Hong Kong can open a lucrative new frontier as Chinese tech IP hub

Since 2021, Hong Kong’s development as a regional intellectual property (IP) trading centre has featured in China’s five-year plans and the policy addresses of chief executives Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and John Lee Ka-chiu. There are good strategic reasons to see considerable potential in developing the city as an IP

Chan said firms from sectors like biotechnology, mining, and consumer companies are also in the pipeline.