{"id":72946,"date":"2026-02-24T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=72946"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:45:20","slug":"gba-youth-start-up-and-social-innovation-programme-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/gba-youth-start-up-and-social-innovation-programme-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"GBA Youth Start-up and Social Innovation Programme launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"72946\" class=\"elementor elementor-72946\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08fe32d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08fe32d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-464c7f5\" data-id=\"464c7f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99c3c7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99c3c7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><\/p><p><strong>24 February 2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>The Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) officially launched the \u201cGBA Youth Start-up and Social Innovation Programme\u201d on 24 February 2026. The launch ceremony brought together over 100 participants, including government representatives, university leaders, industry experts, and academic partners, marking the official start of a three-year incubation journey for 13 selected teams.<\/p><p>Professor Jeanne Fu, Vice-President (Learning and Student Experience) and Director of CIE, encouraged students and alumni to fully leverage the programme\u2019s mentorship, cross-sector networks, and disciplined approach of testing and iteration to transform ideas into scalable impact across the Guangdong\u2013Hong Kong\u2013Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).<\/p><p>The event featured the ceremonial activation of the \u201cCIE\u30fbGBA\u201d launch device, followed by an engaging Start-up Forum titled \u201cCreators\u30fbInnovators\u30fbChangemakers\u201d. Speakers and attendees discussed actionable steps from initial vision through validation to sustainable, measurable outcomes.<\/p><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be0bf22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be0bf22\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8320b38\" data-id=\"8320b38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98308c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98308c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LBI_9846.jpg-1140x760.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LBI_9846.jpg-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LBI_9846.jpg-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LBI_9846.jpg-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/LBI_9846.jpg-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Officiating guests and team representatives officially launch the GBA Youth Start-up and Social Innovation Programme. \n<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":72947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[224,10,444],"tags":[],"topics":[227,228],"month":[452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72946"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73493,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72946\/revisions\/73493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72946"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=72946"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=72946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}