SmartHK, a flagship event of Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Week, drew about 2,000 business elites to Guangzhou this week, boosting cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland centres of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Campaign to boost Hong Kong-mainland links returns to strengthen cooperation and exchanges in the GBA.

SmartHK in Guangzhou draws strong response

Think Business, Think Hong Kong – 成就機遇．首選香港 – is a signature promotion campaign organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to showcase the city as a resilient business and innovation hub facilitating global businesses to capture new demands and realise business opportunities worldwide.

The HKTDC is bringing back its series of promotional conferences and next stop is Bangkok.

Think Business, Think Hong Kong

Biotechnology, medical robotics and information technology are developing at lightning speed and Hong Kong, along with all the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), is an innovation hotspot in all these fields.

Flagship events attract global healthcare elites, affirming confidence for Hong Kong’s stronger role in the medical and healthcare sector in the region.

Healthcare Week boon for global medical industry

Fintech has taken off across the world in recent years and companies in Hong Kong’s financial sector are pursuing innovation to enhance safety and protect clients’ assets.

Bringing smaller competitors on board generates a win-win synergy.

Leading broker opens platform to finance SMEs

As travel and trade between Hong Kong and Mainland China rapidly recover following the COVID-19 pandemic, the consumer market has picked up, boosting industries such as tourism, retail and exhibitions.

Signature Hong Kong shopping event gathers more than 130 brands to showcase trends and lifestyle in the city.

ChicHK highlights GBA Week in Shenzhen

Social commerce is a well-established concept – the term appeared nearly two decades ago – but this branch of e-commerce is continually evolving, leaving marketing and sales professionals navigating through a shifting maze.

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Navigating social commerce maze

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) usually need to run a tight ship – they are, after all, small. This means the CEO, CTO, COO, CIO – the entire C suite – can be rolled into one person.

Complying with the ever-growing volume of best practices and regulations on green and social issues calls for specialised assistance.

Giving SMEs the edge on ESG

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) began running its SmartHK programme in major cities in Mainland China (including Guangzhou, Jinan, Chengdu, Fuzhou and Hangzhou) in 2011. This year's SmartHK is the first large-scale HKTDC in the mainland since border reopening with Mainland China. It is of special significance to connect enterprises from the two places.

The HKTDC launches GBA week to boost cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland centres.

SmartHK spotlights Guangzhou

Three decades ago a young scientist working at CERN, the international nuclear research facility that straddles the French-Swiss border, proposed solving the problem of sharing the vast amount of data his field generated by linking text mark-up with the Internet, which at that stage was little-known outside academic and military circles.

Hong Kong stands ready to seize the day as the worldwide web moves into its third era.

Web 3.0 comes of age

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) helped the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) reach a research agreement with AI Medical Service (AIM) – a Japanese medical start-up which develops artificial intelligence (AI) endoscopic diagnostic technology – to accelerate development, promote it in Hong Kong and enhance clinical application in other Asian economies.

CUHK and Japanese AI start-up tackle problem of late-diagnosis for alimentary tumours.

AI takes digestive cancers to task

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a giant trade area extending from the fringes of the Arctic (Hokkaido, Japan, main picture) to the Antarctic (New Zealand) and encompassing the giant economy of Mainland China as well as Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia.

Japanese companies see bright future for city as the extensive RCEP bloc develops.

Hong Kong hub for giant trade region

A flagship event in the Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Week, Chic Hong Kong will introduce Hong Kong’s excellent brands and characteristic designs to consumers in Shenzhen and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, including consumer electronics and technology products, smart home products, food and beverages, trendy clothing, hygiene and epidemic prevention products.

Flagship Hong Kong-Guangdong Cooperation Week event brings Hong Kong innovations and designs to its thriving neighbour.

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Losing Bitcoin to hackers inspired the founders of a Hong Kong start-up to create a secure wallet for cryptocurrencies.

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In spring this year Hong Kong’s art community celebrated the end of travel restrictions by holding an “art spring”, with exhibitions and cultural events including Art Basel (main picture), Art Central, HK Walls and other art collective events at venues such as the Tai Kwun and the Fringe Club.

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