Page 31 - OHKF_Biotech_EN

500,000 sq. m of land, with the layout plan confirmed in August of
the same year. As of February 2021, 138 research projects, the Figure 8 Ways by which the Co-operation Zone
fosters HK-SZ sustained development

majority of which are focused on biotech, have been implemented
and completed in the Shenzhen park. Many of these projects are One-stop
collaborations with Hong Kong institutes, including the Clinical Biotech service
and Translational Medical Research Centre of the University of Subsidiaries of Mega Research Star and platform
Institute
unicorn
the competent
Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, the Institute of Virology of HKU national enterprises
and the Wet Lab for Brain Science of HKUST. authorities
| Driving HK-SZ sustained development
with the Co-operation Zone

Hong Kong and Shenzhen can leverage their complementary
advantages to achieve win-win co-operation. As engines of growth
in I&T development within the GBA, the sum of the two are greater
than their parts. In order to address the lack of coordination

21 In August 2020, the Futian District Government issued “Supporting Measures for
technological research, innovation and entrepreneurship in Shenzhen Innovation and
Technology Zone of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Co-operation
Zone” (《深港科技創新合作區深圳園區科研及創新創業若干支持措施》) Subsequently, in
January 2021, the “Supporting Measures for technological research, innovation and
entrepreneurship in Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Zone of Shenzhen-Hong Kong
Innovation and Technology Co-operation Zone at the Loop (《河套深港科技創新合作區深 The
圳園區科研及創新創業若干支持措施》)” was revised and published. Loop
22 Hong Kong park is developed in two phases, which are each divided broadly into three
batches. Three buildings are set to complete in stages in 2024–25 during the first batch Hong
of the first phase; another five buildings will be completed in 2025–27. Four buildings of Shenzhen Kong
the entire batch are mainly designated as wet labs.
23 The four innovation platforms include the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and
Technology Park, International Biomedical Industrial Park, International Quantum
Research Institute and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Synergistic Innovation Centre.
29