Hong Kong, November 19, 2024 – Hong Kong Inspur Cloud, one of the key enterprises recently introduced by the Hong Kong SAR government, announced its establishment at Cyberport. Both parties signed a memorandum of cooperation to promote the development of Hong Kong's artificial intelligence ecosystem, working together to build the infrastructure for Hong Kong's computing power cluster, enhance cloud computing and large model development, establish an artificial intelligence training system, and accelerate the settlement of outstanding enterprises in related fields at Cyberport. The signing ceremony of the memorandum took place today (November 19) at Cyberport, with the presence of Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Ren Jingxin, Director of the Office of Key Enterprise Introduction, Dr. Ge Ming, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology, Dr. Zheng Songyan, CEO of Cyberport, Liu Jiyong, General Manager of Inspur Group, and Xiao Xue, Executive President, Chief Engineer, and Chairman of Inspur Cloud, witnessing the signing of the agreement by Zhu Meien, Chief Corporate Development Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport, and Liu Hui, General Manager of Hong Kong Inspur Cloud. The HaiRuo Intelligent Body International (Hong Kong) R&D Center and Hong Kong Inspur Cloud Services Co., Ltd. also held a plaque unveiling ceremony on the same occasion.
As a leading enterprise in the domestic digital economy, Inspur has provided IT products and services to over 120 countries and regions worldwide. In the field of intelligent technology, Inspur is focusing on the layout of the large model industry, creating a full-service system covering infrastructure, platform business, applications, and services, represented by the HaiRuo large model, and has established the HaiRuo Intelligent Body, an organization for the full-end artificial intelligence ecosystem. Inspur Cloud settling in Cyberport plans to invest in professional technical experts and management teams to establish clear business structures, personnel scales, and future development plans. Inspur Cloud and Cyberport will also work together to promote the construction of a computing power cluster infrastructure, achieving resource sharing and collaborative innovation. In addition, leveraging its strong technological accumulation and innovative capabilities in the intelligent technology field, Inspur Cloud will dedicate itself to training more professional service providers, integrating advanced algorithms, big data processing technologies, and powerful computing resources to provide intelligent solutions for enterprises and institutions in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. At the same time, the company will target overseas markets, exporting the advanced technologies and services of the HaiRuo Intelligent Body, actively promoting business internationalization, and assisting global clients in achieving digital transformation and intelligent upgrades. Inspur Cloud will also fully utilize its extensive market network to select ecological enterprises that align with its development strategy and facilitate their entry into Cyberport, promoting exchanges and cooperation among ecological enterprises and accelerating the integration and collaborative development of the ecosystem.
Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, stated: "The establishment of Inspur Cloud reflects that Hong Kong is a fertile ground for developing the data industry. The SAR government has been actively attracting strategic technology enterprises to develop in Hong Kong in recent years, and so far, more than 100 potential and representative innovation and technology enterprises have chosen to settle in Hong Kong or expand their business here, many of which are related to the data industry. Under 'One Country, Two Systems', Hong Kong has the unique advantage of 'backing the motherland and connecting with the world', coupled with its superior geographical location and highly internationalized business environment, making it an important two-way channel for the mainland to connect with the world. I hope that Inspur and all the enterprises participating in today's conference can make good use of Hong Kong's unique advantages, and through Hong Kong as a springboard to 'go out' and expand into emerging overseas markets."
Dr. Zheng Songyan, CEO of Cyberport, stated: "As the core base for artificial intelligence in Hong Kong, Cyberport is committed to improving the ecosystem for the development of artificial intelligence technology and industry, and will launch Hong Kong's largest supercomputing center within the year. With the Hong Kong SAR government's HKD 3 billion funding plan, we will significantly enhance technical support for basic scientific research and application development. Cyberport has already introduced several leading artificial intelligence enterprises, gathering more than 330 startups focused on R&D in the smart field and big data. The entry of Hong Kong Inspur Cloud into Cyberport will comprehensively enhance the vigorous development of the artificial intelligence technology ecosystem in Cyberport, strengthen the capabilities in cloud computing, large model construction, and high-performance computing, develop greater industry application potential, and promote the intelligent upgrading of various industries. At the same time, both parties will empower more service providers in the field of intelligent technology through training, providing innovative intelligent solutions for enterprises and institutions in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area, facilitating the industrialization of artificial intelligence, and accelerating the development of new productive forces, contributing to the high-quality development of Hong Kong and the national economy."
General Manager of Inspur Group Liu Jiyong stated: "As a world-leading international financial center, Hong Kong is actively promoting global artificial intelligence technology innovation and application with an open and inclusive attitude. Inspur will combine its comparative advantages and resource endowments to further strengthen cooperation with the Hong Kong SAR government, universities, and related enterprises, building an open, shared, and collaborative industrial ecosystem, and through the HaiRuo Intelligent Body and its ecological partners, provide services such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing to the Hong Kong and overseas markets, accelerating the rapid implementation of intelligent applications in Hong Kong and abroad, jointly promoting the deep integration of the technology chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain, and accelerating the formation of new productive forces driven by smart technology, making Hong Kong a hub for the international artificial intelligence industry."
HaiRuo large model ranks among the global leaders in various fields, achieving world-leading levels.
The HaiRuo large model, developed by Inspur Cloud, is an advanced artificial intelligence model that has been widely applied in over a dozen industries including government affairs, healthcare, and manufacturing. In the fields of government and healthcare, the maturity, comprehensive service capability, and market competitiveness of the HaiRuo large model are leading in the domestic market, and in government applications, it has improved grassroots material organization efficiency by 100 times. Furthermore, the HaiRuo large model has ranked among the global leaders in key technologies such as natural language data querying, automatic generation, and mixed modalities, and has set a world record in the international authority large model common sense reasoning challenge, with its language understanding and logical reasoning abilities reaching industry-leading levels.
Relying on the HaiRuo Intelligent Body, Inspur focuses on supporting more than 40 industrial ecological partners to jointly develop over 300 industrial large model application scenarios, achieving comprehensive intelligent cloud services. The HaiRuo Intelligent Body is empowering various industries, promoting the application of intelligent technology in more fields, and providing important support for the intelligent upgrading and digital transformation of industries.
Hong Kong Inspur Cloud serves Hong Kong and faces the global market, providing clients with reliable, efficient, and secure cloud services.
Hong Kong Inspur Cloud Services Co., Ltd. is an important carrier for the HaiRuo Intelligent Body in Hong Kong, positioned as a full-scenario operator of intelligent systems serving Hong Kong and facing the global market. The company focuses on core areas such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, data security, and green data, dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions including computing power, large models, and data services for clients in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. After its establishment, Hong Kong Inspur Cloud will integrate advantageous resources and actively participate in the construction of Hong Kong's digital government and enterprise digital transformation.
As a strategic partner of Inspur Cloud, Cyberport will provide comprehensive support for Hong Kong Inspur Cloud and its ecological enterprises. In addition, Cyberport will collaborate with Hong Kong Inspur Cloud to establish a training system to cultivate high-quality professionals. Cyberport will also assist in promoting the HaiRuo Intelligent Body, connecting more startups and partner applications related to model technology, and facilitating the integrated development of related ecosystems. Cyberport will fully support Hong Kong Inspur Cloud and its ecological enterprises in developing the Hong Kong and overseas markets, enhancing the international competitive advantage of relevant R&D technologies, and promoting Hong Kong as an important hub for the artificial intelligence industry.
On the same occasion, Inspur Cloud also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence R&D Center (HKGAI) and 20 partner enterprises.
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Hong Kong Inspur Cloud, one of the new key enterprises introduced by the Hong Kong SAR government, has settled at Cyberport and signed a memorandum of cooperation with Cyberport to promote the development of Hong Kong's artificial intelligence ecosystem. Witnessed by Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry (fourth from left in the back row), Ren Jingxin, Director of the Office of Key Enterprise Introduction (second from left in the back row), Dr. Ge Ming, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology (first from left in the back row), Dr. Zheng Songyan, CEO of Cyberport (third from left in the back row), Liu Jiyong, General Manager of Inspur Group (fourth from right in the back row), and Xiao Xue, Executive President, Chief Engineer, and Chairman of Inspur Cloud (third from right in the back row), Zhu Meien, Chief Corporate Development Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport (front left), and Liu Hui, General Manager of Hong Kong Inspur Cloud (front right), signed the agreement.
The HaiRuo Intelligent Body International (Hong Kong) R&D Center and Hong Kong Inspur Cloud Services Co., Ltd. also held a plaque unveiling ceremony on the same occasion.
Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, stated: "The establishment of Inspur Cloud reflects that Hong Kong is a fertile ground for developing the data industry. The SAR government has been actively attracting strategic technology enterprises to develop in Hong Kong in recent years, and so far, more than 100 potential and representative innovation and technology enterprises have chosen to settle in Hong Kong or expand their business here, many of which are related to the data industry."
Dr. Zheng Songyan, CEO of Cyberport, stated: "The entry of Hong Kong Inspur Cloud into Cyberport will comprehensively enhance the vigorous development of Cyberport's intelligent technology ecosystem, strengthen capabilities in cloud computing, large model construction, and high-performance computing, develop greater industry application potential, and promote the intelligent upgrading of various industries."
General Manager of Inspur Group Liu Jiyong stated: "Inspur will combine its comparative advantages and resource endowments to further strengthen cooperation with the Hong Kong SAR government, universities, and related enterprises, jointly promoting the deep integration of the technology chain, industrial chain, and innovation chain, accelerating the formation of new productive forces driven by smart technology, making Hong Kong a hub for the international artificial intelligence industry."
General Manager of Inspur Group Liu Jiyong (first from left) and Chairman of Inspur Cloud Xiao Xue (middle) accompanied Professor Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry (second from left), to visit the display of Inspur Cloud and partner enterprises on-site.
Inspur Cloud signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence R&D Center (HKGAI) and 20 partner enterprises.
Today's event gathered multiple industry partners in attendance, making it a grand occasion.
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About Cyberport
Cyberport, as Hong Kong's digital technology flagship and entrepreneurship incubation base, gathers more than 2,100 community enterprises, including over 900 resident companies and more than 1,200 non-resident startups and technology companies, managed by the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR government. Cyberport's vision is to inject new momentum into the development of the digital economy and smart city through innovative technology, leading enterprises to connect with domestic and international markets. Cyberport is dedicated to creating a thriving innovation and technology ecosystem by nurturing innovative technology talent, encouraging young people to start their own businesses, and supporting startups; promoting the development of the technology industry through collaboration with local, mainland, and international strategic partners; and accelerating the adoption of digital technology by public and private institutions to implement digital transformation, promoting the integration of new economies with traditional economies.
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