The "the Belt and Road" Software Expo jointly organized by the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation and the Hong Kong Computer Chamber of Commerce opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the 23rd. This exhibition hall is part of the "Hong Kong Computer and Communication Festival 2024" and will be exhibited to the public from the 23rd to the 24th. At the opening ceremony of the Expo, Huang Weilun, Deputy Secretary of the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government, said that the "the Belt and Road" initiative not only emphasizes infrastructure construction, but also emphasizes connecting different economic systems through network development and digital technology, which will bring a lot of business opportunities and help promote global economic development. Taking the previously established Digital Policy Office (DPO) as an example, Huang Weilun stated that the next few years will be a crucial time for implementing the comprehensive digitalization and promoting the development of smart cities plan of the SAR government. While the SAR government promotes the development of related projects through the DPO, it will also actively communicate closely with different stakeholders to assist in the construction of Hong Kong's smart city. Qiu Dagen, president of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation and member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, told chinanews. com that the Expo brought together 120 top software enterprises from Hong Kong and the mainland of China and other countries and regions jointly building the "the Belt and Road". Focusing on eight themes, including smart government, AI applications, technology risk management, and network security protection, AI, network security, and smart city are the three highlights of the Expo. "The reason why we launched this Expo Hall is that we hope to use the platform role inside and outside Hong Kong Unicom to let more mainland enterprises' go out ', jointly build enterprises in the' the Belt and Road 'countries and regions' come in', and promote more cooperation in infrastructure construction in digital technology and network development." Qiu Dagen said. (End)