The Asia-Pacific semifinal of the 2025 "Straight to Wuzhen" Global Internet Competition was held on Oct 10 at Hong Kong Cyberport.

Nearly 100 projects from across the Asia-Pacific registered for the event. After expert review, 12 projects from Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong advanced to the semifinal, with entries spanning frontier fields such as AI, digital healthcare, and smart devices.

During the semifinal, industry experts evaluated each project based on technological foresight, business model, and social value. Five projects — Global AlGC Creator Ecosystem Platform, E3A Healthcare, Doctoroncall, and xSpaces Metaverse, among others — secured spots in the global final to be held in Wuzhen town, Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.

This year, the competition attracted more than 1,000 entries worldwide. With the Hong Kong event concluded, the 2025 edition of the "Straight to Wuzhen" Global Internet Competition has wrapped up.

By the end of 2024, Hong Kong had invested in about 32,000 enterprises in Zhejiang, while roughly 130 Zhejiang companies were listed in Hong Kong.