Date: 28-30 June 2017
Venue: Hall 2, Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center
Booth Number：2.142
Funded by the "Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales" (Organisation Support Programme) of the HKSAR Government, the Hong Kong Pavilion was set up to promote the capability and image of "Hong Kong Automation Industry". The opening ceremony of Hong Kong Pavilion was held on 28 June and Alfred Tang, Director of Shenzhen Liaison Unit of HKSAR, was cordially invited to be the Guest-of-Honour of the opening ceremony in support of the Hong Kong Government’s contribution to the field of R&D and technology development in automation.
Robert Lai, HKATC Chairman commenced the ceremony by giving his welcome speech to highlight the global trend of ‘smart manufacturing’ and the importance of automation technologies that have been dominantly striking and transforming the industrial world. Jimmy Kwok, Deputy Chairman of FHKI, also conveyed his insights by exploring the influence that smart technologies leverage on us and how the integration of IoT and IoS can steer the manufacturing sector towards the new era of ‘Industry 4.0’.
Located at Hall 2 of Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, the “Hong Kong Pavilion” acted as an important platform for Hong Kong automation industry players to reach different users of various industries in the Mainland. An array of automation production lines, technologies, systems and robots were to be impressively demonstrated to bring out a real-life experience for visitors to discover the latest advanced automation technologies of Hong Kong. Automation production of personalised pen was demonstrated at the Pavilion to show the visitors the linkage of automation system, hardware, IoT and cloud – a total solution of “Industry 4.0”.Five guided tours led by project committee were arranged during the 3-day exhibition to let visitors learn more about Hong Kong automation industry.
