Setting Sail! Foreseeing the Future · AI-empowered Digital Assets × Innovative Management Global Leadership Camp officially kicks off at Hong Kong Chinese University

On the morning of March 11, Lecture Theatre 2 at the Cheng Yu Tung Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, was packed to capacity.

This was not an ordinary industry salon but the official launch event for “Foreseeing the Future · Global Innovation Management Leadership Camp · 2026 OpenClaw Asia-Pacific ‘Shrimp Farming’ Tour” — hosted by the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business at CUHK Business School (APIB) and Jinlin Lighthouse, co-organized by Techub News and Web3Labs, at one of Asia’s most iconic business halls, announcing the start of the journey.

When the strongest academic lineup meets the industry’s cutting-edge practitioners, 120 minutes and seven hardcore sessions turned this morning into a moment for many to open their horizons.

Three CUHK professors lead the way — academic insights shaping the era of thought

Professor Ma Xufei: How AI Era Reshapes Corporate Competitiveness

The opening speech was delivered by Professor Ma Xufei — former Dean of CUHK Business School and current Chair of Management — who highlighted, from a global management perspective, that CUHK Business School is one of Asia’s earliest modern business schools, tasked with building a platform for dialogue between academia and industry. He emphasized that in the wave of technological change, “strategy” remains the core for companies to break through, and cognitive upgrading is the real dividend of this era.

Professor Fu Jin: “Global Perspectives on Corporate Overseas Expansion — Deep Insights into Opportunities in Hong Kong, Macau, the Middle East, and the US”

Professor Fu Jin from the Department of Management at CUHK Business School delivered a straightforward, pragmatic speech, leaving a deep impression on attending entrepreneurs. He clearly outlined the core strategic frameworks for four major overseas destinations:

Hong Kong: The world’s third-largest financial center, the first mainstream financial hub with full licensing regulation of virtual assets, serving as the “base camp” and best starting point for overseas expansion, but compliance must be deeply understood.

Macau: Supported by the dual policies of the Hengqin Guangdong-Macau Deep Cooperation Zone, with corporate income tax as low as 15%, a key node in the Greater Bay Area collaboration, suitable for family offices, trade intermediaries, and cultural tourism tech.

Middle East: Sovereign funds exceeding trillions, zero taxes, no foreign exchange controls, becoming a new global strategic center for AI and digital assets, a strategic springboard for AI, Web3, and cross-border payment companies.

United States: The ultimate test ground for global capital and technology, with Bitcoin spot and ETFs opening traditional financial channels, but with the strictest regulation and highest compliance costs.

Professor Fu’s “golden route” summary: Use Hong Kong as headquarters, the Middle East as a strategic springboard, the US as a capital highland, and Macau as a collaborative point in the Greater Bay Area. Success or failure in overseas expansion depends not on money or technology but on cognition and resources.

Professor Liao Ming: “Rebuilding Global Competitiveness of Enterprises in the AI Smart Body Era”

Professor Liao Ming from the Department of Decision, Operations, and Technology at CUHK Business School, with over 20 years of AI research and frontline experience at BCG, Facebook (Meta), Huawei, etc., dissected a thought-provoking phenomenon: 98% of global companies are experimenting with AI, but less than a quarter are generating real business value.

Using “shrimp farming (OpenClaw)” as a starting point, he affirmed the revolutionary significance of AI agents for personal productivity — topping the global open-source tools ranking in just four months — and soberly pointed out three major risks in enterprise applications: hallucination issues of large language models, irreversible damage from autonomous AI execution, and security threats from prompt injection.

His core judgment: personal use is strongly encouraged; enterprise use must be cautious. Companies successfully implementing AI share common traits:

• Cultivating AI literacy among all staff (“knowledge intelligence”)
• Starting from business strategic goals, not just technology
• Building a complete data framework
• Enhancing leadership decision-making capabilities in AI
• Moving from pilot projects to scaled deployment, with continuous data feedback and iteration

Professor Liao also shared a three-step case study of enterprise AI transformation: building core seed teams, developing while learning, and eventually expanding into hundreds of internal AI teams. He predicts that within the next six months to a year, “unicorns by one person” will emerge in large numbers — individuals and small teams mastering AI will create business possibilities previously unimaginable.

Industry pioneers appear — practical insights hit the core

Emma Zhu · Partner at Xinhuo Technology Asset Management

Topic: Prediction Markets

Emma Zhu, partner at Xinhuo Technology (a Hong Kong-listed company formerly known as Huobi Tech), introduced a captivating new track — prediction markets. She focused on Polymarket: founded in 2020, once forced to “exit” the US due to licensing issues, but now surpassing competitors in the international market.

Key data that stunned the audience:

• During the 2024 US election, two leading platforms recorded a combined trading volume of $4.5 billion
• Polymarket’s valuation soared from $20 million in 2020 to an estimated $20 billion in 2025
• Active users increased from 4,000 in 2024 to nearly 600,000–1 million

Emma pointed out that the core advantage of prediction markets lies in blockchain-based decentralized settlement — no house, transparent transactions, tamper-proof. Bloomberg has already listed Polymarket data as a mainstream reference source. She also shared a Hong Kong case: a company using AI to analyze sports motion data, generating nearly $100 million in annual revenue on Polymarket, demonstrating the real power of combining AI and Web3.

Summer · AI OpenClaw

Topic: “Unveiling the Future: OpenClaw Lobster and Digital Asset Innovation Academic Bureau”

Summer, as the AI practical representative of OpenClaw, showcased several real-world cases, allowing entrepreneurs present to intuitively experience the capabilities of AI agents as “super employees”:

Customer order scenarios: 50 customer emails processed with personalized responses in 2 minutes, boosting efficiency by 100 times

Financial reimbursement: employees upload invoices in group chats, AI automatically identifies, fills forms, and approves compliance, reducing reimbursement time from 3 days to 3 minutes

Overseas business follow-up: 24-hour automatic email management, identifying intent, auto-reply, and proactively pushing reports

Summer emphasized that the true breakthrough of lobster farming lies in the system’s judgment ability — it not only executes commands but understands the company’s ultimate goals, actively planning, executing, reflecting, and iterating. She pointed out that policies in Shenzhen Longgang and Wuxi High-tech Zone supporting “lobster farming” are clear signals from the government on AI agents restructuring enterprise organizations.

Dr. Xia Chun · Head of Business at Xinhe Asset Management, Founder and Chief Economist of Zhihui Group, former professor and doctoral supervisor at HKU Business School, Vice President of Hong Kong International Finance Association

Topic: “Order Reconstruction and Global Asset Allocation under AI Impact”

Dr. Xia Chun provided an in-depth macro perspective on AI’s impact on global asset allocation, offering a systematic global deployment framework for institutional investors and corporate leaders amid the deep convergence of AI and digital assets, sparking lively discussion among attendees.

Principal Zhang · BillMining

Topic: “Deep Analysis of Industry Layout and Investment Logic in the Era of Computing Power”

Principal Zhang from BillMining, with extensive practical experience in mining and digital asset infrastructure, analyzed industry opportunities and investment logic in the era of computing power, outlining a clear path for companies to enter the digital asset ecosystem through computing resources.

Zhao Chao · Chairman of Qitu International

Topic: “Corporate Strategy and Practical Experience in a Globalized Perspective”

Chairman Zhao Chao shared stories of leading 50,000 entrepreneurs across the Gobi Desert over ten years and announced the launch of “Qitu International” in Hong Kong — guiding entrepreneurs into markets like Dubai and the US, embodying the trend of globalization. His core view: no matter how technology evolves, human experience remains scarce; globalization is not an option but a necessity for survival.

From Launch to Explosion · The Tour Map

CUHK station is just the beginning. Every stop is building momentum for the final epic explosion —

▶ Launched

March 11, CUHK Station — The grand tour officially begins, where academia and industry collide for the first time

▶ Coming Soon

March 20, Nanjing Digital Entrepreneurs Conference — Focus on digital transformation frontiers, connecting the Yangtze River Delta industry ecosystem

March 27, Fudan University Closed Elite Exchange — Deep dialogue with top universities, ideas collide among elites

▶ The Final Chapter

March 28–29, Hong Kong Flagship Station — AsiaWorld-Expo NovaX Zone, full-scale ignition

Hong Kong Flagship: An open experimental platform where Asia’s Web3 and AI hardware intersect

March 28–29, Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo NovaX Zone

This flagship event is the core stage of the “Innovating Hong Kong International Talent Carnival 2026 Spring,” jointly organized by Techub News and Innovating Hong Kong. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong, John Lee, personally sent a congratulatory message:

“Talents of Po Lo Rou, jointly shaping a distant vision”

This is the highest-level bilateral empowerment of the entire conference:

• An international talent event endorsed by the government: attracting over 130,000 top talents worldwide, with a steady 15,000+ attendees per session.
• Asia’s most cutting-edge OpenClaw tech and hardware exhibition: over 50 AI agent demos, Asia’s largest lobster hardware showcase.

Two days of stage performances + over 50 free booth applications are now open!

While Wuxi subsidizes “lobsters” into factories, and Shenzhen subsidizes “lobsters” into robots, Hong Kong aims to gather all of Asia’s top “lobster” players in one place.

The tour continues — expanding territory

In April, keep moving —

Beijing · Hangzhou · Chengdu · Yiwu · Hefei · Nanchang · Guangzhou · Zhuhai · Macau

In May, head even further —

Japan · Korea · Malaysia · Vietnam · Indonesia · Dubai · Thailand

Your city, we are coming.

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Organizer: Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, CUHK Business School × Jinlin Lighthouse Co-organized by: Techub News × Web3Labs Academic Support: Asia-Pacific Institute of Business, CUHK Business School (APIB) Supporting Units: CUHK Pearl River Delta Alumni Association · CUHK Business School Beijing Alumni Association · CUHK EMBA Alumni Association