At the Smart Life exhibition in Macau, a spray disinfection robot equipped with an “antenna” caught the eye of many people.
This is one of the few robots that can be booked online for a free trial from Star Speed Store, a technology company founded in Macau SAR (SAR) three years ago with a focus on hotel room delivery robots. It is one.
The company’s founder, Yao Jincheng, said that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Star Speed Store will provide “contactless” robot services such as temperature monitoring, disinfection, and delivery to hotels in Macau designated as quarantine sites. I told Xinhua that I had the opportunity to do so. Not only the corporate and government sector.
“We are currently planning to build a manufacturing base on Hengqin Island to provide” Macau-made “robots with the Macau brand and intellectual property,” said Mr. Yao, who was influenced by Macau and is in the “One Belt, One Road” market. He added that he would like to enter the market. In the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Last September, China’s central authorities announced plans to build a close cooperation zone between Guangdong Province and Macau on Hengqin Island, which borders Macau, marking an important new growth point for the Macau economy.
Ho Kok Tou, who lives in Macau, established the artificial intelligence company Pachira on Hengqin Island at the end of 2019. In less than three years, the company has grown into a high-tech company with speech recognition, analytics, synthesis, and natural language. Processing as a core business.
“Macau companies should not hire locals or operate exclusively in Macau SAR,” said Ho, who currently employs about 200 people from all over the country and sells products in mainland China and the United States. Mr. says.
Ho aims to become a leader in voice technology in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and beyond, and Macau companies need to have core products and creativity to further expand into the world. Said.
In 2017, a framework agreement was signed for the Bay Area development. In February 2019, the Chinese government announced a more specific outline development plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. One of its main objectives is to develop the region into an international innovation and technology hub.
Founded in 2010 in Macau, Boardware Information System Limited is SAR’s largest local internet security integrator, building long-term internet infrastructure, information security, for large enterprises, banks and government agencies. We provide cloud services. .. In collaboration with the University of Macau, we have also established the State Key Laboratories for the Internet of Things for smart cities.
However, Boardware president Chao Ka Chon said his company has become a bottleneck in Macau due to industrial diversification and market limitations.
Chao registered the company on Hengqin Island in 2014 and began transferring part of its Internet security monitoring business to Hengqin Island in 2017.
Chao has established branches in Hong Kong SAR and Guangzhou on the mainland, aiming for a wide range of markets not only in the Greater Bay area but also overseas.
“We can enter the mainland market via Hengqin,” Chao said. “On the contrary, we can also export the best mainland technologies and products abroad via Macau.”
Chao proposed that Macau’s youth move north to seek more opportunities for the country’s development. “The Greater Bay area is the most economically active area in China,” he said. “Opportunities are endless.”
