Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office Leads Delegation to Promote HK's IP Services in Guangzhou

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office leads Hong Kong professional services delegation to Guangzhou to promote Hong Kong's professional intellectual property services

To align with the National 15th Five-Year Plan Outline, which calls for the strengthening of intellectual property (IP) protection and utilisation, and support for Hong Kong in deepening its development as a regional IP trading centre, and to promote Hong Kong's professional IP services to enterprises in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Miss Pamela Lam, led a delegation of over 30 representatives from the Hong Kong professional services sector to Guangzhou today (September 9) to attend a Synergising with the GBA: Advancing IP Trade and Business Opportunities seminar (the seminar) organised by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office. The seminar attracted over 300 industry representatives from Hong Kong and various GBA Mainland cities.

The seminar aimed to promote Hong Kong's strengths as a regional IP trading centre to Mainland enterprises in the GBA, and to demonstrate how Hong Kong's professional IP services can assist Mainland enterprises in leveraging IP to expand overseas. It also sought to establish a co-operation platform between Hong Kong professional service providers and GBA enterprises.

Delivering her opening remarks, Miss Lam said that amid the current global economic restructuring, technological innovation has become the core engine of high-quality development. IP is not only about a legal safeguard, but also a core corporate asset and a strategic resource for market competitiveness, representing a substantial source of economic value. The GBA has close to 820 000 valid invention patents, accounting for nearly one-sixth of the national total, fully reflecting its innovation strength. The World Intellectual Property Organisation released yesterday (September 8) the Global Innovation Index 2026 ranking of the top 100 innovation clusters, in which the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster once again ranked first globally, reaffirming the GBA's leading position on the international innovation stage. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will continue to capitalise on Hong Kong's strengths in areas such as legal, taxation and professional services, to seize the opportunities arising from national support for deepening the development of Hong Kong as a regional IP trading centre, strengthen full-spectrum IP protection, and facilitate the commercialisation and industrialisation of innovations.

The seminar was supported by the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department, relevant Mainland government authorities and business organisations, with the Hong Kong Productivity Council and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Promotion Centre as the implementing organisations. Three experts were invited to deliver keynote speeches on "Strategic Roadmap for End-to-end IP Management", "Intellectual Property Trading, Valuation, and Financing", and "Cross-Border Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution". Two panel discussions were also held, during which Assistant Director of Intellectual Property Mr Derek Lau together with five Hong Kong experts and representatives of Mainland enterprises, shared practical experience on how Mainland enterprises leveraged Hong Kong's professional services to expand overseas, as well as success stories of GBA enterprises in IP commercialisation.

Corporate representatives actively asked questions, creating a lively and interactive atmosphere that reflected the strong interest of GBA enterprises in leveraging IP to expand business opportunities, and their keen demand for Hong Kong's professional services. Hong Kong will continue to play the roles of "super connector" and "super value-adder", joining hands with GBA Mainland cities to promote the development of IP trading and jointly explore further co-operation.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office organised a Synergising with the GBA: Advancing IP Trade and Business Opportunities seminar in Guangzhou today (September 9). The seminar attracted over 300 industry representatives from Hong Kong and various GBA Mainland cities. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Miss Pamela Lam (first row, eighth right), led a delegation of over 30 representatives from the Hong Kong professional services sector to Guangzhou today (September 9) to attend a Synergising with the GBA: Advancing IP Trade and Business Opportunities seminar organised by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Miss Pamela Lam, delivers opening remarks at a Synergising with the GBA: Advancing IP Trade and Business Opportunities seminar in Guangzhou today (September 9). Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Matching session and kick-off ceremony of 14th Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music) held

Sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and organised by the Hong Kong Association of Interactive Marketing, the 14th Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music) held its matching session and kick-off ceremony today (October 5), promoting cross-sector collaboration among Hong Kong's advertising, film and television, and music industries.

Speaking at the kick-off ceremony, Assistant Commissioner for Cultural and Creative Industries Miss Yvonne Ip noted that since its launch, the scheme has facilitated collaboration between more than 340 advertising production companies and some 290 groups of singers, providing the local film and television, advertising, and music sectors with a valuable creation platform and hands-on opportunities. CCIDA will continue to actively foster cross-sector collaboration in the local creative industries, with a view to promoting the professionalism, industrialisation and internationalisation of the industries.

This year's scheme consists of two funding categories, namely the "Advertising Production Start-ups" and the "Professional Advertising Production Houses". The selected creative teams will receive production funding as well as professional training and mentoring opportunities to produce original microfilms. At the kick-off ceremony, 10 start-up advertising production companies under the category of "Advertising Production Start-ups" were paired with singers, while the five teams under the category of "Professional Advertising Production Houses" were formed by directors, scriptwriters, singers and advertising production companies individually. The microfilms will premiere online in January next year and will be showcased to the industry at the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) in March next year.

Launched in 2013, the Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music) is a cross-sector collaboration initiative that brings together advertising and film production with music creation. It aims to enable local emerging directors and their creative teams to collaborate with local singers in producing original microfilms, thereby promoting the development of Hong Kong’s creative industry ecosystem.

For more information about the 14th Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music), please visit www.hkmfa.hk (Chinese only).

Matching session and kick-off ceremony of 14th Microfilm Production Support Scheme (Music) held Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases