Hong Kong has opened its first robot-run convenience stores, where a humanoid shopkeeper takes orders, serves customers and goes beyond the call of duty. Beijing-based robotics company Galbot launched ...
In pictures: from factory floors to AI – the evolution of innovation in Hong Kong
A visual journey through the city’s industrial evolution, from 1960s textile factories to AI pioneers such as SenseTime and DJI.
Longsys begins trading in Hong Kong after raising $903M in share sale
Longsys Electronics raises $903M in Hong Kong dual listing, backed by 71,000% profit growth driven by AI memory demand. Trading begins under ...
HSBC stock holds steady as Hong Kong banks’ H1 2026 profit rebound supports earnings outlook
On a secondary venue in Frankfurt, HSBC shares changed hands at about 18.39 euros as of September 7, 2026, up 0.77 percent on the day compared with a previous close of 18.25 euros, illustrating how ...
Longsys Set to Debut in Hong Kong After $903 Million Listing
Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co. is set to begin trading in Hong Kong on Tuesday after raising HK$7.08 billion ($903 million) in an upsized share sale, testing the resilience of investor enthusiasm ...
Russia’s gold exports to Hong Kong hit $14.5B in seven months, surpassing all of 2025
Hong Kong imported 100 tonnes of Russian gold worth $14.5B in the first seven months of 2026, doubling the full-year 2025 total as sanctions ...
Moonshot AI confidentially files Hong Kong IPO targeting $3 billion
The Beijing-based developer of the Kimi K3 large language model is valued at $50 billion in an ongoing funding round ...
Chinese firms’ green-tech expansion hinges on Hong Kong, senior bankers say
Offshore yuan liquidity makes city a 'superconnector', but finding projects with strong returns is now the challenge, senior bankers say Hong Kong is poised to play a bigger role in financing Chinese ...
Hong Kong’s Nepalis gather for prayers on 13th day of flood mourning
At community hall in Yau Ma Tei, attendees light candles, lay flowers, and leave messages of condolence to honour the dead.
Hong Kong customs seizes 200 crickets, 13kg of cockroaches at border checkpoint
Man and woman intercepted at Lo Wu border in separate cases involving HK$5,900 worth of illicit feeder insects.
Prominent pro-democracy Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security law case
Wong, already serving prison time for a separate case, pleaded guilty to a second offence under Beijing’s 2020 National Security law, which could see his sentence extended by a minimum of three years ...
Hong Kong landlords accuse banks of deepening shop slump with reluctance to lend
Pressing owners to repay loans amid falling values while turning away new buyers could prolong wider economic drag, advocacy group says.
SCMP partners with top Kazakh university to deepen Hong Kong’s Central Asia ties
Memorandum of understanding with Nazarbayev University signed ahead of SCMP's China Conference: Central Asia 2026 in Astana The South China Morning Post has signed an agreement with a leading ...
Hong Kong broadens sustainable finance taxonomy framework to boost transition capital
As Green Week kicks off, the HKMA expands its finance taxonomy to channel capital into projects that build climate resilience.