Full report from KPMG (2022) https://assets.kpmg/content/dam/kpmg/cn/pdf/en/2022/01/hong-kong-s-connnected-future.pdf

To capture the evolving views of Asia's urban residents on smart city development amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, KPMG and its strategic partners commissioned YouGov to conduct a citizen survey of 4,096 residents in seven Asian markets, including Hong Kong SAR (1,038); mainland China cities within the Greater Bay Area (GBA) (506)*; Bangkok (500); Ho Chi Minh City (528); Kuala Lumpur (508); Singapore (514); and Shanghai (502); in May 2021.

In addition, to provide a well-informed view of the current challenges and opportunities for Hong Kong’s smart transformation, KPMG drew insights from panel discussions involving a wide range of corporate, academic, start-up, public sector and NGO leaders at the 2021 Connected Cities Conference, held on 27 May 2021 as part of InvestHK's StartmeupHK 2021 Festival. KPMG also conducted additional in-depth interviews with over 20 senior executives from June to September 2021. The commentary takes into account smart city initiatives announced in Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam's 2021 Policy Address on 6 October 2021.

Hong Kong's Connected Future is the fourth annual study on Hong Kong's ongoing smart and sustainable city development produced by KPMG China in partnership with Autotoll, CGI, CLP, Cyberport, DLA Piper, JLL, Lenovo, MTR, Siemens, Signify, Sino Group, Smart City Consortium and theDesk. The study analyses Hong Kong's current smart and sustainable city planning and policy initiatives, providing citizen and business perspectives on the conditions and characteristics needed to create an optimal ecosystem. It also identifies opportunities for Hong Kong to develop best practice use cases for the Greater Bay Area, ASEAN and elsewhere in the region.

*The nine mainland China GBA cities included in the study are Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan and Zhuhai, all in Guangdong Province.