Press Release

HKU Business School officially inaugurated its Shanghai Centre (the Centre) and established the East China Alumni Network on 6 December 2025. This significant milestone marks a major step forward in the strategic expansion of HKU Business School into Shanghai and the University’s contribution to China’s national development. It also creates a new platform for deeper academic exchange, industry collaboration, and technological innovation between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

The Avenir-HKU Web3 Quantitative Trading Challenge 2025 (the Competition) Grand Final was held on 29 November 2025 at the Rayson Huang Theatre at the University of Hong Kong. Spanning six months and built around the core philosophy of a simulated “market environment + institutional-grade quantitative standards,” the global competition attracted 1,171 participants from over 200 leading universities across 15 countries.

The HKU Business School Distinguished Scholar Lecture was held on 25 November at the HKU Graduate House, where we welcomed Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Professor Thomas J. Sargent. The event attracted over 1,300 registrants (both online and offline) and reached nearly 10,000 views via live stream.

The HKU Jockey Club Enterprise Sustainability Global Research Institute (the Institute), established by HKU Business School and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (the Trust), hosted the 2025 Sustainability Forum at the University of Hong Kong on 14 November 2025.

The HKU Business School hosted a fireside chat with Joe Tsai, Co-Founder and Chairman of Alibaba Group, on Technological Drivers of China’s Economic Growth in the Next 10 Years on 5 November 2025.  As part of the Edward K Y Chen Distinguished Lecture Series, the session explored how innovation, technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping business and driving long-term economic growth for China.  The lecture brought together close to 1,000 attendees at HKU Loke Yew Hall.

The 8^th HKU Quarterly Forum on Chinese Economy, hosted by HKU Business School’s Institute of China Economy (ICE), in partnership with the Hong Kong Alumni Association of Nanjing University, was held on 31 October. The Forum brought together renowned experts and industry leaders to share valuable insights on China’s policy outlook, changes in international trade and supply chains, and the opportunities arising from macroeconomic uncertainties as China outlines its economic development in China’s 15^th Five-Year Plan. Held at HKU iCube at Central, the Forum brought together a diverse audience of industry leaders, academic experts, alumni and students, with more than 200 people in attendance.

The Institute of Behavioural and Decision Science (IBDS) at HKU Business School (HKUBS), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Association for Customer Service Excellence (HKACE), released a new study report focusing on employee wellbeing and stress intervention. The study highlights significant differences in stress levels faced by employees at various organisational levels, and reveals that relying solely on stress education to reduce stress is largely ineffective. Moreover, different intervention strategies have varying efficacy depending on the employee’s position within the organisation.

HKU Business School today released the "Large Language Model (LLM) Advanced Reasoning Capability Evaluation Report in Chinese-Language Contexts," revealing the current capabilities of selected AI LLMs in advanced reasoning. The report shows that US models generally lead in this area. The Chinese models have achieved breakthroughs in certain domains but still have significant room for improvement in handling complex reasoning tasks.

HKU Business School and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association, a global leader in alternative investment education, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), one that underscores HKU Business School's unwavering commitment to equipping its students with the most relevant, cutting-edge knowledge and skills demanded by the evolving global financial landscape.

HKU Business School today released the "Large Language Model (LLM) Hallucination Control Capability Evaluation Report." The Report describes the evaluation of selected AI LLMs regarding their ability to control “hallucinations.” Hallucinations are when LLMs produce outputs that appear reasonable but are contradictory to facts or deviate from the context. Currently, LLMs are increasingly used in professional domains such as knowledge services, intelligent navigation, and customer service, but hallucinations have been limiting the credibility of LLMs.