香港數碼港管理有限公司
2015/16
年報
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As the new Chairman of the Board of Directors, it gives me
great pleasure in presenting the annual report of Hong Kong
Cyberport Management Company Limited (“Cyberport”)
for the Financial Year 2015/16.
Cyberport has been playing an increasingly active role in
supporting Hong Kong in its transformation into a new,
innovation-driven digital economy. We at Cyberport have
charged ahead to foster entrepreneurship and digital
innovation based on Cyberport’s three strategic pillars of
inspiring the next generation, nurturing the entrepreneurial
spirit, and empowering global ambition. By enhancing
existing programmes and implementing new initiatives, over
the past year we provided the much needed support to
more than 120 new start-ups and digital entrepreneurs for
building their competitive advantages, and the Cyberport
community already exceeded 720 companies across the
full spectrum of digital technology, ranging from FinTech,
e-commerce, Internet of things, digital wearables, cloud
computing, big data and smart city.
During the past year, we saw significant growth in student
and public participation in Cyberport events and
compe t i t i ons , a h i ke i n app l i ca t i ons f or f und i ng
programmes, and new alliances forged with our global
industry and academia partners.
The prestigious awards we garnered and the record-high
HK$269 million of funds raised by our grantees and
incubatees, all bear testament to the Cyberport team’s
relentless dedication and effort in successfully enriching
Hong Kong’s start-up ecosystem.
Entrepreneurship and innovation play a pivotal role in
achieving sustainable development of the Hong Kong
community. They constitute the key engine which propels
economic prosperity and fosters social cohesion. Whether
be it in a mature economy or a developing one, innovation
and technology have taken centre stage in national
development.
As a global financial centre, not only is Hong Kong richly
endowed with world-class business infrastructure, rule of
l aw, progress i ve regu l at i ons and good corporate
governance, it also possesses many critical factors for
success in fostering a thriving digital economy such as
strategic geographic position as the world’s key gateway to
China, high speed Internet bandwidth, high mobile
teledensity and a sophisticated and well-developed digital
infrastructure. Cyberport can leverage these competitive
advantages to maintain a vibrant ecosystem to foster
entrepreneurship and innovation.
我很高興以新一屆董事局主席身份,向大家提
呈香港數碼港管理有限公司(數碼港)於
2015/16
財政年度的年報。
數碼港在協助香港轉化成創新及數碼型經濟的
高科技大都會的進程中一直扮演着重要角色,
並發揮積極作用。我們以扶植科技企業發展及
驅動數碼科技不斷創新為使命,致力秉持三大
策略支柱,包括:啟發新一代開創思維;扶植
創業界實力,培育創業精神;推動企業踏足國
際舞台。朝着此工作目標勇往向前。透過強化
現時推行的計劃及發展嶄新項目,過往一年數
碼港讓逾
120
家初創企業及數碼科技創業家得
到全方位支援,得以堅實地建立競爭優勢。數
碼港社區已有逾
720
家公司,它們來自數碼科
技各個領域,有金融科技、電子商貿、物聯
網、穿戴式科技、雲端計算、大數據及智慧城
市等。
回顧過去一年,我們喜見參與數碼港活動及比
賽的學生人數增長可觀,數碼港旗下的創業計
劃的申請數目也明顯飊升,而我們與全球數碼
科技界及學術界也建立起新的合作夥伴關係。
數碼港初創企業在國際囊括多項殊榮及獎項,
以及在籌得
2.69
億港元的融資,成歷年之冠。
這些成果亦印證了數碼港在推動科技創業全面
發展的努力及豐盛成果。
創業及創新在社會持續發展中扮演着舉足輕重
的角色,兩者都是推動經濟繁榮及結集社會凝
聚力的引擎。不論是成熟的還是發展中的經濟
體,創新科技及發明均對國家的發展里程尤為
重要。
香港作為國際金融中心,擁有領先世界的商業
基礎建設、法治體制、積極進步的規管及優良
企業管治、加上作為世界通往中國內地主要門
戶的戰略性地理優勢、高速寬頻及移動通訊滲
透率高的數碼基礎建設、安全性高的網上平
台,均是促進香港成為數碼經濟的重要成功因
素。數碼港可利用這些優勢以持續發展成一個
豐盛的生態環境,從而促進初創企業的發展和
創新。