TREE NEWS update: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee on the 16th unveiled the city’s first five-year plan for economic and social development (2026-2030), which includes building Hong Kong’s first national manufacturing innovation centre. The Microelectronics Research Institute will lead the centre at the Microelectronics Centre building, aiming to open it in 2027. The centre is intended to pool overseas and mainland resources to help China take a leading position in power semiconductors.
Hong Kong to Launch National Manufacturing Innovation Centre in 2027
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The centre's focus on power semiconductors matters because that is where mainland demand and Hong Kong's research base can overlap, rather than compete. Placing it under the Microelectronics Research Institute, rather than a new body, suggests the plan builds on existing capacity instead of starting from scratch. The open question is whether pooling overseas and mainland resources survives the export-control environment that already shapes this sector, and whether the 2027 target holds.
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