On March 11, 2026, "Developer Harbor: Hong Kong's New Opportunities in the AI Era," hosted by Web3Labs and YZi Labs, and co-hosted by the Beijing-Hong Kong Web3.0 Industrial Center, Star Land Center, and OpenSchool, was successfully held at the Star Land Center in Chaoyang District, Beijing. The event brought together over a hundred builders from innovative teams at universities nationwide and industry organizations to jointly explore the new opportunities for Hong Kong as an international hub for technological innovation in the AI era.
🔹 Twin-City Collaboration, Building an Innovation Bridge
The event gathered over a hundred innovators from universities and cutting-edge technology fields across the country, witnessing a complete ecosystem from policy empowerment to technology implementation. The event kicked off with joint opening remarks by Chen Lei, Member of the Party Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Zhongguancun Chaoyang Park, and Dr. Wu Jiezhuang, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of the Hong Kong Legislative Council's Commerce, Industry, and Technology Innovation Committee. Both guests emphasized the strategic complementarity between Beijing and Hong Kong in technological innovation, talent mobility, and industrial collaboration, injecting confidence into the joint building of a world-class innovation ecosystem between the two cities.
Subsequently, Huang Weiqi, Chief Affairs Director of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Beijing Office, systematically interpreted the "Mainland Talent Admission Scheme for Hong Kong," providing detailed explanations of application channels, support measures, and development paths in Hong Kong, offering clear policy guidance for tech talents interested in cross-border development.
Web3Labs CEO Caspar Wong delivered a keynote speech, proposing that "the convergence of AI and Web3 lies not at the application layer but at the protocol layer," and revealing that the next generation of investment logic will focus on composable, verifiable, and operational real-value infrastructure.
🔹 Alpha Builders Gather for the First Time, Showcasing Their Potential
The core highlight of "Developer Harbor: Hong Kong's New Opportunities in the AI Era (Beijing Station)" was undoubtedly the debut of the innovative teams under the "Alpha Builders Innovator Recruitment Plan." This plan, jointly launched by Web3Labs and YZi Labs, aims to discover and empower China's most promising next-generation technical builders (Builders), bridging the critical path from campus innovation to global ecosystem implementation.
At the event, seven cutting-edge innovative teams from top domestic universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, and Zhejiang University took the stage to showcase their projects, covering frontier interdisciplinary fields such as AI agents, Web3 infrastructure, biocomputing, and privacy computing. These teams not only possess solid engineering capabilities but also demonstrate a deep understanding of "real-world problems"—a vivid reflection of the "value-driven innovation"理念 advocated by both parties.
As a globally leading Web3 investment and incubation platform, Web3Labs, in collaboration with YZi Labs, is seeking builders who use technology to solve real-world challenges in Web3, AI, Biotech, and more." This Alpha Builders plan is a practical implementation of this vision—selected teams will have the opportunity to enter the interview process for the EASY Residency program launched by YZi Labs, receiving technical guidance, ecosystem resource connections, and early-stage funding support to accelerate their journey from prototype to product.
From campus laboratories to the international stage, Alpha Builders are constructing a high-speed channel for "youth innovation power × global Web3 ecosystem." This may well be the most anticipated answer to shaping the future in the AI era.
As AI and Web3 reshape the global technological landscape, Hong Kong, with its open system, international ecosystem, and forward-looking policies, is becoming a key hub connecting outstanding innovative forces with the world stage. Web3Labs will continue to collaborate with YZi Labs to discover those Alpha Builders who dare to build, jointly creating a more real, intelligent, and composable digital future.
