The start-up network is growing and diversifying quickly, extending from traditional hotspots like San Francisco and London to rising giants, such as Hong Kong, while developing economy centres across ASEAN are becoming super-nodes in their own right.

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Global entrepreneurs step up

Hong Kong is a global financial and trade hub and historical touch point for many members of the Chinese diaspora worldwide, creating a business network that spans the globe.

Leaders of Hong Kong’s business communities worldwide gather to discuss business prospects.

Global business bodies assemble

The Hong Kong Baby Products Fair organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), which launches the 2024 exhibition year, showcases a wide range of innovative baby products and world-renowned brands from around the world, creating many business opportunities for buyers to explore.

Business opportunities for baby products continue to grow.

Hong Kong Baby Products Fair

As a leading creative hub in Asia, Hong Kong is a natural design centre. And Mainland China, the factory of the world, is a natural outlet for Hong Kong’s design talents. China’s Anhui province, just inland of the Yangtze Delta, is eager to take on Hong Kong designs.  The province is a rapidly growing smart manufacturing centre and Hefei is the site of the country’s first Advanced Technology Application and Promotion Centre.

The HKTDC’s DesignInspire leads missions to Mainland China and Japan to showcase city’s design talents and create opportunities.

Hong Kong designers spread wings

Industry leaders charted a new, green course for supply chains during this year’s edition of Asia’s leading transport and logistics forum in Hong Kong this week.

ALMAC gathers logistics elites from around the world to share insights on a transforming, green industry.

Plotting new courses for supply chains

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) presents many attractive opportunities for Hong Kong entrepreneurs starting out their careers.

Young Hong Kong entrepreneurs urged to check out opportunities in GBA peer cities, such as Shenzhen.

GoGBA dips into talent pool

Renewable energy technology is developing at bullet-train speed in Hong Kong and Mainland China, where preparations for the upcoming COP28 United Nations Climate Change conference in the United Arab Emirates in late November are on the fast track.

Global environmental summit will be the launch pad for a sustainable development drive in developing markets.

Green finance looks to COP28

Many economies are striving to achieve sustainable development, while facing the problem of unaffordable homes.

Tiny house maker focuses on sustainability, as it looks to markets abroad.

Australian home builder looks to ASEAN

Ageing populations are increasing the workload of in-demand medical professionals, especially in optometry.

Smart machines are speeding up diagnosis and boosting independence for visually impaired people.

Eye care transformed by AI

Jointly organised by the Hong Kong SAR Government and Hong Kong Trade Development Council, BIP Asia Forum on 7-8 December assembles intellectual property professionals and business leaders from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in the IP world, and explore business collaboration opportunities.

A networking opportunity for IP firms, with Entrepreneur Day running in parallel.

BIP Asia Forum

A Hong Kong start-up, which introduced its cutting-edge extended reality (XE) technologies at FILMART earlier this year, will return in the next edition on 11-14 March 2024 to showcase innovative solutions and extend its presence in Mainland China to serve surging demand.

An immersive reality production company finds ample demand for its services in Hong Kong.

Studio creates reality 2.0

Eyewear that talks, briefs agents on top-secret missions, shoots laser beams and more has long been a staple of science fiction, but now smart glasses are moving off the silver screen and on to the high street.

Hi-tech eyewear was in focus, as the Optical Fair returned.

Smart and sustainable eyewear fair draws over 12,000 buyers

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

A safe haven for digital assets

The Fair is an excellent platform for exhibitors to showcase an extensive array of innovative and smart tech toys, creating brilliant business opportunities for buyers to explore.

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