The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has recently unveiled its budget for the 2026/27 fiscal year, a plan that figures across sectors say proactively aligns with the country's 15th Five-Year Plan and advances development around two central pillars -- "AI+" and "Finance+" -- in what is expected to reinforce the city's core competitiveness, lift economic momentum and underpin a steady shift toward stronger, more robust growth. [....]