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China Market Update: CATL Shares Fall Despite Strong Earnings, Mainland Outperforms Hong Kong
CLNKraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed overnight as investors awaited today's decision from the US Federal Reserve, as Taiwan and Vietnam outperformed, while Hong Kong and Indonesia underperformed. Battery giant Contemporary Amperex...

Economy grows 7.96% on tech exports
Taiwan’s economy expanded by a stronger-than-expected 7.96 percent in the second quarter, the fastest pace since the second quarter of 2021, fueled by surging exports of high-tech products and robust capital formation, the Directorate-General of...

Hong Kong stocks trade lower on disappointment over China–US trade negotiations
Concerns about trade tensions between China and the US drove Hong Kong stocks lower for a second day, as the world’s two largest economies stopped short of finalising a new deal that would extend a 90-day tariff pause. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.4...
Pavegen selected for Cyberport 5 smart city expansion in Hong Kong
Installation is scheduled for September 2025, ahead of the site’s full completion later in the year. The project is being delivered in partnership with Gammon Construction, one of Asia’s most respected contractors, and Siemens, utilising their...

Hong Kong Advances Trade Digitalisation with MLETR Adoption
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Hong Kong News once a month in your Inbox Digitalisation is reshaping the global economy, and businesses must adapt to capitalise on emerging opportunities. In the 2025–26 Budget, the Hong Kong Special...

U Power Partners With Shandong Hi-Speed New Energy Group And BOCOM International To Scale Battery-Swapping In Hong Kong And Accelerate International Expansion
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Exploring Similar Cooperation Models for Other Regions Including Thailand and Portugal SHANGHAI, July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U Power Limited (Nasdaq: UCAR ) (the "Company" or "U Power"), a provider of AI-powered solutions...

Leverage Incentives in Da Nang for High-Tech Investments
Recent reports indicate that a significant number of high-tech companies have established operations in Da Nang due to a comprehensive set of incentives and special mechanisms. As the main economic hub of Central Vietnam, Da Nang is poised to...
Shenzhen and Hong Kong Join Hands to Promote the Development of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science & Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone
“Driving the Globalization of Clinical Trials in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Implementing the First Key Cross-Border Multi-Center Clinical Trial Project” HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 July 2025 – The Greater Bay...

Only ‘small minority’ exploit Hong Kong’s talent schemes: city’s No 2 official
Hong Kong’s No 2 official has dismissed concerns that mainland Chinese residents are exploiting local talent admission schemes by giving birth in the city, saying only a “small minority” of applicants did so. Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki, who...

HongShan-Backed Hong Kong Fintech Startup Raises $40 Million To Advance Stablecoin Plan
Norman Chan, founding chairman of RD Technologies. Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg RD Technologies, a Hong Kong-based fintech startup founded by the former chief executive of the city’s de facto central bank, said on Wednesday it has raised about $40...
HKTDC boosts Hong Kong's competitive edge in high-value services
- "Digital Trade Masterclass" spotlights digital financing, e-bills of lading and retail supply chain management - The HKTDC continues to help SMEs seize digital trade opportunities by co-hosting with the ICC DSI a masterclass on technologies such...

HSBC: Number of Fresh Wealth Clients Surges in Hong Kong
Wealth management is one of the major growth drivers for HSBC. In the second quarter, it recorded asset growth driven in part by hundreds of thousands of fresh clients in Hong Kong. HSBC’s wealth management business saw 300,000 new-to-bank...

Researchers find automated financial traders will collude with each other through a combination of 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial stupidity'
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, would it be fair to call it a duck? Or, in the case of a working paper from researchers at Wharton and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, how closely does the...

Ant Group, PolyU form joint AI and Web3 lab, boosting Hong Kong’s tech hub goal

Nvidia’s printed circuit board supplier Victory Giant plans Hong Kong IPO
Nvidia supplier Victory Giant Technology (Huizhou) released plans for a Hong Kong share offering after regulators eased fundraising rules to support hi-tech companies. The company, one of mainland China’s largest printed circuit board...

New cooling technology could improve solar cell performance in the world’s hottest places
More recently, international researchers led by a team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) developed a new cooling technology that they claim improves the longevity of a solar cell by 200% and its power output by...

Hong Kong-based Handa to invest US$ 250 million in Bangladesh, create 25,000 jobs
Hong Kong-based Handa to invest US$ 250 million in Bangladesh, create 25,000 jobs Hong Kong-based textile and apparel chain, Handa Industries Ltd. Chairman Han Chun met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State guest House Jamuna...

Nvidia’s printed circuit board supplier Victory Giant plans Hong Kong IPO
Nvidia supplier Victory Giant Technology (Huizhou) released plans for a Hong Kong share offering after regulators eased fundraising rules to support hi-tech companies. The company, one of mainland China’s largest printed circuit board...

Alexandra Kurdyumova: “Our Mission Is to Connect Uzbekistan with Global Technology Hubs”
Technologies 31/07/2025 Alexandra Kurdyumova: “Our Mission Is to Connect Uzbekistan with Global Technology Hubs” Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — In recent years, Uzbekistan has been making an increasingly confident case for itself as a...

HSBC profits slump as lender suffers Hong Kong property woes and fresh £1.6bn China impairment
Pre-tax profits fall 26% as credit losses grow and bank faces further BoC charge By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 03:47 EDT, 30 July 2025 HSBC saw profits slide by more than a quarter in the first half after the banking giant's stake in China's Bank of...