HKUST(GZ) INNOTECH 2025 Successfully Held
From June 14 to 15, HKUST(GZ) INNOTECH 2025 was held. As one of the most influential college sci-tech innovation brand events in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, INNOTECH 2025 brought together more than 140 top sci-tech innovation projects and hundreds of investment institutions and industry leaders, and attracted nearly 2,500 guests from all walks of life.
Highlights of INNOTECH 2025:
HKUST(GZ) joined hands with the world-leading business school INSEAD and the ACCA Guangdong Representative Office, ushering in a new stage of international cooperation.
The International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center (Greater Bay Area) and HKUST(GZ) Talent Cooperative Training Base were unveiled, injecting new impetus into sci-tech innovation talent training and technology transformation in the Greater Bay Area.
Over 140 sci-tech innovation projects sparked interactive experiences, with embodied intelligence leading the technology feast.
INNOTECH 2025 showcased the cutting-edge achievements of sci-tech innovation in the Greater Bay Area. Through international cooperation upgrades and cutting-edge technology displays, it created a new blueprint for the development of sci-tech innovation in the Greater Bay Area.
At the event, Professor Lionel NI, President of HKUST(GZ), reviewed the achievements of the University's knowledge transfer: In less than three years, HKUST(GZ) has seen 150 entrepreneurial projects of teachers and students at various stages, with more than 70 registered companies, 46 of which are registered in Guangzhou. They focus on new materials, artificial intelligence, intelligent manufacturing, biomedicine, robotics, and other technology fields, with a total valuation of nearly 4.5 billion yuan ($625.87 million).
President NI also mentioned the MBA+ program for innovation and entrepreneurship offered by HKUST(GZ). The program breaks through the traditional training mode and aims to cultivate innovative and entrepreneurial leaders who understand both technology and business, thereby helping start-ups avoid detours. Scheduled to start in September next year, the program pioneers a characteristic training system featuring the integration of business + technology, theory + practice, and China + overseas, alongside academic mentors, entrepreneurial mentors, and first-of-the-kind capital mentors for each student. In this way, comprehensive guidance has been fostered to cultivate interdisciplinary innovation leaders.
The event also featured the unveiling ceremony of the International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center (Greater Bay Area) and HKUST(GZ) Talent Cooperative Training Base. The base was jointly established by both parties to integrate advantageous resources, focusing on the transfer and transformation of global cutting-edge technologies and the training of high-level interdisciplinary innovation talent.
Meanwhile, HKUST(GZ) established strategic cooperation with INSEAD, a world-leading business school. Furthermore, HKUST(GZ) reached a crucial cooperation consensus with the ACCA Guangdong Representative Office. The two sides will set up a two-way empowerment mechanism based on their respective advantageous resources for intensive collaboration and mutual recognition regarding the development of professional courses and student/member capabilities.
The exhibition gathered more than 140 sci-tech innovation enterprises and projects, primarily including high-quality entrepreneurial projects launched by the alumni, teachers, and students of HKUST and HKUST(GZ), as well as award-winning projects of the HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition. It has become the main hub for public participation. Additionally, INNOTECH 2025 established the "Robo Gala" for the first time, presenting the latest breakthroughs of HKUST(GZ) in embodied intelligence based on the combination of "competition and display" while allowing visitors to appreciate the charm of embodied robots up close.
In addition, INNOTECH 2025 welcomed multiple highly anticipated cutting-edge technology product launches, covering Yuanhuo Technology, which won the CES Innovation Awards 2025, and "LLMLight: An LLM-empowered autonomous agent for traffic signal control" developed by the team of Hao LIU, an Assistant Professor at HKUST(GZ). The project previously won the Special Award and Gold Medal at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. These groundbreaking achievements, which represent the forefront of global sci-tech innovation and have been certified by international authorities, were unveiled at HKUST(GZ), showcasing the top research strength and groundbreaking application potential from the Greater Bay Area to the world.
On the previous day (June 14), HKUST(GZ) successfully held the "GBA Venture Capital Forum" and "China Innovation Going Global Forum" to discuss in depth the opportunities for regional collaborative innovation and international sci-tech cooperation. Moreover, the HKUST Unicorn Day was successfully held on June 13, bringing together over 1,000 investors, industry leaders, and government and academic representatives from all over the world to explore cooperation opportunities, exchange cutting-edge ideas, and facilitate the development of innovation and technology.
