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Asia Pacific Governments Embrace Sovereign AI as a Strategic National Priority, but Scale Hinges on Trust, Skills, and Infrastructure Readiness

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Story Highlights:

  • New IDC research commissioned by Dell Technologies finds Sovereign AI has surged to the second-highest investment priority for Asia Pacific governments.
  • Almost all (99%) government leaders in Asia Pacific believe agentic AI will accelerate AI adoption with the majority calling for strong governance frameworks to unlock its full potential at scale.
  • Nine in 10 government organizations report critical skills shortages that could determine whether pilots become trusted national platforms.

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 13 May 2026 – New research commissioned by Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC), reveals that governments across Asia Pacific (APJ) are moving decisively from AI exploration toward structured activation of Sovereign AI.

The study, based on a survey of 360 government IT decision-makers across eight APJ markets, finds that Sovereign AI has risen from the seventh to the second-highest government investment priority in just one year. This signals a fundamental shift in how the region’s public sector leaders view AI, seeing it as critical national digital infrastructure rather than a simple technology upgrade.

APJ governments are shifting from awareness to activation, but investment needs to catch up

The research reveals that Asia Pacific governments have moved well beyond conceptual discussion. Nearly half (46.1%) are actively evaluating Sovereign AI technologies, while more than a third (36.1%) are running initial proofs of concept.

This activation is underpinned by a clear strategic rationale. More than three-quarters (76.9%) of government leaders agree that investing in Sovereign AI enhances their agency’s resilience against geopolitical risks and supply chain disruptions.

Despite this, only 3.1% are investing significantly so far. Meanwhile, only 1.7% of respondents say they have no plans to adopt Sovereign AI.

Across the region, governments are pursuing “selective sovereignty” to maintain strong control over sensitive data, critical systems, and regulated workloads, while continuing to leverage global technology ecosystems for innovation and scale. Hybrid sovereign models that combine on-premises infrastructure and sovereign cloud environments with broader ecosystem access are emerging as the preferred deployment approach.

Agentic AI poised to accelerate government AI adoption across Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific government leaders are signalling near-universal confidence in agentic AI as a catalyst for accelerating AI adoption in the public sector. The research reveals that 99% of leaders see agentic AI as an accelerator, with more than a third (36.9%) believing it will play a major role and a further 62.1% expressing strong confidence in its potential when paired with robust governance and oversight frameworks. Only 1.1% remain uncertain.

This positions Asia Pacific as bullish on agentic AI suggesting the region’s governments are not hesitating on agentic AI, rather, they are actively preparing the governance foundations that will allow them to deploy it with confidence and at scale.

This confidence is driven in part by operational necessity. With nearly nine in 10 APJ government organizations reporting critical digital skills shortages, agentic AI is emerging as a practical workforce multiplier, capable of automating complex administrative and analytical tasks and enabling government teams to deliver more with the talent they have. In a region where technology is outpacing workforce capability faster than the global average, autonomous AI systems offer a path to close the gap between ambition and capacity.

In this context, Sovereign AI is increasingly functioning as the trust layer that unlocks the adoption of next-generation AI capabilities. By ensuring that agentic and generative AI systems operate within national policy, security, and auditability frameworks, governments can move faster precisely because the right controls are in place from the outset.

Skills shortages emerge as the region’s most critical constraint

Despite strong strategic intent, APJ governments face acute workforce bottlenecks that risk constraining the transition from pilot to production. Nearly nine in 10 organizations report digital skills shortages, and more than half say these shortages are having a major impact on digital initiatives, significantly more so than the global average of 66.8%.

The hardest-to-hire roles map directly to Sovereign AI readiness: AI safety and alignment researchers (42.5%), data architecture, management, and analytics professionals (35%), sovereign data governance (30%), sovereign cloud architecture and operations specialists (25.3%), and AI policy and governance specialists (25%).

The research findings recommend a four-layer capability model in which governments retain direct ownership of policy, governance, and data stewardship roles while partnering with trusted ecosystem providers for frontier AI specialization and delivery at scale.

Mission-critical public services drive investment priorities

Governments expect Sovereign AI to deliver the greatest citizen benefit in high-consequence public domains. National security and cyber-resilience top the list at 45.6%, followed by justice and public safety (37.5%), financial and taxation (37.5%), public healthcare (34.4%), social services and welfare (32.2%), education (31.7%), and workforce development (31.1%).

Investment decisions are increasingly policy-led. More than half (53.3%) of government leaders cite alignment with national security and sovereign priorities as the top factor in technology investment decisions, followed by security capabilities and reliability of technology providers (52.5%). Four of the top six decision factors are directly linked to sovereignty considerations.

Perspectives:

“This research confirms what we’re hearing from government leaders across Asia Pacific: the question is no longer whether Sovereign AI matters, but how to operationalize it at national scale,” said Nicole Jefferson, Vice President, Global Government Affairs, Dell Technologies. “What stands out is the region’s confidence in agentic AI as an accelerator and the understanding that strong governance is an enabler of progression, not a hinderance. The findings show a region that is serious, structured, and pragmatic about building AI capabilities it can trust. Governments want partners who understand that sovereign-ready infrastructure, skills transfer, and governance maturity are inseparable from the technology itself. At Dell Technologies, we’re committed to helping public sector organizations build AI on their own terms – with the security, resilience, and openness that mission-critical national services demand.”

“Agentic AI is moving quickly from concept to practical consideration for government and executive decision-makers,” said Ravikant Sharma, Research Director, IDC. “The study shows strong momentum, with public sector leaders looking to autonomous systems to help close skills gaps, ease workforce pressure and accelerate AI adoption. However, that momentum is conditional. Governments will only move at scale if they have confidence in the security, privacy, sovereignty and infrastructure foundations underpinning these systems.”

About the study

The findings are drawn from IDC’s Asia Pacific Government Survey, conducted in December 2025 on behalf of Dell Technologies. The survey polled 360 government IT decision-makers supplemented by 13 in-depth interviews with senior government officials across eight markets: Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea. Respondent organizations spanned national civilian government, defense, financial administration, public safety, healthcare, education, critical infrastructure, and other public sector functions. To view the full Asia Pacific research findings, click here: building-a-sovereign-ai-foundation-for-apj-governments.pdf

IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by Dell Technologies, Building a Sovereign AI Foundation for Asia/Pacific Governments, #AP24257IB, May 2026
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Razer Blade 2026 Laptop Lineup Compared: Blade 14 vs 16 vs 18

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LOS ANGELES, USA – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 June 2026 – Razer Blade laptops have always been engineered for pure performance, and the 2026 lineup brings that into focus more than ever. Each chassis is built on Razer’s anodised aluminium unibody and vapor chamber cooling. All three are configurable with current-generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and some of the fastest laptop memory currently shipping, alongside the latest Intel or AMD processors.

Razer Blade Series

The result is a range built to dominate anything from AAA gaming at 4K to AI workloads and content creation, regardless of which form factor suits you best.

Choosing the right Razer Blade laptop in 2026 between the Blade 14, Blade 16 and Blade 18 comes down to what kind of gamer, creator or AI developer you are and what you want out of your laptop: portability or maxed out performance.

Quick Answer: The Right Razer Blade For Every Type of User

  • Razer Blade 14: The ideal pick if you game anywhere and value portability and battery life above all else. Built for gamers with things to do and places to be.
  • Razer Blade 16: A balanced pick. Slim enough to commute with, powerful enough to skip a desktop. Best for gamers and creators who want the most possible performance in a premium but portable gaming laptop.
  • Razer Blade 18: The closest a laptop comes to replacing a full gaming tower or AI dev workstation. For hardcore gamers and AI developers who demand breakthrough performance and the best of the best.


2026 Razer Blade 14 vs 16 vs 18 Laptop Comparison at a Glance: Specs, Use Cases and More

Spec Razer Blade 14 (2026) Razer Blade 16 (2026) Razer Blade 18 (2026)
Graphics Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 (Up to 115W TGP) Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Laptop GPU, 24GB GDDR7 (Up to 165W TGP) Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5090 Laptop GPU, 24GB GDDR7 (Up to 175W TGP)
Processor
  • AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 Processor (10-Cores /20-Threads, 2 GHz Base/5 GHz Max boost) with Radeon™ 880M Graphics

  • AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 Processor (10-Cores / 20-Threads, 2 GHz Base/ 5 GHz Max boost) with Radeon™ 880M Graphics
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 386H 2.1 GHz (18 MB Cache, up to 4.9 GHz, 16 cores, 16 Threads); Intel® NPU up to 50TOPS
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX Processor (24-Cores / 24-Threads, 5.4 GHz Max Turbo) with Intel® Graphics
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 290HX Plus (36 MB Cache, up to 5.5 GHz, 24 cores, 24 Threads); Intel® NPU up to 13TOPS
Display
  • 14-inch QHD+ OLED
  • 120 Hz
  • 2880×1800
  • 16-inch QHD+ OLED
  • 240 Hz
  • 2560 x 1600
  • 18-Inch UHD+ IPS
  • 240Hz
  • 3840×2400

or

  • 18-Inch FHD+
  • 440Hz
  • 1920×1200)
Memory Up to 32 GB LPDDR5X 8000 MHz (Soldered) Up to 64 GB LPDDR5X 9600 MHz (Soldered) Up to 128 GB DDR5 6400 MHz (Slotted)
Storage Installed

  • 1 TB SSD (M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4)
Installed

  • NVMe, Single Sided, expandable up to 8 TB SSD (M.2 2280)

Expandable

  • 2 x M.2 NVMe
Installed

  • 1 TB (1 x 1 TB) PCIe® Gen 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD

or

  • 2 TB (1 x 2 TB) PCIe® Gen 4.0 NVMe™ M.2 SSD

Expandable

Supports PCIe SSDs, each slot upgradeable to 8 TB SSD (Dual Sided M.2)

  • Up to 8 TB PCIe Gen 4
  • Up to 4 TB PCIe Gen 5
Weight 1.63 kg / 3.59 lbs​ 2.14 kg / 4.71 lbs​
  • 3.10 kg / 7.06 lbs​
  • 3.20 kg / 7.06 lbs​
Dimensions
  • 15.80 mm ~ 16.20 mm x 224.30 mm x 310.70 mm
  • 0.62″ ~ 0.64″ x 8.83″ x 12.23″
  • 14.9 mm ~ 17.4 mm x 250.5 mm x 355 mm
  • 0.59″ ~ 0.69″ x 9.86″ x 13.98″
  • 21.99 mm ~ 27.94 mm x 275.4 mm x 399.96 mm
  • 0.86″ ~ 1.1″ x 10.84″ x 15.74″

or

  • 22.79 – 28.7 mm x 399.96 mm x 275.4 mm
  • 0.86″ – 1.1″ x 15.74″ x 10.84″
Battery
  • Built-in 72 WHr rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery with 2-year limited battery warranty
  • 200W Power Adapter
  • Built-in 90 WHr rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery
  • 50% in 30-min, 80% in 48 min.
  • Built-in 99 WHr rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery

or

  • 400 W Power Adapter
  • Built-in 99 WHr rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery
  • 50% in 30-min, 80% in 48 min.
Color
  • Black
  • Mercury
  • Black
  • Black
Price From US$2,299 – US$2,899 From US$2,399 – US$5,599 From US$3,499 – US$6999
Best For Gamers on the move who want flagship-tier portability and battery life without giving up serious GPU power. Gamers and creators who want flagship performance and a class-leading 240 Hz OLED in a chassis they can still commute with Hardcore gamers, AI developers and pro creators who want desktop-class performance, upgradeable RAM and storage in a portable form factor

*Spec ranges reflect the highest configurations available at the time of writing. Razer rotates configurations periodically, so please confirm your exact build before buying.

Razer Blade 14: For Gamers on the Move
The Blade 14 is built for the gamer who refuses to choose between portability and proper gaming performance. Daily commuters, students, frequent travellers and creators who want to work and play from anywhere are the natural fit. If your laptop spends real time in a bag, this is the Blade for you.

  • Genuine all-day portability: At 1.63kg/3.59 lbs​ and just 0.62 inch thin, you won’t have to remove anything from your bag to carry the Blade 14
  • Massive battery life for a svelte gaming laptop: Packing a 72 Wh battery, the Razer Blade 14 is good for a full day of work or play on a single charge.
  • Enough power on the move: The RTX 5070 and AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 handle modern AAA titles with ease, plus AI workloads via the 50 TOPS NPU
  • Calman Verified OLED display: A 120 Hz refresh rate that’s smooth enough for most games, with the colour accuracy creative work demands

Explore the Razer Blade 14.

Razer Blade 16: The Travel-Ready All-Rounder
The Blade 16 is for the user who wants flagship performance without committing to a desktop replacement form factor. Streamers running OBS alongside competitive titles, creators handling 4K video and AI-accelerated workflows and gamers chasing a true 240 Hz OLED experience on the go all fit the profile. It’s the model that gets recommended most often, and the 2026 generation strengthens the case.

  • Flagship-class performance: The RTX 5090 hits 160 W TGP and pairs with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 to push AAA games and AI workloads past what most desktops achieve at QHD.
  • The display that does it all: A 16-inch QHD+ OLED at 240 Hz with VESA TrueBlack 1000 HDR and Calman Verified colour, capable of displaying competitive-gaming levels of framerates and creator-grade colour accuracy at the same time.
  • The fastest laptop memory shipping today: Up to 64 GB of LPDDR5X-9600 MHz means dozens of browser tabs, OBS, your game and a Premiere timeline can all stay open without anything stuttering.
  • Travel-ready flagship: At 14.9 mm and 2.14kg/4.71 lbs, the Blade 16 fits a regular sleeve, and Thunderbolt 5 plugs it straight into a full desktop setup when you’re back at base.

Explore the Razer Blade 16.

Razer Blade 18: Desktop-Class Performance for Power Users
The Blade 18 is built for users who want desktop-class performance without completely trading mobility. The natural audience includes professional creators editing 4K footage, hardcore gamers chasing high frame rates and developers running VMs or AI training jobs. It’s the right pick if you’d rather have one machine that handles everything than maintain a desktop and a separate laptop.

  • Desktop-grade silicon: A 24-core Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus paired with an RTX 5090 at 175 W TGP runs AI training, 4K rendering and maxed-out AAA gaming without throttling.
  • Swap and expand your memory and storage: The only Blade with slotted DDR5 RAM (up to 128 GB) and two M.2 NVMe slots (up to 8 TB), so your Razer Blade can grow with your project files, AI model weights or game library.
  • A desktop display in a laptop: The 18-inch dual-mode panel runs UHD+ at 240 Hz for content creation or FHD+ at 440 Hz for competitive gaming.
  • Sustained performance under marathon workloads: Triple-fan vapor chamber cooling handles hour-long renders, AI training runs and ranked sessions without throttling, with overclocking support in Razer Synapse when you want to push further.

Explore the Razer Blade 18.

Pick Your Razer Blade for 2026
The 2026 Razer Blade lineup offers three distinct paths: maximum portability with the Blade 14, balanced flagship power with the Blade 16 and desktop-class performance with the Blade 18. Whichever fits your style of play, there’s a Blade with your name on it.

Browse all Razer Gaming Laptops to see current configurations and pricing for the Razer Blade and more.

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Razer™ is the world’s leading lifestyle brand For Gamers. By Gamers.

The triple-headed snake trademark of Razer is one of the most recognized logos in the global gaming and esports communities. With a fan base that spans every continent, the company has designed and built the world’s largest gamer-focused ecosystem of hardware, software and services.

Razer’s award-winning hardware includes high-performance gaming peripherals and Blade gaming laptops.

With over 200 million users, Razer’s software platform includes Razer Synapse (an Internet of Things platform), Razer Chroma RGB (a proprietary RGB lighting technology system supporting thousands of devices and hundreds of games/apps), and Razer Cortex (a game optimizer and launcher).

Razer also offers payment services for gamers, youth, millennials and Gen Z. Razer Gold is one of the world’s largest game payment services, and Razer Fintech provides fintech services in emerging markets.

Founded in 2005, Razer is dual headquartered in Irvine, California and Singapore, with regional headquarters in Hamburg and Shanghai and 19 offices worldwide.

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OneGrowth 2026: Shared AI Token Era Ahead China Telecom Global Partner Conference Held

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SHANGHAI, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 June 2026 – On June 25, 2026, the China Telecom Global Partner Conference convened in Shanghai. Centered on the theme of “OneGrowth 2026: Shared AI Token Era Ahead,” the event brought together leading global telcos, key ecosystem partners, and prominent clients from both domestic and international markets. During the event, the upgraded “OneGrowth Global Cooperation Initiative” was officially launched, and the AI Token Global Service Ecosystem Alliance was inaugurated.

Global Industry Leaders Convene, Charting a New Chapter for the Intelligent Era

Liu Ying, Executive Vice President of China Telecom, stated in her speech that China Telecom closely align with the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, promoting the deep integration of mature domestic technological capabilities with global cloud and network resources, and steadily enhancing its international operational strength. Through continuous cultivation, China Telecom has built an AI Token international operation capability system, consolidating the foundation for expanding the global market and deepening ecosystem cooperation. Based on the new stage of the AI Token era, China Telecom is committed to leveraging Token operations as a bond to share the new global computing network, co-create a new paradigm of AI services, jointly govern the new cross-border compliance order, and collectively embrace the new value of the digital intelligence wave.

John Hoffman, CEO of the GSMA, delivered a speech highly recognizing the outstanding contributions made by China Telecom in the collaborative growth of the global digital industry. He stated that, relying on its forward-looking deployment of globalized computing power infrastructure, China Telecom has set a practical benchmark for the intelligent digital transformation of the entire industry. GSMA looks forward to continuously deepening its long-term collaboration with China Telecom, uniting all parties to build unified and general Token service industry standards, enabling advanced AI technologies to land in markets globally.

OneGrowth 2026, Upgraded, Annual Milestones Revisited

At the conference, China Telecom Global (CTG) officially launched the AI-powered and upgraded OneGrowth 2026 Global Cooperation Initiative. This upgrade centers on the three core dimensions of capabilities, applications, and cooperation. Leveraging on the AI Token empowerment system, it accelerates the standardization, commercialization, and global promotion of core AI capabilities.

Looking back at the past year, the key cooperation achievements of the China Telecom OneGrowth blueprint have gradually been put into practice. The “main artery” of the computing power network is smoother, the “2+5+X” global AIDC layout is accelerating, the ALC international submarine cable successfully landed in Hong Kong, and international submarine and terrestrial cables have increased to 185, with a capacity exceeding 304T. The “new engine” of platform capabilities is fully activated; the all-scenario Vision Network platform “OmanEye” officially commenced commercial trial provisioning, the International Seelink Vison Network Platform successfully put into service, and the global traffic platform operation has cumulatively served millions of customers. Four lightweight quantum products, including eSurfing Quantum Secret, took the lead in landing in the Asia-Pacific region. The “experimental field” of industry applications landed at scale; the Satellite Direct-to-PhoneService successfully landed in Hong Kong and Laos, and the global Internet of Vehicles (IoV) “One Card” capability covers more than 230 countries and regions. The “ecosystem” of cloud-intelligence integration continues to prosper, connecting to over 300 mainstream large models via more than 230 global cloud nodes.

United Through Tokens, Cultivared the AI Ecosystem

China Telecom comprehensively implementing the corporate strategy “Cloudification, Digital Transformation, and AI for good” and actively promotes Token-based operations, sincerely inviting global partners to activate the infinite potential of AI Tokens jointly defining a brand-new map for the intelligent era with OneGrowth initiative.

1. Capabilities Fully Upgraded, Building a “Five-in-One” Token Operation System

China Telecom deepens the “Five-in-One” Intelligent Cloud System, builds an “L-shaped” capability layout, and continuously enhances capabilities in compute, platforms, data, models, and applications, externally launching a one-stop comprehensive Token service platform—XINGCHEN TokenHub.

The Xingchen Super Intelligent Agent TeleAgent enables one-click access to mainstream global large models, creating a lightweight and highly efficient AI Token experience for various customers. The platform provides large model access and public cloud cooperation for leading customers in the industry, and providing standard and customized packages for SME customers in subdivided industries, achieving full-chain value management of “Production—Orchestration & Distribution—Application.”

2. Layout of Four AI Sectors, Building a Token Value Community

Building on the comprehensive layout of four core AI business sectors, and simultaneously opening up all platform resources of XINGCHEN TokenHub, differentiated cooperation schemes are launched for each track, joining hands with global partners to build a Token value community.

AI+ New Connectivity:

With cloud-network integration and computing-network unity as its foundation, and relying on intelligent dedicated lines, it achieves one-point cloud access, proximate high-speed connection, and ubiquitous coverage, providing low-latency, highly stable compute-network support for the high-speed flow of Tokens. It can provide partners with full-process services from technology to deployment, realizing intelligent connections that are manageable, controllable, and security-compliant.

AI+ Vision Network:

Jointly building an open and collaborative vision network platform with 30+ global partners. The international visual platform has deployed across multiple sites in Oman, the UAE, and the Asia-Pacific region, boasting over 10 landing scenarios. Driven by the twin engines of “platform + terminal” and “standards + operations”, creating a Token operation gateway to support overseas operators in achieving breakthrough growth and value-driven operations.

AI+ IoT:

Empowered by mature eSIM technology and an AI+ unified management platform, the business covers 230+ countries and regions, accumulating overseas service cases from 30+ leading automotive enterprises. The cooperation model has upgraded to a joint-operation framework, providing DMP platform customization, joint laboratory R&D, AIoT operation upgrades, and automotive industry eco-partnerships to enhance global user experience.

AI+ Digital Life:

Building the core AI entrance for families based on “one all-optical network, one intelligent cloud, and one Better Home.” It empowers externally by leveraging mature domestic experiences of 290 million users of Xiao Yi Guan Jia (Wing Butler) and 580 million ubiquitous smart terminal connections. Centering on overseas market demands, it opens up international cooperation for core products such as the eSurfing Smart Screen and eSurfing Cloud Drive, together with partners explore brand-new business models and empower global smart families.

Alliance Inaugurated, Consolidating the Foundation for Intelligent Upgrades

During the conference, the AI Token Global Service Ecosystem Alliance was officially inaugurated. Co-initiated by leading enterprises in domestic and overseas computing power supply, large model R&D, and vertical industry applications, the alliance is dedicated to unblocking the full-link synergy of AI Tokens from production and scheduling to application and monetization, jointly building an open, interoperable, and value-sharing globalized AI comprehensive service network to provide a solid foundation for the intelligent upgrade of global industries.

Outstanding Partners Honored, Embarking on a New Journey Together

The conference concluded with an awards ceremony. China Telecom presented the OneGrowth Best Innovative Carrier Partner, OneGrowth Best Product Innovative Partner, OneGrowth Best Strategic Partner, and OneGrowth Best Benchmark Partnership to partners who have shown outstanding performance in global cooperation. This accolades recognize partners walking alongside China Telecom, synergizing deeply in industrial layout planning, tackling cutting-edge technologies, and expanding overseas markets, thereby gathering industrial synergy to consolidate the foundation for digital industry development and jointly boosting the global digital intelligent transformation process.

This conference marks the strategic progression of the OneGrowth Global Cooperation Initiative from ecosystem construction to deep cultivation of sub-tracks. China Telecom will continue to leverage its unique advantages of cloud-network integration and broad cross-border coverage, upholding the core cooperation philosophy of “Co-Creation, Sharing, Co-Governance, and Win-Win.” By building a computing power foundation, expanding the cloud-network backbone, innovating the intelligent core, and gathering ecological synergy, it will make AI Tokens the universal value carrier connecting the global intelligent ecosystem, continuously contributing China Telecom’s strength to building a smarter, safer, and more inclusive global digital industry ecosystem.

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Hong Kong celebrates surge of global enterprises driving investment and opportunities

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HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 June 2026 – More than 380 representatives of global enterprises joined a welcome reception yesterday (June 25) for 413 newly arrived or expanded overseas and Chinese Mainland companies in Hong Kong.

During the reception, Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the government’s investment promotion agency, announced impressive results for the first half of 2026, revealing that these enterprises are expected to bring in over HK$53 billion (US$6.8 billion) in foreign direct investment and create over 8,600 new jobs for Hong Kong.

Hong Kong SAR’s Chief Executive, John Lee (second left); the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Algernon Yau (second right); the Director of the Chief Executive’s Office, Carol Yip (first left); and the Director-General of Investment Promotion, Alpha Lau (first right), toast the success of enterprises expanding in Hong Kong at Invest Hong Kong’s annual welcome reception.

Speaking at the reception, John Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said Hong Kong is one of the best places in the world to do business, being ranked as the world’s freest economy by the Fraser Institute and the second most competitive economy according to the latest IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook.

“In choosing Hong Kong for your Asian and global business expansion, you share my belief in Hong Kong’s flourishing future,” Mr Lee said. “You have made a wise choice. Hong Kong is one of the world’s best economies to do business in and with.”

Under the “one country, two systems” principle, Hong Kong possesses the distinctive advantages of enjoying strong support from the country (China) and being closely connected to the world. The city offers an open and business-friendly environment, a simple and low tax regime, and a common law system that seamlessly connects with global financial centres.

Austria-based transport and logistics firm Gebrüder Weiss recently upgraded its Hong Kong office to become regional headquarters in East Asia and Oceania. Its Regional Director East Asia/Oceania, Michael Zankel, said of Hong Kong, “The business environment is great, you have a lot of talent around here to employ. It has always been the gateway to the Chinese Mainland but for us it is more a gateway to Asia.”

According to Merwann Younes, Global Head of Hospitality & Lifestyle Channels for Italian company Moleskine, Hong Kong is a “a very dynamic and creative city, which are also the core values for Moleskine as a brand.”

Etienne Dubois, Chief Strategy Officer, Unlimitics, which has developed an AI-powered school simulation game designed for neurodivergent children, said Hong Kong is a good place for start-up entrepreneurs like himself. “It is a very good melting pot for talent and opportunities and for growth,” he said.

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Expanding on its first half results for 2026, InvestHK announced that its number of completed projects had increased 9% compared to the same period in 2025, while anticipated direct investment was up 36% and new jobs created rose 6% year-on-year.

In terms of place of origin of the 413 enterprises, 246 came from the Chinese Mainland, followed by Singapore (26), the United States (21), the United Kingdom (18), France (11) and Italy (11).

The top five sectors are innovation and technology (93), financial services and fintech (89), tourism and hospitality (55), transport, logistics and industrials (44), and business and professional services (39).

Looking ahead, Mr Lee said the HKSAR Government was expediting development of the Northern Metropolis, a new economic engine destined to rise as an international I&T and business hub.

“This will unlock abundant opportunities and shape a prosperous future for Hong Kong,” Mr Lee said, adding that the HKSAR Government is creating Hong Kong’s first Five-Year Plan, a strategic blueprint that will focus on long-term economic momentum, advancing technology and improving livelihoods.

Investment promotion results of InvestHK for the first half of 2026 are available at: https://gia.info.gov.hk/general/202606/25/P2026062500366_548202_1_1782386859629.pdf

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