As a cooking pot of global cultures, Hong Kong is perfectly positioned for anyone wishing to import or export food items. And as COVID-19 restrictions fade into history, foodies across the globe make tracks to the city to sell, buy or just sample.

Hong Kong’s status as a global trade hub brings food from all four corners of the earth on to its tables.

World City becomes Food City

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

The eighth edition of our fashion highlight CENTRESTAGE returns to a fully in-person event for the first time in three years following the end of COVID-19 restrictions.

Annual fashion highlight offers a chance to see the creations of cutting-edge designers and a glance at the industry’s future.

CENTRESTAGE

InnoClub, a one-stop platform jointly created by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Hang Seng Bank, recently held a seminar Connecting Upstream and Downstream: Building a Smart Supply Chain with Digital Technology. Supply chain, logistics, operations and procurement managers tackled the supply chain and payment system pain points of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

COVID-19 took the world online and much of the shift was permanent; SMEs need to adapt.

Streamlined payments for retail SMEs

Since its founding as a trading port nearly two centuries ago, Hong Kong has been a magnet for entrepreneurs from as near as Guangzhou to as far as South America, and everywhere in between.

Three expatriates with very different backgrounds explain what brought them to the city and keeps them here.

Hong Kong draws talent

Hong Kong’s has a sound financial and legal system and its unique geographic advantages make the city an ideal venue for international legal and arbitration services.

Unique status as sole common-law jurisdiction in China enhances city’s gateway role in legal services.

Hong Kong arbiter for domestic, overseas companies

Salon de TE represents works at the height of industry acclaim, offering a premier showcase of prestigious luxury watch brands, and showcasing the pinnacle of time and everlasting style.

Asia’s premier and unique showcase for international watch brands.

Salon de TE

Links between Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are strengthening, as both balance the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic with global challenges posed by supply chain interruptions, inflationary pressures and geopolitical tensions.

Business and political leaders sign more than 30 MoUs in trade, investment, technology, infrastructure and cultural sectors

Hong Kong-ASEAN collaboration goes into top gear

Business links between Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are growing faster than a rain-forest bamboo grove, prompting the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to organise a mission to Singapore, the business hub of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Indonesia, the biggest ASEAN member, and nimble technology developer Malaysia.

A high-powered business delegation visits Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia to boost already burgeoning ties.

Expanding networks across ASEAN

The massive development projects in Hong Kong – Northern Metropolis (main picture) and Lantau Tomorrow Vision – will create a perfect prototyping environment for green con tech and prop tech, offering businesses ranging from start-ups to construction giants a chance to develop and deploy cutting-edge sustainable solutions for buildings and infrastructure.

Lan Kwai Fong chief Allan Zeman sees new metropolis projects as golden opportunities to deploy cutting edge sustainable technologies in construction and infrastructure.

Greenfield sites could yield green cities

The HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, a preeminent timepiece event, offers a chance to clock in and experience a world of business opportunities at! The fair presents an array of complete watches and clocks, parts and components, machinery, equipment, packaging and wearable tech expertise.

All you need to know about timepieces as well as components and workings.

Watch & Clock Fair

The seven-day annual festival of literature, the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair, along with the Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks, remained a fixture for many Hong Kong residents throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and returned in full force this year, with nearly one million visitors.

The first edition of the Book Fair, Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks following the end of COVID restrictions proves a hit, drawing tourists from mainland and abroad.

Book bonanza draws crowd of 1 million from near and far

Architectural models – complete with realistic looking trees, toy cars and tiny model pedestrians – are often used to promote large-scale building projects but have limited utility for building planning, as well as designing and executing upgrades of existing projects as the real-size replica is expensive and the precision requirement is hard to achieve..

An HKU start-up uses its all-round LiDAR, and light RGB scanner to fast-track digital model creation.

Taking architects, engineers digital

For many years Hong Kong families have marked one date in high-summer on their calendars, that being a day in Book Fair week; and recently two more events – Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks – have ensured that it is a triple mark.

A young-reader themed Book Fair leads a trio of family focused events.

Summer brings family fun

ESG is trending among companies globally, helping them go green and achieve sustainable development, but in the eyes of Arthur Lam, CEO and Co-Founder of Hong Kong start-up Negawatt, that is far from enough to make an environmental impact.

A proptech entrepreneur won Start-up Express laurels by creating a regenerative economy through its Zero2 app.

Taking ESG into public square

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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>

Smart Hong Kong

Chic Hong Kong, jointly organised by the HKTDC and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, was held on 26-28 May 2023. The HKTDC brought together nearly 80 exhibitors showcasing more than 130 brands at the three-day shopping festival in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
A flagship event of Guangdong-Hong Kong Cooperation Week, Chic Hong Kong enabled Hong Kong brands to reach a wider consumer base and provided them a stepping stone to the mainland market. The shopping festival brought together nearly 80 exhibitors, of which 40% are new to the mainland market. The 3-day event attracted 200,000 visitors, facilitating trade between and boosting consumption in Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Chic Hong Kong <a href="https://portal.hktdc.com/chic-hk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://portal.hktdc.com/chic-hk/</a>

Chic Hong Kong 2023

Pierre Wijdenes of Neuraura (Canada) talks to the HKTDC at the second International Healthcare Week, which opened on 16 May 2023. The flagship events are the third Asia Summit on Global Health (ASGH) co-organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the HKTDC, and the 14th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair. Under the theme of Reimagining the Future of Healthcare, ASGH will assemble more than 90 stakeholders &ndash; from healthcare experts to renowned academics and influential business leaders, together with key industry players, innovative start-ups, investors and policymakers from around the world &ndash; to exchange insights, explore opportunities and collaborate on the diverse and dynamic healthcare sector. The Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair, themed Unleash the Power of Smart Health, brings together more than 300 exhibitors. International Healthcare Week: <a href="https://internationalhealthcareweek.hktdc.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://internationalhealthcareweek.hktdc.com/en</a> Asia Summit on Global Health: <a href="https://www.asiasummitglobalhealth.com/conference/asgh/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.asiasummitglobalhealth.com/conference/asgh/en</a>&nbsp; Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair: <a href="https://www.hktdc.com/event/hkmedicalfair/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hktdc.com/event/hkmedicalfair/en</a>

International Healthcare Week 2023 – “One minute with” Pierre Wijdenes of Neuraura

Maura Regan of Licensing International talks to the HKTDC at the Asian Licensing Conference. The Asian Licensing Conference is held in parallel with the HKTDC Hong Kong International Licensing Show from 19 to 21 April, featuring some 30 global industrial leaders and insiders to share insights, while the HKTDC Hong Kong International Licensing Show showcased more than 500 licensing projects and brands and featuring nine group pavilions &ndash; the Mainland China Pavilion, the largest, together with DLAB Hong Kong, Macao, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan &ndash; presenting unique brands from various regions. Hong Kong International Licensing Show &amp; Asian Licensing Conference: <a href="https://www.hktdc.com/event/hklicensingshow/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hktdc.com/event/hklicensingshow/en</a>&nbsp;

Asian Licensing Conference – “One minute with” Maura Regan of Licensing International

Takehiko Ohya of Sony Creative Products Inc. (Japan) talks to the HKTDC at the Hong Kong International Licensing Show. The HKTDC Hong Kong International Licensing Show is held in parallel with the Asian Licensing Conference from 19 to 21 April, showcasing more than 500 licensing projects and brands and featuring nine group pavilions &ndash; the Mainland China Pavilion, the largest, together with DLAB Hong Kong, Macao, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan &ndash; presenting unique brands from various regions, while the Asian Licensing Conference invited some 30 global industrial leaders and insiders to share insights. Hong Kong International Licensing Show &amp; Asian Licensing Conference: <a href="https://www.hktdc.com/event/hklicensingshow/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.hktdc.com/event/hklicensingshow/en</a>&nbsp;

Hong Kong Int’l Licensing Show – “One minute with” Takehiko Ohya of Sony Creative Products Inc.

A warm welcome from HKTDC Executive Director Margaret Fong, as Hong Kong steps up its role as a facilitator of business opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Asia and beyond with the resumption of international travel and reopening of borders with Mainland China. With its network of 50 offices across the world and the international fairs and conferences as well as business missions organised year-round, the HKTDC will continue to sustain business momentum by helping businesses transform, fostering partnerships and promoting trade across borders.

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