Successful IP, innovation events strengthen Hong Kong’s trading hub status

More than 400 exhibitors attend BIP Asia, E-Day

Platform costs and exchange rates form main concerns

Online exporters see good sales ahead

New trade routes and green energy on the agenda

Major logistics conference to land in Hong Kong

AFC Capital Partners eyes new sources of capital in Hong Kong

African infrastructure financier makes fresh pitch to professional investors

HKTDC helps businesses connect with Thai officials and discover market opportunities

SMEs keen to explore Thailand market

Survey reveals Hong Kong businesses most optimistic

Greater Bay Area businesses see good prospects ahead

A series of agreements are bringing the two regional hubs closer together

Bahrain readies the red carpet for business from Hong Kong

Upcoming initiatives help businesses seize opportunities in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Hong Kong Chamber doubles down on Southeast Asia

Survey shows clothing, toys and jewellery exporters most optimistic

Exporters upbeat despite cost concerns

This year’s Belt and Road Summit – a key platform for Hong Kong to promote the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – is bringing together more than 80 officials and business leaders to discuss collaboration opportunities in BRI markets.

Event will host 80+ key officials and business leaders

Belt and Road Summit to deepen international cooperation

Hong Kong's logistics sector has deepened its industry connections and partnerships in Kazakhstan – Hong Kong's second-largest trading and export partner in Central Asia – following a successful trade visit organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).

Industry association HAFFA signs MoUs with key stakeholders

Logistics services delegation strengthens ties in Kazakhstan

This year's SmartHK – an annual event focused on boosting connections between Hong Kong and cities in Mainland China – has successfully concluded in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province.

Nanjing event facilitates some 400 business meetings

SmartHK bolsters Hong Kong-Jiangsu collaboration

This year's Belt and Road Summit, bringing together senior government officials and business leaders from across the globe, will run on 11-12 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Senior government officials and business leaders from around the world to attend

Belt and Road Summit to highlight innovation and green development

A delegation led by Paul Lam, Hong Kong SAR Secretary for Justice, visited Shenzhen and Foshan on 6-8 August to showcase Hong Kong's unique advantages as a legal hub.

Conference held in Shenzhen, following Bangkok debut last year

Resolve2Win promotes Hong Kong legal services in Greater Bay Area

A delegation led by Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee signed 30 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City last week, concluding a week-long ASEAN mission to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

Delegation strengthens bilateral ties with 30 MoUs

Hong Kong ASEAN mission concludes in Vietnam

A mission visiting Cambodia has signed a series of business agreements in a range of areas, including trade and investment promotion, innovation and technology, transport, banking, and industrial development.

A delegation led by John Lee signs 13 MoUs to foster mutual economic growth

Hong Kong deepens ties with Cambodia

A group of business leaders visited Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on 28-30 July as part of a three-nation ASEAN mission organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to enhance trade relations and cultural exchange.

A delegation led by Chief Executive signs 12 MoUs to enhance trade relations and cultural exchange

Hong Kong strengthens business cooperation with Laos

Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee leads a delegation to the capital of Laos, Vientiane, this week as the first stop on a three-nation ASEAN visit.

Chief Executive leads an HKTDC-organised visit to Vientiane, enhancing Hong Kong’s superconnector role.

ASEAN mission kicks off in Laos

As Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao links expand, and the quest for talent grows, many expatriates living in Hong Kong find they frequently need to visit Shenzhen, Zhuhai and further afield in the GBA.

Foreign residents of Hong Kong are now able to apply for a mainland travel permit, eliminating lengthy waiting time.

Expats welcome Mainland China card option

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

A surge in exports over the first five months of this year has boosted Hong Kong traders’ confidence and led the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to substantially raise the city’s 2024 export outlook.

Sharp rises in electronics trade and stronger markets across the world take almost all indices above the 50 benchmark.

Confidence rallies on export jump

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is boosting its development of novel productive forces, deploying the city's basic research and development capabilities and the advantages brought by its global status, and actively taking on the national development strategy.

Two cities harness complementary strengths to developing new productive forces.

Hong Kong, Beijing boost innovation

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

Antibiotics are critical weapons against bacterial infections, but resistant pathogens have become a severe problem over the past four decades as few new drugs have been developed.

An innovative Hong Kong start-up develops antibiotics effective against drug-resistant pathogens.

Start-up battles resistant bugs

In May, a Mainland-Hong Kong business delegation explored business opportunities along Belt and Road markets, embarking on the visits to Hungary and Kazakhstan, before returning via Xinjiang.

Mainland China and Hong Kong leaders strengthen Belt and Road ties with Eastern Europe and Central Asia, facilitating 14 MoUs.

Delegation visit boosts Eurasia links

With its wide range of legal expertise, services and talents, Hong Kong is developing into a legal, deal-making and dispute resolution hub in the Asia-Pacific, as part of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s eight-centre strategy.

Secretary for Justice leads an HKTDC-organised delegation to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Hong Kong boosts legal hub role

Traders likely to accelerate shipping in first half of year

Electronics to lead export growth in 2025

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