HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 April 2026 – Cyberport immediately signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) appearing by way of Thailand Science Park (TSP), to set up a strategic partnership that strengthens innovation and expertise (I&T) collaboration between Hong Kong and Thailand.
Cyberport immediately (28 April 2026) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) appearing by way of Thailand Science Park (TSP), to set up a strategic partnership that strengthens innovation and expertise (I&T) collaboration between Hong Kong and Thailand. Witnessed by Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport and Dr Chularat Tanprasert, Executive Vice President of NSTDA and Director of Thailand Science Park, the MoU was signed by Ir Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport and Professor Dr Sukit Limpijumnong, President of NSTDA.
This marks a major milestone for each side since their first collaboration in 2024. The partnership goals to construct a collaborative framework between Cyberport and NSTDA appearing by way of TSP, create a reciprocal market-access gateway to facilitate start-ups’ entry into each the Thai and Hong Kong markets by way of ecosystem assist, gentle touchdown initiatives, and cross market collaboration, in addition to promote information alternate, {industry} engagement, and joint initiatives in rising expertise sectors, together with synthetic intelligence, good metropolis options, and different digital applied sciences.
Cyberport immediately signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) appearing by way of Thailand Science Park (TSP), Group photograph with Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport (centre-left); Dr Sukit Limpijumnong, President of NSTDA (centre-right); Ir Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport (fourth from left); Dr Chularat Tanprasert, Executive Vice President of NSTDA and Director of Thailand Science Park (fourth from proper); Parson Lam, Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Bangkok (third from left); Leung Kwan Ho, Associate Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (second from proper); and Mr Joseph Koc, Ambassador of Thailand (third from proper).
Witnessed by Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport and Dr Chularat Tanprasert, Executive Vice President of NSTDA and Director of Thailand Science Park, the MoU was signed by Ir Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport and Professor Dr Sukit Limpijumnong, President of NSTDA.
Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport, stated, “NSTDA and Thailand Science Park on our side will add strength to Cyberport’s ever-growing ASEAN alliances, paving the way to Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland companies to take a stronghold in ASEAN markets. We look forward to supporting high-potential companies from Thailand to capitalise on the vast markets in the Greater Bay Area and the wider Chinese Mainland, and global markets. Together we will continue to serve as a gateway to empower Asian innovators and attract worldwide entrepreneurs.”
Simon Chan, Chairman of Cyberport, stated, “Cyberport, as Hong Kong’s digital tech hub, AI accelerator and key incubator, supported companies to have expanded to Thailand, the broader ASEAN region along the Belt and Road, and over 35 markets worldwide. NSTDA and Thailand Science Park on our side will add strength to Cyberport’s ever-growing ASEAN alliances, paving the way to Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland companies to take a stronghold in ASEAN markets. We look forward to supporting high-potential companies from Thailand to capitalise on the vast markets in the Greater Bay Area and the wider Chinese Mainland, and global markets. This partnership significantly expands our bilateral collaborations in company soft-landing, ecosystem connection and proof-of-concept initiatives. Together we will continue to serve as a gateway to empower Asian innovators and attract worldwide entrepreneurs, to capitalise on new opportunities for digital economy and smart cities under the AI+ era.”
Professor Dr. Sukit Limpijumnong, President of NSTDA, stated, “The collaboration is designed to establish practical mechanisms to support start-ups in expanding internationally, including market entry, industry partnerships, and pilot or proof-of-concept deployments. TSP and Cyberport have been working closely in recent years to support start-up growth, with a notable milestone being the success of Nano Coating Tech, a Thai deep tech start-up that was successfully admitted into Cyberport Incubation Programme.”
Professor Dr. Sukit Limpijumnong, President of NSTDA, stated, “The collaboration is designed to establish practical mechanisms to support start-ups in expanding internationally, including market entry, industry partnerships, and pilot or proof-of-concept deployments. TSP and Cyberport have been working closely in recent years to support start-up growth, with a notable milestone being the success of Nano Coating Tech, a Thai deep tech start-up specialising in advanced nano coating solutions for industrial applications and solar panels, that successfully got admitted into Cyberport Incubation Programme for funding up to HK$500,000 and comprehensive support,”
NSTDA, as an autonomous authorities company, manages Thailand’s main tech park, Thailand Science Park (TSP). Established in 2002 as Thailand’s first and largest science and expertise park, TSP is designed to promote I&T improvement and R&D actions. NSTDA’s ecosystem is anchored by 5 nationwide analysis centres, specifically National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC), National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC), National Nanotechnology Centre (NANOTEC), and National Energy Technology Centre (ENTEC).
Alongside these centres, TSP is residence to over 120 expertise firms, practically 40 p.c of that are worldwide corporations. This displays TSP’s position as a regional R&D hub in ASEAN, trusted by each native and world expertise firms that select Thailand as a base for expertise improvement. This is supported by a powerful pool of expertise and superior testing infrastructure that meets worldwide requirements.
NSTDA has been a long-standing strategic companion of Cyberport by way of TSP since 2024. Both sides have co-created programmes, world touchdown initiatives and webinars, facilitated deep-tech start-ups becoming a member of Cyberport Incubation Programme, and facilitated Cyberport start-ups becoming a member of TSP for market growth.
Today’s MoU establishes a framework for joint actions that may assist start-ups and expertise firms from each Hong Kong and Thailand ecosystems. Key initiatives embody:
- Support start-ups and expertise firms really helpful by both aspect in exploring market alternatives, establishing presence, and increasing operations inside the respective progressive ecosystems.
- Facilitate connection to related {industry} companions, analysis establishments, and company networks to assist collaboration, funding alternatives, expertise adoption, market entry, and enterprise improvement growth.
- Encourage and assist participation of start-ups in incubation programmes, entrepreneurship, ecosystem actions, neighborhood occasions organised by each side.
- Jointly organise and promote seminars, boards, networking actions, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to strengthen collaboration between the 2 ecosystems.
- Explore and establish alternatives for start-ups to conduct pilot tasks, expertise demonstrations, or proof-of-concept initiatives with {industry} companions and potential finish customers.
TSP will strengthen this collaboration by way of the “TSP Scale X Landing Programme” to fast-track worldwide start-ups’ growth into the Thai market, by connecting them to established companion networks and actual {industry} demand in Thailand, whereas offering them with entry to the nation’s analysis and testing infrastructure.
Leveraging its position as a “super connector” and “super value-adder”, Cyberport continues to broaden world partnerships to foster cross-regional progress of expertise ecosystems and advance Hong Kong’s innovation on a worldwide stage. In ASEAN, Cyberport has solid strategic collaborations with Indonesia’s Telkom University, Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), in addition to Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), other than alliances in the Middle East, East Asia and North America, additional strengthening Hong Kong’s place as a global I&T hub.
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Wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital tech hub and AI accelerator, with a imaginative and prescient to empower {industry} digitalisation and clever transformation, to promote digital economic system and AI improvement, and to foster Hong Kong to be a global AI, innovation and expertise (I&T) hub. Cyberport gathers over 2,300 firms, together with 17 listed firms and 9 unicorns. One-third of onsite firms’ founders come from 27 international locations and areas, whereas Cyberport firms have expanded to over 35 world markets.
Cyberport, with Hong Kong’s largest AI Supercomputing Centre and AI Lab because the engine, has been constructing the AI ecosystem with industry-leading AI firms and over 500 AI and information science start-ups. Through improvement of tech clusters, specifically AI, information science, blockchain and cybersecurity, Cyberport empowers industries throughout good metropolis and authorities, banking and finance, digital leisure, tradition and tourism, healthcare, schooling and coaching, property administration, building, transportation and logistics, inexperienced atmosphere and extra, whereas internet hosting Hong Kong’s largest FinTech neighborhood. Commissioned by the HKSAR Government, Cyberport has applied proof-of-concept and sandbox schemes, subsidisation for digital tech adoption, {industry} tech coaching and start-up incubation, to drive expertise R&D, translation and commercialisation, thus propelling digital transformation and clever improve throughout {industry} and society.
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