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Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association: 21% of Hong Kong companies surveyed have developed blockchain/smart contracts/GameFi

On July 27th, according to a report from Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, Sit Li Kin Wah, chairman of the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association, stated that despite Hong Kong companies falling behind their Asian counterparts in the adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence/machine learning, augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR)/mixed reality (MR), and blockchain, 85% of surveyed Hong Kong companies still plan to or have already adopted artificial intelligence, which is comparable to the 93% in other Asian regions but still slightly behind. In other aspects, the survey found that 21% of surveyed Hong Kong companies are developing blockchain/smart contracts/GameFi for the first time.

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