特首政策組組長出席「智領太空 逐夢未來」活動
發表開幕辭分享香港太空經濟發展機遇
2026年4月30日

特首政策組組長黃元山博士於四月二十九日出席由香港太空機械人與能源中心主辦的「智領太空 逐夢未來」太空智能創新主題活動並致開幕辭，分享國家「十五五」規劃提到加快航空、航天等戰略性新興産業發展，以及香港如何在國家的航空航天戰略中貢獻所長。

以下為黃元山博士的致辭全文（只有英文）：

Mrs Ip (Mrs Regina Ip, Convenor of Non-official Members of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government), Professor Gao (Professor Gao Yang, Director of InnoHK Hong Kong Space Robotics & Energy Centre, Co-Director of HKUST Space Science & Technology Institute), Professor Wu (Professor Wu Ji, President of Chinese Society of Space Research), Professor Foing (Professor Bernard Foing, Executive Director of COSPAR International Lunar Exploration Working Group, Chaiman of Lunar Exolorers Society), Professor Ng (Professor Charles Wang-Wai Ng, HKUST Vice-President for Institutional Advancement), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

Good morning. A few years ago, a symposium titled “Leading Space Intelligence” would have been a conversation about science and education. Today, it is also a conversation about strategy, capital, and the rules that will have impacts on the next great commercial frontier. I am honoured to open it with you.

The National 15th Five-Year Plan has identified aviation and aerospace as one of the strategic emerging industries. We recognised that it is also an emerging opportunity for Hong Kong which can have unique contribution – last year’s Policy Address and the Budget this year already highlighted the fact that we want to grasp this opportunity and contribute to this opportunity as well.

Since then, my research team and I have been actively exploring this domain. In Beijing, I had the privilege of visiting important pillars of China’s space ecosystem where institutional strength and commercial innovation are advancing the frontier together; among them was the China Academy of Space Technology (航天五院), a cornerstone of the nation’s space program.

To better understand how Hong Kong can contribute to the national space blueprint, we convened a Space Economy Roundtable in January. The discussion was genuinely revealing. Hong Kong already possesses a solid foundation – talented professionals, a robust legal and regulatory system, and deep expertise in professional services. Many of you here today, including Mrs Ip, Professor Gao, and Dr Neoh, have been leading voices in shaping this conversation.

One clear consensus emerged: the new space economy rests on three interconnected pillars – data, sustainability, and connectivity. Our subsequent visits brought each pillar to life. At the China National Space Administration Space Debris Observation and Data Application Center, we saw China building the infrastructure to keep orbits safe and usable for generations. With leading satellite manufacturers and operators – state-backed and commercial alike – we witnessed connectivity extending from low Earth orbit outward. And through international conferences like today’s, we see how knowledge exchange turns into strategic partnerships.

We are at a historic inflection point. The 15th Five-Year Plan has opened a strategic policy window. Commercial launch cadence is accelerating. And the rules and trust frameworks for orbital commerce are being written right now.

Hong Kong’s role in this frontier is not peripheral. We sit at the trust layer within the international order – the capital, legal, and risk infrastructure that turns ambitious missions into bankable enterprises. Every new constellation, every launch service, every space-data application will need exactly what Hong Kong has spent decades building.

By aligning with the country’s ascent in space, we are not only serving a national strategy – we are opening a new engine of innovation and long-term prosperity for Hong Kong.

「國家所需，香港所長——在浩瀚星空之下，這句話依然成立。」

The next chapter of space will not be written by any single sector, city, or government alone. It will be written in rooms like this one – where ambition meets expertise, and where national strategy meets commercial reality. I look forward to learning from all of you today.

Thank you very much, and I wish the symposium every success.

黃元山博士（右三）與行政會議非官守議員召集人葉劉淑儀（左三）、中國空間科學學會理事長吳季（右二）、探月者協會主席兼國際月球探測工作組執行主任Bernard Foing教授（左二）、香港科技大學副校長（大學拓展）吳宏偉教授（左一），及香港科技大學航天科學與技術研究院聯席院長兼InnoHK香港太空機械人與能源中心主任高揚教授（右一）合照。

黃元山博士致開幕辭。

黃元山博士（右八）出席由香港太空機械人與能源中心主辦的「智領太空 逐夢未來」太空智能創新主題活動。