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The Grand Finale - Hong Kong Economic Policy Challenge 2025
2025-05-23
The Grand Finale of the Hong Kong Economic Policy Challenge 2025 (HKEPC) in association with the HKUST Center of Economic Policy and Economics Department comes to a close on May 10th, 2025. HKEPC invites university students to tackle real-world economic issues through innovative policy proposals. It fosters collaboration, critical thinking, and meaningful dialogue on Hong Kong’s economic future.
This year, the competition focuses on a pivotal issue for the future of Hong Kong: Economic diversification.
The Grand Finale of the Hong Kong Economic Policy Challenge 2025
Group photo with the two HKEPC Finale judges, Ms. Irina Fan, Director of Research at HKTDC, and Ms. Wendy Chan, Growth Director, GBA at JLL.
Congratulations to the winning team
The event was designed to provide students with a platform to apply their economic education and policy ideas to address the economic challenges facing Hong Kong. The judges were impressed with the high-quality proposals and the depth of research that had gone into them, highlighting the importance of collaboration between academia, industry professionals, and government entities to address the city's economic challenges.
The winning teams were rewarded for their innovative solutions, the list of awardees is as below
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Awards |
Teams |
Sharings |
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Champion |
Team: WantE-residency (from CUHK) Ms. Duan Runbo, Zoe (Leader) |
"HKEPC gave me the chance to apply economics to real-world issues in Hong Kong," said DUAN Runbo from Team WantE-residency. "Despite a late start and challenges finding teammates, we created a thoughtful proposal and gained valuable insights from the judges." "HKEPC 2025 was a transformative journey," said Shanqi ZHANG. "We proposed Green Tourism REITs and a Tech Talent Scheme to address Hong Kong’s economic over-reliance and systemic barriers." |
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1st Runner-Up |
Team: No More Tariff Mr. Chow Lok Yin, Ivan (Leader) |
"HKEPC 2025 gave us a chance to explore economic diversification in Hong Kong," said Vivian. "We applied macroeconomic knowledge to real-world issues and strengthened our research and presentation skills." |
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2nd Runner-Up |
Team: Policy Horizon Mr. Li, Pankai, Isaac (Leader) |
"Participating in the HKUST Policy Challenge was an eye-opening experience," said Pankai LI on behalf of Team Policy Horizon. "We explored startup support and IP recognition in the GBA, and gained valuable insights from peers and judges." Please see the full sharing here. |
Special thanks to the student organizing committee for their dedication and hard work in making HKEPC a meaningful and well-executed event!
List of the organizing committee
Li Jiaxu, Victoria
So Shing Mei, Kathleen
Simar Gangar
Siddhi Das
Kwok Sui Man, Mandy
Kwan Sum Yuet, Sheila
Wong Hing Ning, Jumi
Yuen Pik Ki, Pinky
Chao Man Hin, Adan
