Companies secure deals and forge partnerships at CIIE.

Hong Kong pavilions take limelight at Shanghai import fair

Return of popular online campaign will see mainland netizens “shop till they drop”.

Shopping Festival shines spotlight on Hong Kong brands

Collaboration seen as an exemplary model of regional cooperation

Hong Kong, Zhejiang strengthen ties

Seminars, consultancy services focus on e-commerce pain points for SMEs

HKTDC unveils expanded Hong Kong Shopping Festival programme

ASEAN is becoming an important destination for and source of investment capital from Hong Kong.

Tie-up with Indonesian firm draws attention to investment-service prospects in ASEAN.

Hong Kong asset manager spreads wings

A university-based Hong Kong start-up has rolled out a successful business strategy, bringing alternative proteins and plant-based F&B into the market, and becoming a promoter of superfood and future food.

A Start-up Express winner successfully takes innovative plant-based dairy, meat products from the farm to lab bench to market.

Food producer goes from farm to table

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), HSBC and the Greater Bay Area Business School recently organised a seminar to help service professionals enter the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), at which industry experts analysed demand for services and how individuals and firms could seize opportunities.

High-tech enterprises and high-value-added industries generate demand for professionals, which Hong Kong can supply.

GBA opportunities knock for professionals

Two years ago, Mainland China set 2025 as a target for half its power capacity to come from renewable resources, a landmark the economy has already reached two years ahead of schedule.

Solar, hydro and wind now account for half the mainland’s generating capacity.

Renewable target hit 2 years early

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has announced that it will implement the Industrial Labour Importation Scheme for the construction and transport industries, with a quota of 20,000. The government will launch the scheme this month, and be reviewed within six months after its launch.

Hong Kong Government opens the gates to workers, especially those from Mainland China, to alleviate firms’ staffing crisis.

Green light for labour imports

Closer economic and trade development between Hong Kong and Mainland China in recent years has prompted many mainland securities companies to build a global presence through the financial hub of Hong Kong.

Technology-driven growth lets brokerage expand earnings despite market trends.

Securities firm goes global through Hong Kong

The Ningbo-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation Forum 2023, jointly organised by the HKTDC and the government of Ningbo city, Zhejiang province, was held in Hong Kong last month. A Ningbo delegation comprising political and business leaders attended in-person, as the two cities explored collaborations to drive the nation’s high-quality development, as well as create new momentum for Hong Kong’s economy.

Hong Kong will step up collaboration with Ningbo in Zhejiang province to boost bilateral competitiveness  and drive high-quality national development.

Hong Kong, Ningbo deepen partnership

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is rapidly maturing into a world-class hub for both finance and innovation-technology, leading to greater integration between Hong Kong and the nine GBA centres in Mainland China.

With finance and I&T joined at the hip, the fast-growing GBA offers a perfect platform for developing both.

Hong Kong, Guangdong form binary stars

Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) this week released the Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index (GBAI) for the second quarter of this year.

A survey of industries shows the much-flagged post-Covid supply chain shift is not leading firms to migrate from the GBA.

Manufacturers stay with GBA

The atmosphere has no borders and the fallout from bad environmental practices – as well as returns on good ones – quickly spread across the globe.

Noting that global impacts call for global solutions, three leading institutions work towards a sustainable future.

APAC universities tackle green challenges

HKTDC helps Transfar Group set course for a global future.

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SmartHK, jointly organised by the HKTDC and Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, was held on 24 May 2023. The HKTDC brought together nearly 2,000 business elites, boosting cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland centres of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
A flagship event of Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Week, SmartHK conference featured exhibitions, #startup pitching sessions, and on-site business matching sessions, as part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Week until 7 June, with over 20 business and trade activities across #GBA cities.
SmartHK: <a href="https://portal.hktdc.com/smarthk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://portal.hktdc.com/smarthk/</a>

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