HKIC's Patrick Chan: Investing in technology means investing in young people; first intern programme opens for applications

HKIC chief executive Patrick Chan said at the 2026 Technology + New Quality Productive Forces Summit that investing in technology and new quality productive forces is inseparable from investing in young people, and HKIC's first intern programme has begun accepting applications. The investment portfolio under the new Capital Investment Entrant Scheme has invited proposals from asset management companies, with at least $4 billion in funds for the whole year, to be launched in the first quarter of next year.