Accenture: Hong Kong Firms Trail Mainland China in Generative AI Adoption

Only one in 10 Hong Kong companies has deployed generative AI across multiple business functions, compared with roughly one in five firms on mainland China, according to Accenture. The consultancy attributes the gap to entrenched legacy systems and a risk-averse corporate mindset that is slowing Hong Kong's digital transition. A senior executive at Accenture described the city's businesses as lagging behind their mainland Chinese peers in artificial intelligence adoption. The findings place Hong Kong's corporate sector behind the mainland on a key measure of AI integration, with the disparity framed around both technological infrastructure and organizational culture.