HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 28 April 2026 – Cyberport right this moment signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) appearing by Thailand Science Park (TSP), to ascertain a strategic partnership that strengthens innovation and technology (I&T) collaboration between Hong Kong and Thailand.
This marks a big milestone for each side since their first collaboration in 2024. The partnership goals to construct a collaborative framework between Cyberport and NSTDA appearing by TSP, create a reciprocal market-access gateway to facilitate start-ups’ entry into each the Thai and Hong Kong markets by ecosystem help, smooth touchdown initiatives, and cross market collaboration, in addition to promote information change, business engagement, and joint initiatives in rising technology sectors, together with synthetic intelligence, sensible metropolis options, and different digital applied sciences.
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, mentioned, “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, mentioned, “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 technology park, TSP is designed to advertise I&T improvement and R&D actions. NSTDA’s ecosystem is anchored by 5 nationwide analysis centres, particularly 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 dwelling to over 120 technology firms, practically 40 % of that are worldwide companies. This displays TSP’s position as a regional R&D hub in ASEAN, trusted by each native and world technology firms that select Thailand as a base for technology improvement. This is supported by a robust pool of expertise and superior testing infrastructure that meets worldwide requirements.
NSTDA has been a long-standing strategic associate of Cyberport by 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 enlargement.
Today’s MoU establishes a framework for joint actions that may help start-ups and technology firms from each Hong Kong and Thailand ecosystems. Key initiatives embody:
- Support start-ups and technology firms beneficial by both aspect in exploring market alternatives, establishing presence, and increasing operations inside the respective progressive ecosystems.
- Facilitate connection to related business companions, analysis establishments, and company networks to help collaboration, funding alternatives, technology adoption, market entry, and enterprise improvement enlargement.
- Encourage and help participation of start-ups in incubation programmes, entrepreneurship, ecosystem actions, group 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 initiatives, technology demonstrations, or proof-of-concept initiatives with business companions and potential finish customers.
TSP will strengthen this collaboration by the “TSP Scale X Landing Programme” to fast-track worldwide start-ups’ enlargement into the Thai market, by connecting them to established associate networks and actual business 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 develop world partnerships to foster cross-regional development of technology ecosystems and advance Hong Kong’s innovation on a worldwide stage. In ASEAN, Cyberport has cast strategic collaborations with Indonesia’s Telkom University, Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA), in addition to Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), aside from alliances within the Middle East, East Asia and North America, additional strengthening Hong Kong’s place as a global I&T hub.
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