Hong Kong Pavilion Showcases Local Design at Licensing Show 2026 to Boost Creative Industry Collaboration and Growth

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion

The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau sponsored the seventh Design Licensing and Business (DLAB) Support Scheme, organised by the Innovative Entrepreneur Association, to participate in the Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up the DLAB Hong Kong Pavilion therein. Running for three days from today (April 27) to April 29, the Hong Kong Pavilion showcases original creations from 39 selected local design companies, with the aim of creating more collaboration opportunities for designers, thereby driving the industrialisation of original design intellectual properties (IPs) and enhancing Hong Kong's cultural soft power.

The Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum, attended the opening ceremony of the Licensing Show this morning and visited the exhibition to explore licensing industry trends. The Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau, hosted the DLAB Hong Kong Pavilion Launching Ceremony in the afternoon. Their presence demonstrated the Government's support for bolstering Hong Kong's position as the regional IP trading centre. CCIDA has been facilitating collaborative projects involving potential cultural IPs across a range of sectors, including animation and comics, printing and publishing, design, film, and art technology, further propelling the cultural and creative industries as an important driving force for Hong Kong's economic development.

With professional training, workshops and mentorship by the advisory committee under the DLAB Support Scheme, designers transform Hong Kong's unique cultural heritage into commercially viable designs, and eventually showcase their creations through the Hong Kong Pavilion to buyers and industry professionals from around the world. In addition, CCIDA earlier sponsored designers to participate in a study mission to the Greater Bay Area (GBA), facilitating collaboration with industry players in the region and enabling expansion into the GBA and the wider Chinese Mainland market.

CCIDA has sponsored the DLAB Support Scheme since 2018 for seven consecutive editions, having supported over 300 local creative enterprises and facilitating over 5 000 business contacts and matching cases in total. For more information on the scheme, please visit www.dlabhk.com.

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

CCIDA sponsors industry to participate in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and set up Hong Kong Pavilion Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Two more trial projects on hydrogen fuel technology given agreement-in-principle by Inter-departmental Working Group on Using Hydrogen as Fuel

A spokesman for the Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB) said today (April 27) that the Inter-departmental Working Group on Using Hydrogen as Fuel has given agreement-in-principle to two more applications for trial projects on hydrogen fuel technology.

The said projects concern two applications submitted by Concord Bus Company Limited and Sun Sang Tourist Company Limited respectively, with each project involving trying out two hydrogen fuel cell coaches for local passenger services.

The spokesperson for the EEB stated, "The Working Group has promptly initiated the examination process upon receipt of detailed information regarding the trial projects. The Working Group gave agreement-in-principle to these two applications on April 22."

To date, the Working Group has given agreement-in-principle in stages to a total of 37 applications for hydrogen energy trial projects. The Working Group will continue to make reference to the operational data and experience collected from the trials, in order to provide advice for the continuous enhancement of the safety and technical guidelines on the local application of hydrogen energy. Details are set out on the thematic webpage (cnsd.gov.hk/en/inter-departmental-working-group-on-using-hydrogen-as-fuel).

The Working Group is formed by the EEB, the Transport and Logistics Bureau, the Development Bureau, the Security Bureau, the Environmental Protection Department, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, the Fire Services Department, the Transport Department, the Marine Department, the Planning Department, the Lands Department, the Buildings Department, the Architectural Services Department and the Labour Department.

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