On June 25, Paul CHAN Mo-po‌, Secretary for Financial Services of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, visited Xi'an, where he met with Wu Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the university. Accompanied by Professor Shan Zhiwei, Vice President of the university, Mr. Chan held a roundtable discussion with science and technology enterprises based in Shaanxi Province. During the meeting, he introduced them to Hong Kong’s business environment, financial system, and innovation ecosystem, and listened to their presentations on their business development plans.

Led by Yan Jianya, President of the Xi'an High-Tech Enterprise Association and Chairman of Western Aerospace Technology (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd., the association organized a special seminar bringing together outstanding companies and alumni-owned enterprises from Xi'an Jiaotong University. The seminar focused on the practical application and commercialization of industry-academia-research technologies, as well as exploring future cooperation opportunities in the science and technology innovation sectors between Shaanxi and Hong Kong. Representatives from over twenty leading tech companies.

At the meeting, Xue Lei, Chairperson of Polytter, and Ma Yu, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ouka Zhibo, delivered speeches as corporate representatives. Both agreed that this exchange event had effectively established a direct channel for information sharing between Shaanxi and Hong Kong, significantly enhancing mutual understanding of each other’s development strengths and cooperation needs, and laying a solid foundation for sci-tech enterprises in both regions to deepen pragmatic cooperation and achieve synergistic development.

Alumni of Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), along with representatives from tech startups incubated by the university, also took part in the event. XJTU has built an integrated innovation ecosystem that brings together six key elements: government, industry, academia, research, application, and finance.The university is firmly in the top tier domestically across three major areas: fundamental research breakthroughs, mechanisms for commercializing research outcomes, and the incubation of deep-tech enterprises. As a benchmark for technology transfer among universities in Western China and a core engine of the Qinchuangyuan initiative, XJTU has already helped several of its spin-off companies successfully go public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Secretary concluded by saying that Hong Kong is willing to be a long-term strategic partner for Xi'an entrepreneurs, sharing the common goal of “R&D in Xi'an, empowerment from Hong Kong, and global application.” He encouraged enterprises to leverage Hong Kong’s international platform and take advantage of its comprehensive financial ecosystem and professional services to grow stronger and bigger.

Empowering enterprise growth and boosting industrial upgrading are the core missions of the Xi'an High-Tech Enterprise Association. The Association serves as a bridge between government and enterprises, a hub for resources, and a platform for international exchange and cooperation. It brings together overseas financial and science-and-tech resources, ensuring smooth implementation of technological achievements and facilitating a complete pathway for enterprises’ overseas expansion. Looking ahead, the Association will continue to focus on enterprises’ innovation as its core strength, fostering mutually beneficial partnerships across all sectors, and contributing to the high-quality development of the regional economy.