In the early morning of April 12th, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center was crowded with Web3 enthusiasts from all over the world, waiting for the grand opening of the 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. At 9 o'clock in the morning, as the doors full of technological sense in the opening video are pushed open layer by layer, the 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival will officially open a new era of financial technology in Hong Kong together with people from all walks of life who are concerned about the development of the Web3 industry!
Co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, and hosted by W 3 ME, the "2023 Hong Kong Web3 Festival (Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023)" will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center from April 12th to 15th. Launched "International Innovation and Technology Business Week" (Business of Innovation and Technology Week) activities - including "Hong Kong International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (InnoEX)", "HKTDC Hong Kong Spring Electronics Fair" and "Digital Economy Summit" , and the "HKTDC Hong Kong International Spring Lighting Fair" will be held at the same venue.
At the "2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival", Xiao Feng, chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain and chairman of HashKey Group, said in his welcome speech that the Hong Kong government issued a virtual asset policy declaration in October last year, and the Hong Kong budget bill in February this year also There is financial support for Web3. Yesterday Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao attended and delivered a speech at the inauguration ceremony of the Hong Kong Web3 Association. Today is also the date of Shanghai’s upgrade. These are some recent "good rains" in the Web3 industry. The development of Web3 needs to be upright and innovative, to move forward steadily, and to properly supervise and promote the two-wheel drive of development. Only by moving forward steadily can Web3 develop steadily and far in Hong Kong. We call on Web3 practitioners to tell the story of Web3 and Hong Kong well.
From the read-only era of Web1 to the information explosion of Web2 mobile Internet, human life and production methods have undergone earth-shaking changes in just a few decades. After more than ten years of development of blockchain technology, Web3, with its core underlying technology, has also ushered in the critical point of the era of application innovation blowout development. Since the end of 2022, Hong Kong, as a financial capital, has introduced a series of friendly policies and regulatory systems related to the development of virtual assets and the Web3 industry, aiming to actively embrace emerging technologies, further consolidate its status as an Asian financial center, and open up new horizons for the development of the technology industry .
The 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival invites more than a hundred industry pioneers from all over the world to gather in Hong Kong to focus on hot topics such as the development of virtual assets, new trends in Web3 technology, digital finance and cross-border trade, and jointly explore how Web3 technology can empower Hong Kong and even Hong Kong. Changes in global lifestyles and production relations.
Chen Maobo, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, mentioned in his opening speech that in his opening speech, Chen Maobo, the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, said that the development of Web3 should be viewed from the historical perspective of technological change, which leads business Innovation, and business behavior will also drive the transformation of better technology. The Internet belongs to this type of transformation force. The rise of blockchain technology has brought the Internet into the Web3 era. Hong Kong will promote the sustainable and responsible development of the virtual asset market. Appropriate regulation is a must, so as to create a sustainable development space. Now is a golden opportunity for the development of Web3, and it is also a thrilling moment. Looking back at history, the development of Web3 will develop rapidly again after experiencing shocks.
In addition, Cai Zhonghui, the interim director of the intermediary agency department of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (chairman of the Financial Technology Advisory Group), Chen Jiaqi, the assistant director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong, the president of OKX, and a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Technology Innovation Industry) ) Qiu Dagen, Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co., Ltd. Ren Jingxin, Chainlink Labs Chief Ecological Growth Officer Adelyn Zhou, DFINITY Foundation Founder and Chief Scientist Dominic Williams (the above speakers are listed in order of appearance) and other government officials, representatives of regulatory agencies, Industry leaders also attended the opening ceremony and gave keynote speeches.
In order to give full play to the respective advantages of Hangzhou and Hong Kong, strengthen resource complementarity and sharing, and deepen industrial linkage and cooperation in the WEB3 field, the Shangcheng District Government of Hangzhou and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council discussed how to further deepen technical exchanges, strengthen talent exchanges, and jointly promote enterprise development, In-depth exchanges and discussions were conducted on promoting resource sharing, and a consensus was formed on how to jointly promote the WEB3 industry linkage between Hangzhou and Hong Kong.
At the opening ceremony, Ms. Kong Dejun, Deputy District Mayor of Shangcheng District People's Government of Hangzhou, and Mr. Li Dafeng, representative of Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Mr. Sun Xudong, Deputy Mayor of Hangzhou Municipal People's Government, Mr. Zhou Hong of Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Chairman of NanoLabs / Hong Kong Witnessed by Mr. Kong Jianping, director of Cyberport, the "Hangzhou-Hong Kong WEB3 Industry Linkage Memorandum" was signed. The two places will share industry exploration experience, lower the threshold for the cross-border development of the Web3 industry, and effectively promote the deep integration of Hangzhou and Hong Kong's Web3 industry to achieve 1+ Aggregation effect of 1 greater than 2. I believe that in the near future, with the joint promotion of Hangzhou City and Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and the joint efforts of industry leaders, experts, scholars, and entrepreneurial elites present, the WEB3 industry will gain more substantial and efficient development space and soil , Forge ahead and be brilliant in openness, tolerance and innovation.
Web3 Festival is a Web3 event brand jointly launched by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab and HashKey Group, and hosted by W 3 ME. The four-day 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival includes 5 venues with an area of nearly 9,000 square meters, more than 300 speakers with global influence, and more than 100 popular Web3 projects, communities and media participating in the exhibition. This event is not only a distribution center for cutting-edge Web3 insights, but also a cradle for the development of global Web3 innovative applications. Welcome everyone to continue to pay attention to the follow-up activities, and explore the future and potential of Web3 technology with the 2023 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, and jointly create a better digital world!
