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PolyU develops Hong Kong’s first cross-border legal AI agent system, bringing together government, business and academia to launch new era of legal digital intelligence

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Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, Deputy Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, (3rd from left), and Ms Au-Yeung Wai-yu, Grace, Principal Government Counsel of the Office for Legal Construction in the Department of Justice (3rd from right), pose for a group photo at the PolyU Legal AI Showcase alongside Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, PolyU President (2nd from left); Prof. Christopher Chao, PolyU Senior Vice President (Research and Innovation) (2nd from right); Prof. Cao Jiannong, PolyU Vice President (Education) (1st from right); and Prof. Lu Haitian, PolyU Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor (1st from left).
Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, Deputy Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, (3rd from left), and Ms Au-Yeung Wai-yu, Grace, Principal Government Counsel of the Office for Legal Construction in the Department of Justice (3rd from right), pose for a group photo at the PolyU Legal AI Showcase alongside Prof. Jin-Guang Teng, PolyU President (2nd from left); Prof. Christopher Chao, PolyU Senior Vice President (Research and Innovation) (2nd from right); Prof. Cao Jiannong, PolyU Vice President (Education) (1st from right); and Prof. Lu Haitian, PolyU Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor (1st from left).
Prof. Christopher Chao, PolyU Senior Vice President (Research and Innovation), delivered a welcoming speech at the event.
Prof. Christopher Chao, PolyU Senior Vice President (Research and Innovation), delivered a welcoming speech at the event.
Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, Deputy Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China delivered a speech at the event.
Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan, Deputy Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China delivered a speech at the event.
Prof. Lu Haitian, Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor at PolyU, highlighted the four core products of the “Next Generation Legal Service AI Agent System”.
Prof. Lu Haitian, Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor at PolyU, highlighted the four core products of the “Next Generation Legal Service AI Agent System”.
Witnessed by Prof. Dong Cheng, Associate Vice President (Mainland Research Development) of PolyU (back row, left) and Mr Yu Yue, Special Assistant to the Provost of HKUST and Head of Business Development at the Shanghai Education Integration Center (back row, right), Ms Chan Cui Fang, Acting Director of the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office of PolyU (front row, left) and Dr Han Sirui, Head of the Data Asset Division at HKGAI (front row, right), jointly signed the cooperation agreement.
Witnessed by Prof. Dong Cheng, Associate Vice President (Mainland Research Development) of PolyU (back row, left) and Mr Yu Yue, Special Assistant to the Provost of HKUST and Head of Business Development at the Shanghai Education Integration Center (back row, right), Ms Chan Cui Fang, Acting Director of the Knowledge Transfer and Entrepreneurship Office of PolyU (front row, left) and Dr Han Sirui, Head of the Data Asset Division at HKGAI (front row, right), jointly signed the cooperation agreement.

Hosted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and co-organised by PolyU startup WiseLaw Digital Technology (WiseLaw), the “Next Generation Legal AI Agent System: PolyU Legal AI Showcase” was held today on the PolyU campus. The event gathered over a hundred leaders from the government, business and academic sectors and demonstrated PolyU’s deep research translation in the field of legal AI. Showcasing four core products designed to empower the digital and intelligent transformation of legal services, the event addressed the Nation’s urgent need for high-level legal protection for enterprises “going global”. Dr CHEUNG Kwok-kwan, Deputy Secretary for Justice of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China, and Prof. Christopher CHAO, PolyU Senior Vice President (Research and Innovation), officiated and delivered addresses at the event.

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes the global landscape of rule of law governance, Hong Kong is actively establishing itself as a centre for international legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region. PolyU is committed to advancing world-class innovative research and contributing to the Nation’s development, and remains at the forefront of integrating industry, academia and research in the field of legal technology. The PolyU Legal AI Showcase exemplifies the model of industry-academia-research collaboration under the dual strategic guidance of the Government of the HKSAR’s promotion of legal technology and the construction of an “International Innovation and Technology Centre”.

In his welcoming address, Prof. Christopher Chao stated, “Hong Kong enjoys the backing of the Motherland while remaining connected to the rest of the world, possessing the unique advantages of the common law system. With the power of technology, Hong Kong has the potential to play a significant role in cross-border legal technology innovation. As a prime example of the industry-academia-research model nurtured by the PolyVentures ecosystem, WiseLaw demonstrates how cutting-edge academic research can be transformed into practical tools that safeguard enterprises venturing overseas. This vividly embodies the integration of PolyU’s innovative culture into the construction of the rule of law.”

Dr Cheung Kwok-kwan emphasised in his speech that, under the national strategy of high-level opening up, Hong Kong’s legal sector must harness the power of technology to enhance the efficiency and quality of cross-border legal services. He affirmed the efforts and breakthroughs made by PolyU and WiseLaw in promoting legal technology and expressed his anticipation for more original legal tech achievements from Hong Kong that will serve the Greater Bay Area and the world.

Founded in 2024 by Prof. LU Haitian, Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation Professor at PolyU, WiseLaw is Hong Kong’s first innovative technology enterprise applying cross-border legal and compliance large-model intelligent agents. Dedicated to the deep integration of AI technology with expert knowledge in legal compliance, WiseLaw is supported by the PolyU Angel Fund (TSSSU+) and the PolyVentures startup ecosystem. It has successfully entered programmes such as the Cyberport Incubation Programme, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub’s Dream Accelerator, and the NVIDIA Inception Program.

During the event, Prof. Lu Haitian highlighted the four core products of the “Next Generation Legal Service AI Agent System”, each precisely targeting pain points in legal practice:

  • WiseChat: Integrating a professional legal knowledge base, this system acts as a “Super Legal Assistant”. With high precision and logical reasoning capabilities for handling complex cross-border compliance consultations, it can improve the work efficiency of legal practitioners by up to 80%.
  • WiseTools: Featuring efficient contract review functions, it identifies risky clauses and provides suggestions for modification within minutes, significantly enhancing the efficiency and security of legal work.
  • WiseSearch: Achieving “One-Stop Intelligent Retrieval” for Hong Kong stock prospectuses, announcements and Hong Kong legislation, it can quickly extract key points from massive amounts of data.
  • WiseCourse: This “AI Tutor” system is already in use at PolyU and City University of Hong Kong. It not only assists students with personalised learning and guides correct AI usage habits, but also helps teachers establish a scientific educational feedback mechanism, laying the foundation for cultivating the next generation of tech-savvy legal talent in Hong Kong.

From cross-border legal ascertainment to complex contract reviews, these scientific breakthroughs greatly reduce the burden of onerous legal documentation work. Prof. Lu emphasised, “Our goal is not to replace lawyers, but to empower legal services to be more precise, efficient and accessible through artificial intelligence. We hope this event not only showcases PolyU’s strength in computational law but also injects strong momentum into the digital and intelligent transformation of Hong Kong’s legal services industry.”

In two roundtable forums, industry leaders shared the value of applying AI in real-world business scenarios. The first forum focused on “Compliance Challenges for Enterprises Going Global and New Paths for AI Empowerment”. Mr LIU Peiwen, Director of the Digital Technology Department at China Mobile International, shared how to use digital intelligence tools to manage regulatory differences across jurisdictions in multinational operations. Ms Ellen NG, Director of Business Development, Global Expansion Platform at Vistra, explored the cost-reduction and efficiency-enhancement roles of AI in cross-border corporate structuring and compliance management. The guests agreed that in a complex geopolitical environment, AI technology is key for enterprises to build a dynamic compliance protection.

The second forum explored “How Legal AI Professional Tools Reshape Value Creation”. Ms GUAN Yue, Chief Compliance Officer of Xiaohongshu, and Ms ZHAO Tong, Chief Compliance Officer of Guotai Junan International, analysed corporate expectations for external counsel using AI tools from a client perspective. Ms YEUNG Cheung Ying, former Chair of the Greater China Practice at Latham & Watkins, pointed out that the adept use of AI tools will become key for the core competitiveness of future legal talent, enabling lawyers to extract key information from massive data-sets more quickly and provide legal opinions with greater commercial insight.

Additionally, PolyU and Hong Kong Generative AI Research Development Center (HKGAI) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement. WiseLaw also signed strategic memoranda of understanding with several partners, including CMA Testing, CITIC Telecom, iFlytek, the Asia Pacific International Arbitration Chamber and the Jiangsu (Nanjing) Cross-Border Legal Service Center. This marks the formal formation of a cross-border legal AI ecosystem integrating research, industry and legal services, which will also help propel Hong Kong into a leading position in global legal technology innovation.

 

(From left) Dr Lei Zhen, COO of WiseLaw; Mr Liu Peiwen, Director of the Digital Technology Department at China Mobile International; Ms Ellen Ng, Director of Business Development, GEP at Vistra; Dr Yeung Wai Yuen, Assistant to the Co-Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Hong Kong Centre, Asia Pacific Institute of International Arbitration; Dr Lin Weixing, Chairman of Sailglobal Success HR Group; and Mr Liu Gang, CEO of Veritas eProp (Hong Kong) Technology Co., Ltd., engage in in-depth discussion on the topic “Compliance Challenges for Enterprises Going Global and New Paths for AI Empowerment”.

The event brought together over 100 government officials, leading scholars, and industry leaders to explore how AI empowers the legal industry and reshapes value creation.

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