HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 August 2026 – Hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic College (PolyU) and title sponsored by Financial institution of China (Hong Kong) (BOCHK), the PolyU x BOCHK Worldwide Future Problem (Hong Kong Regional Closing) concluded earlier (24 August) on the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Centre. Featured on the principle stage through the World Unicorn Summit (the Summit), organised by the Hong Kong Ta Kung Wen Wei Media Group, 18 high Problem startup groups, chosen from over 300 entries, showcased their strengths competing for varied awards and the highest 4 spots which advance to the Grand Closing. Prof. Jin-Guang TENG, PolyU President, in the meantime delivered a keynote speech on the Summit themed “How College Analysis Empowers Industrial Innovation”. He elaborated on the mission and traits of college analysis, and shared PolyU’s profitable expertise in driving analysis translation by means of the institution of Mainland Translational Analysis Institutes.
VIP visitors, members of the judging panel, and successful groups pose for a bunch photograph on stage.
Following its title sponsorship of the inaugural PolyU x BOCHK Worldwide Future Problem Grand Closing, BOCHK demonstrated its continued help this yr because the title sponsor for each the Hong Kong Regional Closing and the Grand Closing of the PolyU Worldwide Future Problem (PolyU IFC) 2026, becoming a member of palms with PolyU to nurture younger innovation and know-how (I&T) skills and drive high-quality improvement within the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
The Hong Kong Regional Closing centered on 5 cutting-edge fields: Life Sciences and Healthcare, Superior Manufacturing and Microelectronics, Digital Financial system and Monetary Know-how, Sensible Metropolis and Inexperienced Residing, in addition to Aerospace and Aviation Know-how. The Hong Kong area competitors generated an enthusiastic response, totally demonstrating Hong Kong’s vitality and enchantment as a world I&T hub. The 18 shortlisted groups made on-site pitches and exhibited on the exhibition zone of the Summit, presenting their improvements to guests, traders, and trade leaders.
Prof. Zijian ZHENG, PolyU Vice President (Oknowledge Switch), remarked, “With Hong Kong serving as a super-connector, PolyU IFC 2026 efficiently builds a cross-regional platform that carefully connects the Chinese language Mainland, the Center East and past, creating unprecedented alternatives for world innovation and collaboration. We’re delighted to see 18 excellent startup groups showcase their modern options. These initiatives are a testomony to the imaginative and prescient, perseverance and collaborative spirit that outline the PolyU mission as an modern world-class college. PolyU’s distinctive startup ecosystem, PolyVentures, boasts over 900 lively startups, together with unicorns and listed firms. We stay up for right this moment’s groups leveraging this platform to step onto a broader entrepreneurial stage.”
The Hon Ken LEE, Advisor to BOCHK and Legislative Council Member, said within the speech, “BOCHK is happy to as soon as once more help PolyU’s flagship innovation competitors, becoming a member of palms to construct a supportive ecosystem that nurtures innovation and know-how expertise. By accelerating the sensible utility of modern concepts and analysis achievements, this initiative aligns carefully with nationwide methods and HKSAR Authorities insurance policies, supporting Hong Kong’s improvement into a world innovation and know-how hub.”
Prof. Christopher CHAO, PolyU Senior Vice President (Analysis and Innovation), Prof. Cheng DONG, PolyU Affiliate Vice President (Information Switch) and Mr Marston WONG, Deputy Basic Supervisor of Industrial Banking Divisionof BOCHK introduced the highest 4 awards. Following rigorous analysis by the judging panel and on-site voting, 11 successful groups had been chosen. The highest 4 groups from the Hong Kong Regional Closing advance to the Grand Closing held in Hong Kong in January subsequent yr, to compete with winners from different areas for the best honours.
The successful groups from the Hong Kong Regional Closing are as follows:
| Award | Staff/Firm | Mission | Money Prize |
| BOCHK Diamond Cup | CobotAI Restricted | TeleX: Industrial Embodied Multi-Modal Knowledge Clever Assortment Terminal and Ability Platform | HK$120,000 |
| Gold Award | LI Shuai CHENG Lok Kan SUN Yu LEE Ka Sing SONG Zhen HU Zengbo | Novel BCI Interplay Know-how Based mostly on Multi-dimensional Sonomyography (SMG) Indicators | HK$75,000 |
| Silver Award | AniMed Know-how Restricted | OptiFi Sleep | HK$50,000 |
| Bronze Award | Motomics Restricted | MotusAI — Physics-Conscious Biomechanical Agent for Musculoskeletal Dysfunction Evaluation | HK$25,000 |
| Greatest Scholar Staff Award | LIO Kun Hon CHEN Tak Hei KUONG Ka I CHAN Kuan Ieong CHAN Cheng Tong KARUMANCHI Abhishikth | PulmoSight | HK$25,000 |
| Greatest Presentation Award | OnAn Know-how Service Restricted Firm | OnAn Know-how | HK$5,000 |
| Greatest Presentation Award | Visorx Know-how Restricted | Visor™ RECURE DEVICE | HK$5,000 |
| Greatest Innovation Award | LI Shuai CHENG Lok Kan SUN Yu LEE Ka Sing SONG Zhen HU Zengbo | Novel BCI Interplay Know-how Based mostly on Multi-dimensional Sonomyography (SMG) Indicators | HK$5,000 |
| Greatest Innovation Award | Easenory Know-how Restricted | World-Main Elastic Textile PCB | HK$5,000 |
| Most Common Award | Bondcare Tech (Hong Kong) Restricted | Bondcare-Canxiao Clever State-based Scientific Care | HK$5,000 |
| Most Common Award | Stairio Restricted | Stairio | HK$5,000 |
Because the College’s flagship innovation and entrepreneurship competitors, PolyU IFC is strategically aligned with the Nation’s fifteenth 5-Yr Plan and “Synthetic Intelligence (AI)+” initiative. This yr, an abroad area was launched for the primary time, that means the inclusion of 9 competitors areas in whole: Hong Kong, Qianhai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Jinjiang, Hefei, Hangzhou, Wuxi and Saudi Arabia. Leveraging the crossborder community of the PolyU Mainland Translational Analysis Institutes and in collaboration with native authorities authorities and main enterprises, the Problem focuses on “AI+” to foster exact alignment between analysis initiatives and regional industrial sources.
So far, over 1,400 competitors purposes have been acquired from throughout the 9 competitors areas. Registration for the Jinjiang, Hefei, Hangzhou and Wuxi areas is at present open. For additional particulars, please go to the official PolyU IFC web site.
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