HKUST’s highly popular annual One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, launched in 2011, attracts top-notch submissions from an expanding list of seven regions beyond Hong Kong covering Macau, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Zhongshan and the Yangtze River, and spanning industries such as AI and medical, among others. The 2023 competition has attracted a record-high of 234 eligible entries from local, Mainland and international teams.