Mentorship Scheme

Starting a business may not be easy. It would be even tougher if you are doing it alone. With the HK Tech 300 Mentorship Scheme, start-ups will be guided and coached by mentors from relevant business fields to help them meet real-life challenges along their entrepreneurship journey.

The mentors are seasoned entrepreneurs, industrialists and professionals from diversified industries and backgrounds. They include the members of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC), Chinese General Chamber of Commerce (CGCC), Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI), Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong (CMA), CityUHK Eminence Society, CityUHK Business & Industrial Club (CUBIC), etc.

Dr Meng Ding

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Dr Ding received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Peking University, both in physics. He received his PhD in Semiconductor Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the inventor and/or co-inventor of 32 issued U.S. patents. Earlier in his career, he was a high-tech R&D technologist in Silicon Valley, where he focused on new product development, primarily in the semiconductor and IC chip industry. Later, Dr Ding became a corporate lawyer, first practicing in New York, and then in Hong Kong and mainland China. Dr Ding has extensive experience in a broad spectrum of capital markets and M&A transactions, especially in the TMT, healthcare, hard-tech, financial institutions and other emerging technology fields. He stays well connected to the technology community, particularly in the Greater China region.

(Updated as at Apr 2022)