HK-Business Made Easy
GBA - Business and Professional Services
10/02/2024
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Executive Producer：Margaret Liu
10/02/2024
The Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong plays a crucial role in the burgeoning development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), and InvestHK has made significant contributions in facilitating the region’s prosperity. It has especially set up a professional GBA team to provide enterprises with vast opportunities, helping its clients in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region connect with the rest of the world by making full use of Hong Kong’s geographical advantages as Asia’s business hub.
In this episode, we will introduce two companies that have expanded their business into the GBA: Ernst & Young and Paul Lafayet. Through a series of interviews, we will learn about the advantages of investing in the GBA. We will also have an in-depth dialogue with InvestHK to find out how the organisation works with its clients to tap into the GBA market and connect with mainland China.
By collaborating with InvestHK and bringing industry leaders from around the world to share their expertise, companies can expand rapidly in Hong Kong and the GBA to reach greater heights.
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Family Office
Family Offices
Family offices are companies that specialise in providing investment, financial, and succession planning services to high-net-worth families. As a major asset and wealth management centre in Asia, Hong Kong has attracted numerous family offices to set up here. To enhance our city’s status as an all-encompassing international financial hub, InvestHK not only assists with the establishment of family offices, but also aids the industry in seizing this new investment opportunity.
The enormous assets managed by family offices are diverted towards various investment projects, benefiting Hong Kong’s overall economy in the long term. InvestHK’s designated family office team actively organises a diverse range of seminars for different clients to help family offices with potential to grow further.
In this episode, we will introduce two family offices. Through a series of interviews, we will learn about the advantages of investing in Hong Kong. We will also have an in-depth dialogue with InvestHK to find out how the organisation has been supporting and assisting family offices through various channels over the years, so as to enable them to grow faster than expected. What practical assistance does InvestHK provide to its clients to help them develop so rapidly?02/03/2024Watch -
Innovation and Technology
I&T, Logistics, Infrastructure, and High-End Manufacturing
I&T is a core pillar of sustainable economic development in Hong Kong, and the government has invested vast resources into the sector in recent years. As the number of projects backed by both public and private funding continue to grow, the local I&T ecosystem is gradually flourishing.
In this episode, we will look at how three overseas and mainland Chinese companies are leveraging Hong Kong’s advantages as a base of operations to break into the international and mainland markets. Founded in 1986, Ushio Hong Kong is a Japanese-owned enterprise located in Yuen Long Industrial Estate. It has been actively developing AI and robotics technologies in recent years, as well as working with many local startups to create various electronic products.
In addition, Hong Kong is actively promoting the transition to a smart city, in which self-driving vehicles play an essential role. Two mainland Chinese companies – Uisee and Westwell – have each introduced an advanced driverless and management system at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and Kwai Tsing Container Terminals respectively. InvestHK has seized this opportune timing to provide them with comprehensive support in developing their business in Hong Kong.
The all-encompassing nature of the Hong Kong market creates new business opportunities for all industries, making the city an ideal place to conduct business. The two mainland autonomous vehicle companies hope to expand internationally by establishing their base of operations in Hong Kong.17/02/2024Watch -
GBA - Business and Professional Services
The Greater Bay Area
Hong Kong plays a crucial role in the burgeoning development of the Greater Bay Area (GBA), and InvestHK has made significant contributions in facilitating the region’s prosperity. It has especially set up a professional GBA team to provide enterprises with vast opportunities, helping its clients in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region connect with the rest of the world by making full use of Hong Kong’s geographical advantages as Asia’s business hub.
In this episode, we will introduce two companies that have expanded their business into the GBA: Ernst & Young and Paul Lafayet. Through a series of interviews, we will learn about the advantages of investing in the GBA. We will also have an in-depth dialogue with InvestHK to find out how the organisation works with its clients to tap into the GBA market and connect with mainland China.
By collaborating with InvestHK and bringing industry leaders from around the world to share their expertise, companies can expand rapidly in Hong Kong and the GBA to reach greater heights.10/02/2024Watch -
Consumer Product
Consumer Products
According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong will exceed 30 million in 2023. In addition to being a lucrative market in its own right, Hong Kong also provides businesses with opportunities to expand into the mainland China market. Thanks to the city's reputation as a "shopping paradise", as well as its strategic geographical location, professionals in the consumer goods industry can easily connect with suppliers and customers in Hong Kong.
Founded in 1848, Lao Feng Xiang is a leading jewellery brand in mainland China. With the assistance of InvestHK, it gradually came to understand the Hong Kong market and local consumer culture, which helped lay the foundation for the brand's internationalisation and global expansion. Meanwhile, @cosme is a cosmetics and beauty website founded in Japan in 1999. Since entering the Hong Kong market in 2019, the brand has endured the COVID-19 pandemic and opened three stores. InvestHK has also been providing support to this company, in the hope of enabling it to gain a firm foothold in the city and expand further.03/02/2024Watch -
Fintech
As an international fintech hub, Hong Kong not only serves as an operating location for numerous financial institutions, but is also the cradle of many formidable fintech start-ups. InvestHK plays an indispensable role in all of this. In addition to assembling a professional fintech team to help foreign investors set up companies and expand their business in Hong Kong, it also holds regular fintech forums to facilitate the connection between financial sector elites by bringing together investors, industry leaders, and start-ups from around the world.
In this episode, we will introduce two fintech companies: Synpulse and Aereve. Through a series of interviews, we will learn about the advantages that fintech companies enjoy by planting roots in Hong Kong. We will also have an in-depth dialogue with InvestHK to find out how the organisation assists its clients in expanding their business, as well as how it is helping these two promising enterprises reach greater heights.
The reasons for setting up in Hong Kong is another key topic that will be explored. Through different stories, we will gain insight into how the city has become the most important base of operations for investors the world over. The myriad opportunities they bring to Hong Kong have enabled the city to uphold its reputation as Asia’s business hub.27/01/2024Watch -
Creative Industries
Creative Industries
As an international metropolis where East meets West, Hong Kong has had a longstanding reputation as Asia’s cultural and creative capital. It even became one of the three largest art markets in the world in recent years. With major international art exhibitions being held in Hong Kong, as well as the world's top galleries putting down roots in the city, many multinational creative companies have been drawn here to explore business opportunities in areas such as arts and culture, design media, digital marketing, and advertising.
Renowned Korean digital design and immersive media technology company, d’strict, has chosen Hong Kong as its first overseas base. It opened the ARTE M digital exhibition space and office here in October 2022 to showcase d’strict’s immersive media art, as well as cutting-edge digital designs and aesthetics. This move serves as the company’s first step in a two-pronged approach to expand into the global market.
Creative Technology is a world-leading supplier of specialist audio visual equipment with offices in Europe, the US, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific region. Recognising the needs of the Hong Kong market, it has set up in the city to provide high-quality support and equipment services for international fairs, top-tier competitions, as well as music and arts events. The company is actively seeking to expand its footprint.
With the full support of the government, Hong Kong's arts, culture, and creative ecosystems are becoming increasingly vibrant. This is sure to bring unprecedented business opportunities for enterprises in these sectors.20/01/2024Watch -
Business and Professional Services
Business and Professional Services
Despite having experienced the pandemic of the century, a global economic downturn, and geopolitical instability in recent years, Hong Kong’s business and professional services sector has still managed to achieve reasonable growth. In this episode, we will look at how two overseas companies are faring in this city, as well as how InvestHK is supporting them through a diverse range of consulting and business matching services.
The Great Room is a co-working space located in Eastern District on Hong Kong Island. The company headquartered in Singapore that operates it officially entered the Hong Kong market in April 2019 by opening a 24,000-square-foot shared office. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the group’s vision shifted towards developing their spaces into a leading high-end brand, as well as creating environments that encourage exploration and interaction for professionals who wish to expand their social circles while working.
In the 2023 Policy Address, the Chief Executive proposed to direct efforts towards forging Hong Kong into an international post-secondary education hub, facilitating the establishment of universities of applied sciences, and enhancing the status of vocational and professional education and training while promoting traditional academic education.
Occupying an area of 150,000 square feet, the newly completed UOW College Hong Kong campus in Tai Wai is fully equipped with educational and recreational facilities. The institution’s President, Currie Tsang, says that in addition to furthering their studies at the Hong Kong campus, graduates can also progress onto various bridging courses offered by the university’s headquarters in Australia.
The Hong Kong Government has recently launched measures to attract global talent, including the introduction of the "Top Talent Pass Scheme" and the expansion of the Talent List. These efforts will inject more creativity into the business and professional services industry, so that our city can continue to draw foreign investment and enable economic activity to flourish.13/01/2024Watch -
Tourism and Hospitality
Hong Kong is a gourmet paradise where you can find almost every cuisine imaginable. A key driver behind the thriving of the local F&B industry and trading companies is the purchasing power of the Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area populations, which stand at close to 7.5 million and over 86 million respectively. Many foreign invested enterprises have been able to develop their F&B business in Hong Kong with the support of InvestHK.
In this episode, we will introduce hana-musubi, a brand that started from scratch in Hong Kong and now has more than 140 outlets in the city. Its founder, Muneo Nishida, is on a mission to revitalise Japanese agriculture. In addition to bringing “omusubi” (rice balls) to Hong Kong, he is also giving back to the local community through his business. Meanwhile, Matt Reid, the co-founder of the brand KIN, is a champion of environmental protection and sustainable eating. He is determined to introduce this F&B ecosystem to Hong Kong, in the hope that diners can have access to healthy and eco-friendly food.
Producer: Chan Tsz-yan
Executive Producer: Margaret Liu06/01/2024Watch
