAR Government. The Task Force, comprising prominent individuals with diverse background, representatives of Hong Kong Inc. partner organisations as well as government officials, has been set up to advise the Government on the overall strategy of promoting Hong Kong’s advantages, and a series of promotional plans and activities overseas and in the Mainland. HKPC is honoured to be one of the partner organisations of the Task Force.

(Hong Kong, 2 February 2023) The HKSAR Government has been proactively strengthening I&T development in recent years, where talent is one of the key factors for the success of I&T industry.

(Hong Kong, 31 January 2023) The Hong Kong Productivity Council (“HKPC”) today announced the “Standard Chartered Hong Kong SME Leading Business Index” (“Standard Chartered SME Index”) for the first quarter of 2023. The Overall Index rebounded by 2.5 to 46.7, reflecting SMEs are seeing rays of hope with gradual boundary reopening and relaxation of the pandemic measures. Four of the five sub-indices* rose, contributing to this quarter’s rebound.

(Hong Kong, 3 January 2023) The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) today announced the result of its awards achievements for 2022. HKPC is pleased to announce a record-breaking of 98 awards and recognitions for the year. Among them, 58 were Mainland and international awards, which doubled the number compared with last year, including some of the famous international scientific and innovation awards. This is a testament of HKPC moving with the times, enabling R&D achievements to expand beyond Hong Kong.