Import and export volumes up 9.8% last year

Foreign trade, new business drive Guangdong’s economy

Businesses in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area are optimistic on prospects, with sentiment among those in Hong Kong showing strong improvement. The mood among innovation and technology (I&T) firms in Hong Kong is especially buoyant.

Confident outlook for the innovation sector in Hong Kong hits 76.

Prospects bright for GBA firms

To help Hong Kong enterprises understand opportunities in Futian, on the western side of Shenzhen, which shares a boundary with Hong Kong, the GoGBA Hong Kong Business support centre in the city organised an exchange group for the Enter the Greater Bay Area - Hong Kong Business Futian Entrepreneurship Exploration and Networking Meeting.

A 40-strong group learns about business opportunities in innovative industries in the GBA.

Entrepreneurs explore I&T opportunities

Promoting Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries and development of IP trade, HKTDC’s creative and licensing trade fairs in April collectively attracted over 60,000 buyers from 127 countries and regions.

The fairs featuring sustainable, cultural and creative products attracted over 60,000 buyers.

Gifts, printing and packaging events foster cross-industry opportunities

2,200 exhibitors from 17 countries and regions expanded their business networks and pioneered new markets at the HKTDC-organised Home InStyle and Fashion InStyle, which attracted some 24,000 buyers from 100 countries and regions, with a significant presence from Mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan and the United States.

The events connected international industry professionals and buyers, amid an optimistic sales-growth outlook.

Homeware and fashion fairs prove Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s creative capital

Hong Kong toy manufacturers are committed to developing environmentally friendly toys and providing green supply chain solutions, as sustainability becomes a driving force in the economy.

Brand sets out global plan to ensure industry uses sustainable supply chains.

Toy maker leads green drive

Toys have been linked to stories for many years and the intellectual property industry is using steadily more sophisticated measures to capitalise on this well-established trend.

Licensed toys are a key growth category, drawing in high-end brands.

Kidults boost IP toy market

The trade-fair year in Hong Kong enjoyed a strong launch this week, as buyers from across the world visited to the three child-focused events, with the HKTDC Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair celebrating 50 years.

Opportunities abound, as buyers flock to trio of shows on the Toys Fair half-centenary.

Strong launch for first three trade fairs of 2024

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

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

Plant-based foods rich in sustainably sourced protein have become popular among environmentally and health-conscious consumers, creating green business opportunities.

A start-up wins laurels for its innovative technology creating plant-based chicken meals from processing residue.

Peanut waste becomes high-protein meat

Mineral-rich Northeast China, comprising the coastal Liaoning and landlocked Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, has traditionally been a centre for heavy industry and is now reworking itself as a hub for high-value, high-technology production.

Belt and Road is crucial in the high-technology drive by the Northeast.

Hong Kong, Liaoning deepen cooperation

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 Home Delights Expo presents a dazzling array of innovative products and premier brands designed to enhance the taste of life. Public visitors can enjoy an exciting shopping journey and flash offers and also attend a number of fabulous events such as cooking demonstrations by star chefs and product launches.

Feast of household shopping completes trio of home-focused events.

HKTDC Home Delights Expo

From robotics to smart kitchens, the city is moving ahead in innovation.

Delegation explores Dongguan’s high-tech leap

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Delegation explores Dongguan’s high-tech leap

Foreign trade, new business drive Guangdong’s economy

Prospects bright for GBA firms

Entrepreneurs explore I&T opportunities

Gifts, printing and packaging events foster cross-industry opportunities

Homeware and fashion fairs prove Hong Kong’s status as Asia’s creative capital

Toy maker leads green drive

Kidults boost IP toy market

Strong launch for first three trade fairs of 2024

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