[Hong Kong Chief Executive Policy Unit Digital Finance Seminar: Shifting from Financial Innovation to Serving the Real Economy and Promoting High-Quality Financial Development] BlockBeats News, February 9 – According to Sing Tao Daily, the Hong Kong Chief Executive Policy Unit held a digital finance seminar on February 8, 2026. Participants included research teams from the People's Bank of China Financial Research Institute, the Chairman of the Board of YuanCoin Technology, members of the Web3.0 Development Task Force, former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority Norman Chan, and other experts. The seminar discussed how Hong Kong can leverage high-quality development in digital finance to support the nation's goal of becoming a "financial powerhouse." The discussion focused on three key areas: application scenarios of digital finance, balancing regulation with innovative development, and integrating with mainland China's digital financial infrastructure to achieve coordinated development. Huang Yuanshan, head of the Chief Executive Policy Unit, stated that Hong Kong should seize the wave of digitalization and promote high-quality financial development to contribute to the goal of becoming a financial powerhouse. Hong Kong possesses advantages in technological infrastructure, an active market, and a favorable policy environment. The application of digital finance should shift from financial innovation to serving the real economy, such as advancing asset tokenization to expand into real-world assets like precious metals and renewable energy, addressing issues such as poor liquidity and cumbersome transactions in traditional assets.