Technical Visit to GoGBA Business Support Centre, Shenzhen Unicom Digital Life Experience Centre, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Achievement Transfer and Transformation Base in Guangming District and BYD Headquarter (TBC) at Pingshan

The Management section is scheduled to organize a one-day Technical Visit to GoGBA Business Support Centre, Shenzhen Unicom Digital Life Experience Centre (深圳聯通數字生活體驗中心), Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Achievement Transfer and Transformation Base in Guangming District (光明區深港澳科技成果轉移轉化基地) and BYD (比亞迪) Headquarter (TBC). This visit presents an opportunity for the IET members to comprehensively understand the support and resources available from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council for business incubation in the Greater Bay Area and latest development and technology in Shenzhen. In addition, through this visit, IET members may also have a grasp of the story behind the pursuance for innovation, quality, and growth in the one of the largest corporations in Mainland China. 

Established in 2021, GoGBA acts as a platform to tremendously support many Hong Kong new businesses to expand their spectrum into the Greater Bay Area. Through collaboration with many business and foreign associations and committees in major city of Mainland China, GoGBA offers extensive market intelligence and strategic advices in the planning, establishment, execution, management, and expansion of new business ideas. Furthermore, GoGBA also organizes online and offline activities regularly to aid new and old businesses to connect with each other and share hands-on experiences in the Greater Bay Area market.

Shenzhen Unicom Digital Life Experience Centre focuses on the core capabilities and technologies, hand in hand with industry partners, to create a number of "one-stop" solutions, such as smart travel, smart home, audio-visual entertainment, sports and health, etc. There is an audio-visual entertainment area, bringing consumers a combination of virtual and real world, felt and interacted with a new digital life experience. At the same time, it also provides scientific and technological products for enterprises and industry customers immersive experience of a variety of cutting-edge products and other good things to meet the diverse needs of the public.

Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Achievement Transfer and Transformation Base in Guangming District is the source of the Guangming District Party Committee and District Government to enhance Guangming District's new capabilities, accelerate the construction of Shenzhen-Hong Kong scientific and technological innovation in Guangming District. The venue plays to the advantages of local science and technology resource endowment from Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao, which have helped Guangming Science City to become a comprehensive national science centre carrying area, to effectively expand the space for innovation and entrepreneurship, and promote the development of science and technology in the Guangming District.

With over three decades of experience, BYD has emerged as one of the fastest-growing corporations, evolved from an automotive company to a mega corporation at the forefront of development and innovation in the automotive, electronics, renewable energy, and rail transit sectors. With in-house R&D department and over 10 highly automated production plant worldwide, over 70% of the required components are manufactured in-house and are adopted in their renowned blade battery technologies, DM-i hybrid vehicle technologies, e-Platform 3.0 vehicle line up, and Skyshuttle autonomous railway system. This sets a benchmark in modernized management and digitized manufacturing.