香港证券及期货事务监察委员会行政总裁周一表示，由于市场基础设施的改善，香港的成长型公司（即尚未实现持续盈利但具强劲成长潜力的公司）上市数量有所增加。
Hong Kong has seen an increase in listings of growth companies — those yet to achieve sustained profitability but with strong growth potential — due to improved market infrastructure, the CEO of its Securities and Futures Commission said on Monday.
梁凤仪在日本金融厅于东京主办的一场研讨会上表示，在香港交易所上市的企业中，生物科技和人工智能等行业的成长型公司占比已从2023年的10%上升至30%。
Among firms listed on Hong Kong's bourse, the portion of growth companies in sectors like biotechnology and AI has risen to 30% from 10% in 2023, Julia Leung said during a seminar in Tokyo hosted by Japan's Financial Services Agency.
她在关于全球资本市场的研讨会上表示：“我们的交易所实际上进行了积极的改革，并建立了吸引成长型公司的制度。”
"Our stock exchange has actually done proactive reform and put in regimes to attract growth companies," she said at the seminar on global capital markets.
她补充说，这在兼顾提供充足投资者保护需求的同时，允许了产品尚未完全商业化的企业进入市场。
That has balanced the need to offer sufficient investor protection, while allowing the entry of firms that have not fully commercialised their products yet, she added.
大多数成长型公司的历史为3到5年，其中一些正在开发人工智能模型。
Most growth companies were three to five years old, with some developing AI models.
梁凤仪表示，香港交易所还改善了交易清算和结算的市场基础设施。
The Hong Kong stock exchange has also improved market infrastructure for clearing and settlement of deals, Leung said.
她表示，香港受益于毗邻中国的巨大优势，中国是整个人工智能产业链的大规模生产者，她还补充说，初创企业渴求资金并正在寻求国际扩张。
Hong Kong benefits immensely from being on the doorstep of China, which is a big producer of the entire AI chain, she said, adding that startups were hungry for capital and looking for international expansion.
她表示：“现在我们有一个非常活跃的市场。”她补充说：“但重要的是，尤其是在市场状况走弱的情况下，我们在将什么带入市场时实际上要更有选择性”，并且“把质量置于速度之上”。
"Now we have a very buoyant market," she said. "But it is important, particularly where market conditions are weakening, that we actually be a lot more selective" in what to bring to the market and "prioritise quality over speed," she added.
证券及期货事务监察委员会是一个成立于1989年的独立机构，负责监管香港的证券及期货市场。
The Securities and Futures Commission is an independent body set up in 1989 to regulate Hong Kong's securities and futures markets.