In his keynote speech, Professor Dong Sun, JP, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry for the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said the city was accelerating ahead to become an international innovation and technology centre, as well as a health and medical innovation hub — that was also renowned as one of the world's fundraising leaders for biotechnology companies.

On Thursday 24th October, the fourth-annual Asia Health Innovation Summit 2024, hosted by global venture accelerator Brinc, as part of StartmeupHK Festival 2024 and curated by InvestHK, attracted a full-capacity in-person attendance of more than 500 at AWS in Tower 535, Causeway Bay, as well as a global livestream audience of over 800.