Hong Kong Legal Week 2025 Concludes with Successful Lawyers Forum and LawTech Conference

2025-12-05 18:56 Last Updated At：12-06 14:36

Hong Kong Legal Week 2025 concludes

The first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Lawyers Forum and the LawTech Conference were successfully held today (December 5), marking the conclusion of Hong Kong Legal Week 2025, an annual event of the Department of Justice (DoJ). The five-day event attracted approximately 6 000 registrants from nearly 50 jurisdictions, participating both online and offline. This fully demonstrated Hong Kong's leading position as an international legal and dispute resolution services centre in the Asia-Pacific region with the unique advantages of the common law system under the "one country, two systems" principle.

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Hong Kong Legal Week 2025 concludes Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

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Hong Kong Legal Week 2025 concludes Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Lawyers Forum, themed "GBA Connectivity: Setting Sail for Global Horizons", was held in the morning, with prominent legal experts from Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland sharing their insights on cross-boundary collaboration and future development for GBA lawyers.

In the afternoon, the highlight of the Hong Kong LawTech Fest - LawTech Conference "The AI Era: Shaping the Legal Landscape in the 21st Century" - was held. The conference featured multiple sessions, including a keynote speech, an interactive "LawTech Guess Who" segment, and the "LexGoTech Roundtable Series - 2025 Final Round", which deepened the industry's understanding of the opportunities and challenges presented by lawtech and artificial intelligence.

Addressing the conference, the Deputy Secretary for Justice, Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, said that the DoJ is steadfast in its commitment to foster innovation and the integration of technology in the legal industry. To this end, it has established the Consultation Group on Lawtech Development, and organised the LexGoTech Roundtable Series and the inaugural LawTech Fest. He said that while lawtech and AI enhance the efficiency of legal services, they cannot replace the indispensable human elements of legal professionals, such as empathy, judgment, and integrity. Only with an open and responsible mindset will the legal sector be able to grasp the opportunities brought by lawtech and AI and transform the challenges into benefits.

The LexGoTech Roundtables Report was released during the Roundtable Series, which summarises the insights shared by the legal and dispute resolution sectors on lawtech at the first three rounds of LexGoTech Roundtables held this year. The report emphasised the sectors' recognition of the potential of lawtech in transforming legal services, the importance of incorporating ethical considerations into the application of lawtech, and their support for the responsible application and development of lawtech in the long run.

In his closing remarks, the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, said that the Policy Address this year emphasised the Government's strong commitment to step up the promotion of AI as a core industry for Hong Kong's development. In this connection, apart from actively promoting the integration of lawtech and AI in the legal sector, the DoJ will establish an interdepartmental working group by the end of this year to co-ordinate the responsible bureaux in reviewing the relevant legislation, so as to support and complement the development of and need for wider application of AI in Hong Kong.

The DoJ will continue to organise various activities to facilitate exchanges among experts, practitioners, government officials, and academics from Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and different jurisdictions, with an aim of promoting Hong Kong's legal and dispute resolution services and consolidating its leading position as an international legal and dispute resolution services centre in the Asia-Pacific.

EMSD Wins 11 Awards at Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions, Including Five Gold Medals

EMSD wins eleven awards at International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva

The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) achieved outstanding results at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, winning a total of 11 awards, including five gold medals, five silver medals and a bronze medal.

A spokesperson for the EMSD said today (March 15), "As an innovation facilitator of the Government, the EMSD will continue to support various government departments in identifying and applying innovation and technology solutions, as well as improving government services and enhancing productivity through technology empowerment."

Some of the award-winning projects are the successful cases matched through the E&M InnoPortal (inno.emsd.gov.hk). The InnoPortal has been facilitating the matching of technological needs from the Government with I&T solutions from the I&T sector to promote wider application and commercialisation of innovative E&M technologies since 2018. The effectiveness of the InnoPortal was recognised by the numerous awards achieved by the EMSD at the Exhibition.

The awarded projects by the EMSD are as follows:

Gold medals

AI-enabled Smart Water Tank Cleaning Robot

Automatic Control Methods and Devices for Air-Side Equipment Using Artificial Intelligence Technology

Marine Energy Innovation in Power Generation (In collaboration with the Marine Department by the EMSD)

Quadruped Confined Space Inspectors

Revolutionising Fault Detection in Air Handling Units and Chiller Systems in Healthcare Institutions

Silver medals

AI-powered UAV Inspection System for Floodlights

Cognitive Screening and Assessment through the Application of Mixed Reality and AI Technologies

PVSmart System

Robot Giraffe

SafeClean - Window Cleaning Robot

Bronze medal

Automatic Illuminance Measurement Robot

The International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva is one of the most significant global annual events on inventions. This year, the Exhibition was held from March 11 to 15 in Geneva, Switzerland. About 1 000 inventions from 35 countries and regions were evaluated by the international jury of specialists.

Hong Kong Legal Week 2025 Concludes with Successful Lawyers Forum and LawTech Conference

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