Recent survey highlights significant potential to expand bilateral trade.

Italian firms set sights on Hong Kong as Asia’s gateway

Hong Kong brand Bombol has launched a light foldable baby booster seat which has won numerous international awards and received orders from five-star hotels and high-end restaurants.

Social media promotion increased sales as Covid pandemic restricted physical shopping.

Folding baby chair wins plaudits

To introduce a technology brand well established in Europe, but new to Asia, Martino Criveller, Company Director, Passo Avanti Limited, made use of the shop window provided by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) trade fairs.

An Italian technology company’s Hong Kong partner uses HKTDC services to expand its market.

Digital closets iron-out garment logistics

The diverse world of wine ranges from ancient producers such as Georgia to newcomers such as Myanmar – and the nature and heritage of wine-related products is equally diverse.

An Italian academy aims to educate students of all levels – from enthusiasts to sommeliers – on the beauty of the country’s wines.

The wisdom of the vine

The rapid growth of healthcare spending, combined with accommodating financial markets, has made Hong Kong the perfect springboard into Asia for new biotech businesses. Acknowledging this, experts at the recent “Maximising Business Opportunities through Hong Kong on Healthcare Technology and Investment Collaboration” webinar, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), set out to explain how European healthcare start‑ups and other companies can leverage the city’s strategic position, especially its close ties with Mainland China, to benefit from the rapid growth of healthcare spending in the region.

Asia’s status as the world’s fastest-growing healthcare market, with Mainland China in the lead, makes the city a natural choice for firms eager to expand.

Medtech firms prescribe Hong Kong

The word “island” conjures up images of palm trees rustling in the wind while waves lap a golden beach – peace and tranquillity.

A healthy-living focused start-up finds original solutions to pandemic challenges.

Survival, island style

Leaf through any pictorial history book on Hong Kong and you cannot avoid noticing that the city has always been closely linked to the sea – pages will be full of images of tea clippers, junks, sampans, steamers and container freighters.

A luxury yacht maker with a lengthy history sees Hong Kong as a good home port in the region.

Smooth sailing from fragrant harbour

Hong Kong’s Italian community has grown and is now 5,000-strong.

The city’s growing Italian community commemorates Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci, half a millennium on.

Italy celebrates Hong Kong links

High-level exchanges in Milan explore business opportunities, evolving economic priorities.

TBTHK maps out closer ties between Italy and Hong Kong

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The Think Business, Think Hong Kong (TBTHK) signature promotion organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) was held on 27 November in Milan to promote bilateral trade and investment with Italy.<br /><br />Returning to Italy for the first time since 2014, the TBTHK event attracted over 1,000 participants. The TBTHK symposium was held at Palazzo Mezzanotte &ndash; home of the Italian Stock Exchange &ndash; and attended by some 760 participants, reaffirming the strong and growing relationship between Hong Kong and Italy. Over 240 leaders of the Italian, European and Hong Kong business communities joined the Hong Kong Dinner.<br /><br />TBTHK Milan gathered over 90 delegates from Hong Kong, including government officials, business and creative industry leaders, financial and professional services providers, investors and start-up entrepreneurs, as well as executives from Chinese Mainland companies based in Hong Kong for a day of dialogue, networking and partnership building with Italian companies keen to expand into Asia.

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