https://www.scmp.com/rss/513659/feed The "Greater Bay Area" refers to the Chinese government's scheme to link the cities of Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing into an integrated economic and business hub. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hong Kong’s Insurance Authority aims to increase transparency and the available range of medical insurance products to address rising costs, while also reviewing regulations with an eye towards attracting more international life-insurance buyers. “We would like to see the insurance companies introduce more medical insurance products that are more accessible and affordable for the general public, with sales practices that are fair to consumers,” said Clement Lau Chung-kin, the authority’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3346649/hong-kong-regulator-sets-comprehensive-review-medical-insurance-costs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3346649/hong-kong-regulator-sets-comprehensive-review-medical-insurance-costs?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:00:12 +0000 Jane Lee,Victor Kwok Jane Lee,Victor Kwok Interest in Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education has increased steadily in recent years. The government is committed to strengthening the city’s role as an international education hub, not just in tertiary education but also in basic education. Following this directive, the Education Bureau recently invited all Direct Subsidy Scheme schools to apply to increase their intake of non-local students. Hong Kong’s education sector offers biliteracy and trilingualism, and provides a broader range... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3337385/hong-kong-should-offer-international-dse-boost-education-hub-goal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3337385/hong-kong-should-offer-international-dse-boost-education-hub-goal?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Dec 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal,Peggy Sito Cheryl Arcibal,Peggy Sito On a Sunday morning earlier this month, five friends from Bangkok stepped through the marble lobby of the Studio City Hotel in Macau – the kind of place better known for gaming tables and stage shows than medical check-ups. Instead, they were heading to iRad Hospital, tucked inside the resort complex, for a round of beauty treatments and wellness sessions. The women – Kwaisun Panchasarp, Nantanat Tejavibulya, Buyasakorn De Jesus and two friends – were in town with their families to catch the NBA... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3330210/playing-health-card-macau-gives-greater-bay-area-glimpse-its-health-hub-future?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3330210/playing-health-card-macau-gives-greater-bay-area-glimpse-its-health-hub-future?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 02:00:13 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Time Medical Systems, a Hong Kong maker of advanced medical devices co-founded by US-trained Chinese academics, is seeking a new site to expand production as it eyes a 30-fold increase in sales of its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners in the next few years. The company is commercialising superconductor materials and magnet technologies that can slash the production and operating costs of such scanners while also cutting turnaround time, part of an effort to make early disease diagnosis... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3328747/hong-kong-mri-maker-time-medical-seeks-new-site-it-eyes-30-fold-sales-increase-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3328747/hong-kong-mri-maker-time-medical-seeks-new-site-it-eyes-30-fold-sales-increase-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:30:12 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal Black Spade Capital, the family office of Lawrence Ho Yau-lung, has brought Hong Kong-based iRad Hospital to Macau, with a facility equipped with MRI and CT scan equipment in one of his hotels, to support the gaming hub’s bid to diversify its economy. The 15,000 sq ft facility at Studio City of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, one of six casino concessionaires in the gaming hub, makes it the world’s first integrated resort hospital with MRI and CT equipment. The hospital, which was formally... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3328073/macaus-studio-city-gets-worlds-first-resort-hospital-mri-and-ct-facilities?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3328073/macaus-studio-city-gets-worlds-first-resort-hospital-mri-and-ct-facilities?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Oct 2025 02:52:13 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Chinese pharmaceutical companies are beginning to challenge Western giants in the weight-loss drugs market, fuelled by domestic demand from the world’s largest population of overweight and obese people. More than 60 late-stage weight-loss drug candidates are undergoing clinical trials in China, according to Boston-based L.E.K. Consulting, creating potential competition for Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (marketed as Wegovy for weight loss and Ozempic for treating type 2 diabetes) and Eli Lilly’s... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324006/china-goes-big-weight-loss-drugs-novo-eli-lilly-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3324006/china-goes-big-weight-loss-drugs-novo-eli-lilly-challenge?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2025 06:02:15 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng A couple of health and medical device start-ups that got their start at the Chinese University of Hong Kong are seeking to enter the growing markets for elderly care and rehabilitation by selling their “wearable robotics” technologies. Established last year, RT HealthTech has developed several soft inflatable joint support products. It plans to start selling them in two months, targeting elderly people with weaker joints and those with minor injuries who want to keep exercising to maintain... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3318712/cuhk-start-ups-eye-silver-economys-need-wearable-robotics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3318712/cuhk-start-ups-eye-silver-economys-need-wearable-robotics?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:30:07 +0000 Hayes Tang Hayes Tang Hong Kong’s recent record-high achievement in the QS World University Rankings has ignited a conversation about the city’s vision to become a global education hub. This milestone not only serves as a testament to the world-class quality of the city’s higher education institutions but also represents an entrepreneurial opportunity for the government’s “Study in Hong Kong” campaign. The good news invites both celebration and introspection. It is a moment to reflect on our understanding of who we... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316326/more-education-hub-hong-kong-can-be-global-academic-pioneer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3316326/more-education-hub-hong-kong-can-be-global-academic-pioneer?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Jul 2025 01:30:10 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen The Greater Bay Area (GBA) has potential as a hub for biomedical innovation, thanks in part to Hong Kong’s basic research capabilities and status as a financial centre, but the region needs closer integration in areas including medical data, according to experts. Basic research is “very important” for China’s pharmaceutical industry, which had developed a lot of drugs but most were not new, said Zhang Peiyu, chief scientific officer at Shenzhen-based AI drug discovery firm XtalPi Holdings, on... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3294875/hong-kongs-talent-pool-can-help-turn-greater-bay-area-biomedical-hub-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3294875/hong-kongs-talent-pool-can-help-turn-greater-bay-area-biomedical-hub-experts-say?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:31:13 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu An ageing population and shortage of doctors have caused more Hongkongers to go north for medical treatment, prompting US medical insurance giant Cigna Group to seek cross-border partnerships, according to its Hong Kong CEO. “When you combine the ageing population percentage in Hong Kong with the low doctor ratio per person, you can see why there is a need to expand cross-border integration of healthcare services between Hong Kong and other Greater Bay Area cities,” said Jonathan Spiers, the CEO... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3291894/cigna-seeks-mainland-partnerships-hongkongers-go-north-get-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3291894/cigna-seeks-mainland-partnerships-hongkongers-go-north-get-treatment?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:30:12 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng An ageing population and the rapid advancement of digital technology have given Hong Kong health and medical technology start-ups ample opportunities to develop wearable devices that help with disease diagnosis and in-home rehabilitation. Some, such as Well Being Digital (WBD), are also taking advantage of a 2021 regulatory move that allows drugs and medical devices used in Hong Kong public hospitals to be deployed in designated mainland healthcare institutions in the Greater Bay Area without... https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/biomedicine/article/3284849/hong-kong-health-tech-start-ups-innovate-digital-wearables-ageing-population?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china-future-tech/biomedicine/article/3284849/hong-kong-health-tech-start-ups-innovate-digital-wearables-ageing-population?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 03 Nov 2024 02:30:07 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI), a government-backed body tasked with helping Hong Kong’s small and medium-sized (SME) companies conduct research and development, plans to establish a presence north of the border to extend its services in the region. “One of our long term directions is to align our development with that of the Greater Bay Area, but due to various reasons including the Covid-19 pandemic we have yet to establish a physical presence there,” CEO Andy Fung said on... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3279655/hong-kongs-advanced-materials-institute-plans-extend-rd-services-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3279655/hong-kongs-advanced-materials-institute-plans-extend-rd-services-greater-bay-area?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:07 +0000 Enoch Yiu Enoch Yiu Hengqin, an island near Macau famed for oyster farming, is looking to expand its presence in industries including traditional Chinese medicine, technology and finance, as it seeks to attract investors and residents, according to a senior official. The Guangdong-Macau In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, which will turn three years old on Tuesday, will continue to offer low taxes and other policies to support its development, said Su Kun, deputy director of the executive committee of Hengqin... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3278528/macau-neighbour-hengqin-famed-oysters-has-ambitions-chinese-medicine-technology?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3278528/macau-neighbour-hengqin-famed-oysters-has-ambitions-chinese-medicine-technology?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Sep 2024 02:00:15 +0000 Nurses from mainland China who have worked in Hong Kong as part of an exchange programme have lessened staff workload in public hospitals, despite the need for one-on-one supervision, city counterparts have said. The local nurses spoke out on Monday after concerns that mainland nurses had added to the burden on the city’s healthcare system. Savina Sze Yee-man, a nurse consultant in gerontology in New Territories East, said that mainland colleagues had helped share the work burden. “What they... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3225454/nurse-exchange-scheme-mainland-china-has-eased-pressure-hong-kong-hospitals-staff-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3225454/nurse-exchange-scheme-mainland-china-has-eased-pressure-hong-kong-hospitals-staff-say?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:22:40 +0000 Jack Ma has accepted the appointment as an honorary professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), as the co-founder and former chairman of Alibaba Group Holding pursues his lifelong passion for education after his 2019 retirement from one of Asia’s largest technology companies. Ma, who turned 58 in September, was invited to be an honorary professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics on April 1 for a three-year term ending in March 2026, according to an announcement on the faculty’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3217848/jack-ma-takes-university-hong-kongs-honorary-professorship-pursuit-his-post-retirement-passion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3217848/jack-ma-takes-university-hong-kongs-honorary-professorship-pursuit-his-post-retirement-passion?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:49:18 +0000 Hong Kong has historically been a key cornerstone to China’s reform and opening up. As the city turns a new page, for it to serve its residents and the rest of the country at the same time, it must remain the most international, open and pluralistic city on Chinese soil. Indeed, our distinctive mixture of substantial economic freedoms, robust common-law jurisdiction and cosmopolitan ethos has seen this city go from strength to strength. Yet the world we live in today is experiencing an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3213491/itself-and-china-hong-kongs-only-recipe-success-be-truly-international-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3213491/itself-and-china-hong-kongs-only-recipe-success-be-truly-international-city?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:30:09 +0000 A life scientist who made headlines in China when she gave up a permanent post at Princeton University has rejected suggestions that her return was prompted by a losing battle in her field against AI. Structural biologist Yan Ning said there were still many places artificial intelligence had not reached in her field of research. “We embrace AI, but we are disappointed after trying it out,” said Yan, who is also known as Nieng Yan. Yan made the assessment at the Xplorer Forum hosted by the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202698/chinese-scientist-yan-ning-denies-ai-took-her-job-us-and-forced-her-back-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3202698/chinese-scientist-yan-ning-denies-ai-took-her-job-us-and-forced-her-back-home?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Dec 2022 08:30:12 +0000 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) president Nancy Ip Yuk-yu hopes to break new ground in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease after securing mainland China’s support to tap into its database of 10 million patients and work with hospitals there next year. In an interview with the Post, the renowned neuroscientist and Alzheimer’s disease expert said she was confident Hong Kong would stay ahead of its rivals in innovation and technology (I&T) if it continued to... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3198604/hong-kongs-first-woman-university-president-nancy-ip-gets-mainland-chinese-support-speed-research?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3198604/hong-kongs-first-woman-university-president-nancy-ip-gets-mainland-chinese-support-speed-research?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:17 +0000 Hong Kong’s new administration should align regulations with mainland China to better promote health technology in the Greater Bay Area, experts have said, adding the city should reopen its border with the rest of the country and relax its talent scheme. Recalling his experience of trying to obtain approval for his surgical robots to be used in both jurisdictions, Samuel Au Kwok-wai, a professor at Chinese University (CUHK) and a director of InnoHK Multi-Scale Medical Robotics Centre, said on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3186953/hong-kong-should-align-regulations-mainland-china-promote?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3186953/hong-kong-should-align-regulations-mainland-china-promote?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:44:21 +0000 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has received approval from China’s education authorities to set up a campus in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province, in another example of closer ties between the mainland and the city ahead of the handover anniversary. The Guangzhou campus of HKUST follows on from a collaboration between Beijing Normal University and Hong Kong Baptist University United International College to set up a campus in Zhuhai in 2005, and Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3183529/hong-kong-university-science-and-technology-gets-approval-guangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3183529/hong-kong-university-science-and-technology-gets-approval-guangzhou?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:00:22 +0000 Hong Kong’s public hospitals have unveiled a scheme to hire top doctors from the Greater Bay Area in a bid to ease a manpower crunch caused by emigration and healthcare professionals joining the private sector. The programme, which allows a one-year exchange for doctors, was announced on Thursday as hospital chiefs reported some progress in their recent retention efforts, and said a policy offering low-interest loans to help workers buy homes would be ready by the fourth quarter of this year at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3182846/hong-kongs-public-hospitals-unveil-scheme-hire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3182846/hong-kongs-public-hospitals-unveil-scheme-hire?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jun 2022 14:26:04 +0000