HONG KONG  – Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) will lead a delegation on Monday to showcase the city’s unrivalled advantages and opportunities as a global biotech hub during a major international convention in the United States.  

InvestHK—the SAR government agency tasked with promoting direct investment-- and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) will lead a delegation of 16 life science and health technology companies to the BIO International Convention 2025 in Boston to promote Hong Kong's strategic strengths as a biotech powerhouse.

It will also highlight the city's cutting-edge biotech ecosystem, which is tailored to empower American biotech firms to thrive in Asia's fast-growing markets.

InvestHK Head of Innovation & Technology Andy Wong Wai-cheuk said he will engage with local biotech stakeholders, start-ups, investors and media to attract more business and investment to Hong Kong.

The convention, running from June 16-19, will unite over 20,000 global leaders of the biotech industry, representing virtually the entire biotech ecosystem.

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At the Hong Kong pavilion, the delegation will showcase Hong Kong's advantages and opportunities for US biotech companies seeking to expand into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Asia-Pacific.

“Hong Kong, as a global biotech hub and one of the world's leading fundraising hubs for life science and biotech, offers unique advantages for American biotechnology companies,” Charles Ng Siong-kwong, associate director-general of investment promotion at InvestHK, said in a statement on Sunday.

These advantages included a top-tier academic research and talent pool, world-class research and development infrastructure, financial strength, robust intellectual property protection, high-quality clinical trial data and strong government commitment, Ng said, adding that all these made Hong Kong an ideal location for establishing a regional headquarters to expand into the GBA and Asia-Pacific region.

In the same statement, HKSTP’s Chief Executive Officer Albert Wong Hak-keung said that the trip aims not just to seek immediate investment but also to build long-term bridges between innovation ecosystems, offering a globally connected environment to exchange ideas, collaborate and scale.

“I expect the delegation will begin to see tangible results within the next 12 to 18 months,” Wong said.

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InvestHK said it has seen a strong momentum in attracting innovation and technology (I&T) companies to establish or expand their presence in the city. In 2024, the number of I&T companies assisted by InvestHK rose to 120, up from 82 in 2023, making it the top-performing sector among all sectors supported by the department.