Thousands of people attended the grand event at HKUST, and the WCS 2025 RWA Industry Conference set off a digital asset "RWA storm"

On June 26, the Hong Kong SAR government officially released the "Hong Kong Digital Asset Development Policy Declaration 2.0", further clarifying the strategic direction of building Hong Kong into a global digital asset innovation center, and proposed the "LEAP" four strategies: optimizing the legal regulatory environment, expanding the categories of tokenized products, promoting the implementation of application scenarios, and strengthening cross-border cooperation.

Just the day before (June 25), the world's first top summit focusing on "real world asset digitization (RWA)" - WCS 2025 RWA Industry Conference and RWA Research Institute's first anniversary celebration was grandly held at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The conference brought together heavyweight guests from the world's top companies, well-known universities, scientific research institutions, investment circles and legal compliance fields. The venue was packed with more than a thousand guests participating to witness the milestone moment in the RWA field.

This conference not only built a high-level global communication platform, but also drew a clear blueprint for RWA technology innovation, compliance development and deep integration of industries through intensive ideological collisions and project signings, promoted the coordinated development of Web3 and the real economy, and opened a new chapter in the digitalization of global assets.

Heavyweight guests gathered to explore the future of RWA

The conference was hosted by RWA Research Institute, Guanhuo, and the "Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence Thirty People Forum", and co-organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Digital Finance Laboratory, the Center for Applied Economics, Society and Environment Research, the Global Cross-border E-commerce Association and many other institutions.

B.news attended the conference as a super node media, took photos with the guests at the conference, and presented several green caps with the B.news logo.

At the beginning of the conference, Fok Chun-yu, Director of the Fok Ying-Tong Group and Honorary Chairman of the RWA Research Institute, pointed out in his speech that Hong Kong should take advantage of the collaborative innovation opportunities in the Greater Bay Area to promote the RWA compliance process and inject efficient and transparent digital momentum into the real economy.

Dr. Lam Ka-lai, former Chairman of Cyberport, said that Hong Kong has a top professional service system, common law system, stablecoin regulatory laws and regulations, sandbox mechanism and capital market support, and is confident of transforming from a global asset management center to a digital asset management hub.

Wang Yang, Vice President of HKUST, emphasized in a video speech that Hong Kong is at a strategic turning point in the development of Web3, and measures such as the RWA sandbox and stablecoin policy demonstrate the government's firm determination to promote the digital economy.

Thought Stirring: From Compliance to Practice

In the keynote speech, Wang Shanliang, Vice Chairman of Dacheng China, pointed out that "compliance is an accelerator for the healthy development of the RWA ecosystem". He explained the global compliance path of RWA from multiple dimensions such as legal compliance, on-chain title confirmation, AML/KYC, etc.

Zhao Yongchao of Shanghai Data Exchange proposed the concept of "real data assets (RDA)", pointing out that China is on the eve of the outbreak of data assetization, and RDA will play a key role in linking data value with global capital.

Professor Li Qi of Peking University Guanghua School of Management took a macro perspective and emphasized that China's growth potential will provide a solid physical asset foundation for RWA.

Long Dian, founder of Huoxun Finance, released a new book "Real Assets on the Chain" on the spot, proposing that RWA marks the "second half" of blockchain development, which is deeply integrated with the real economy, and will build a global frictionless asset circulation network.

Multi-dimensional integration: RWA x industrial ecology

In many roundtable forums and project releases, the guests discussed the application of RWA from multiple perspectives, including cross-border e-commerce, financial infrastructure, brand empowerment, and community co-building:

Wang Xin, Executive Chairman of the Global Cross-border E-commerce Association, pointed out that RWA and blockchain technology are reconstructing the global digital trade trust system and empowering small and medium-sized businesses.

dForce founder Yang Mindao emphasized that the financial essence of RWA lies in the upgrade of the ledger, and its long-term potential far exceeds traditional financing.

PicWe CSO Eliora said that RWA is redefining the way global assets flow.

Dai Yue, founder of DN.com, predicted: "2025 is the first year of large-scale application of WEB3. In the next ten years, WEB3 will profoundly change the face of all industries like the Internet."

In addition, the conference also held important cooperation signing and "super node" award ceremony to commend the media, communities and institutions that contributed to this conference. B.news was also awarded as a super node media, witnessing and recording this milestone moment in the industry.

Connecting the future: Starting from Hong Kong

RWA is not only the most realistic application scenario in the Web3 era, but also a key bridge connecting virtual and reality, technology and system, innovation and compliance.

What walked out of the conference hall of HKUST was not only more than a thousand participants, but also a force that promoted the digital transformation of global assets. When RWA moves from concept to practice, from pilot to scale, and from local to international, Hong Kong, the city that "connects the world and the future", is gradually becoming the hub of the global digital asset system.

In the next decade, with the resonance of technology and trust, and the synergy of system and capital, RWA will redefine the logic of global asset flow.