HONG KONG, Sep 4, 2025 – (ACN Newswire)– Hosted by eBRAM International Online Arbitration and Mediation Centre (“eBRAM”), an independent not-for-profit arbitration and mediation organization developed with the assistance of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the finalizing event of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and the workshop entitled “A New Horizon in Film & TV Trading: Web3 × DMP — Reshaping the Cross-Industry Supply Chain” concluded effectively today. Including professionals from various markets as speakers and panellists, the occasion collected near to a hundred experts, senior executives, and so on, who saw the finalizing of the MOU, and to check out brand-new landscape of movie and television trading.
Following the opening remarks provided by Dr. Thomas So, JP, Chairman of eBRAM, a welcome remarks was made by Dr. Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, SBS, JP, Deputy Secretary for Justice of HKSAR. Together with Ms. Zhang Yumei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Law of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, they saw the finalizing of the MOU in between eBRAM and Radio Television Hong Kong, the Association of Motion Picture Post Production Professionals, and Asia Pacific Creativity Industries Association, with the celebrations dedicating to working together in promoting legal innovation application in the movie and television cultural market. In his welcome address, Deputy Secretary Cheung explained that being among the essential movie and television production centers in the Asia-Pacific area, Hong Kong functions as a “super-connector” in between the Mainland China and global markets. To promote the healthy advancement of the market, the Department of Justice continues to advance the advancement of legal innovation application and conflict resolution systems, improving the legal assistance structure through different policies and procedures to cultivate market development. At the exact same time, eBRAM’s Deal-Making Portal (DMP) serves as a crucial tool for the market to attend to obstacles, supplying an easier channel for cooperation conversations and more effective legal rights security, supporting the constant advancement of the market in the long term.
“CEPA” Promotes Connectivity Between the Film and Television Industries in Mainland China and Hong Kong Attracting International Capital Inflows and the Industry To Go Global
The nation has actually actively modified the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (“CEPA”) – Agreement on Trade in Services, to speed up developing a brand-new typical in movie and television cooperation in between Mainland China and Hong Kong. In his keynote speech, Dr. Johnny Ng Kit-chong, MH, JP, Member of the Legislative Council and Director of eBRAM, shared his insights and described how the freshly modified CEPA can improve and help with the upgrade and advancement of the movie and television cultural markets in the 2 locations. Dr. Ng explained that CEPA has actually injected core motivation into the movie and television markets in Hong Kong and the Mainland China. Co-productions of Hong Kong movies and television programs would be dealt with the like Mainland productions, reducing market gain access to for them and permitting upgrade throughout the whole market chain, from development, production, financial investment to circulation and screening. The elimination of limitations on innovative groups likewise assists protect the innovative flexibility and individuality of Hong Kong’s movie and television developments. For the market in Mainland China, the much better structure allows it to take advantage of the global platform in Hong Kong in directing capital to accelerate global cooperation and task advancement. Such thorough combination can drive two-way circulation of skill, funds and jobs, opening broader channels for Hong Kong’s movie and television market to go into the mainland market, and enhancing the possible inflow of worldwide capital and innovations, while likewise helping mainland China’s movie and television business in broadening into global markets through Web3 innovation.
Synergistic Application of Legal Technology and Web3 to Reshape Entire Film and Television Industry Chain
At the workshop entitled “On-chain Collaboration X Legal Protection: The Digital Transformation Journey of the Hong Kong Film and TV Industry in the Web3 Generation”Mr. Albert Leung, Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of eBRAM, Mr. Alan Chiu, Partner at ELLALAN, Mr. Kaijun Huang, Senior Partner at Beijing Dacheng (Shanghai) Law Offices, LLP, Mr. Rex Ma, Honorary President of the Asia Pacific Creativity Industries Association, Dr. Cheney Tsoi, President of the Asia Blockchain Society, and Dr. Alex Lau, Partner at the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Advisory Service, went over the digital change and cross-border cooperation of the movie and television market in the Web3 age. Speakers highlighted the structural effects that Web3 innovation gives the movie and television market, and evaluated typical barriers and debates in technological adjustment and cross-border cooperation within the market. The conversation highlighted that legal innovation improves copyright security in both Mainland China and Hong Kong, while discussing that Web3 presents disintermediation and wise agreement applications to the market chain, functioning as the core for developing a reliable trading environment and improving the performance of cross-border movie and television agreements and run the risk of management. Conversations likewise mentioned how blockchain is improving cooperation design of the movie and television market, stressing the function of DMP in improvement and disagreement avoidance. It discussed that through eBRAM’s DMP and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform, the market can take advantage of tools like clever agreements and blockchain proof to supply smooth online trading and legal security to cooperative jobs, helping with effective cross-border market tradings and fixes typical copyright and agreement conflicts in cross-border cooperations, as such, combining Hong Kong’s position as a bridge for Sino-foreign movie and television cultural cooperation, and highlighting the vital function of innovation and law in driving market development, safeguarding rights, and improving cooperation effectiveness.
Dr. Thomas So, JP, Chairman of eBRAMstated, “eBRAM is really honoured to sign the MOU and joint hands with the numerous movie and television, and cultural imaginative organizations to construct an effective, expert and safe one-stop cross- jurisdiction online ‘innovation + law’ option platform for the market. With the assistance of legal innovation and Web3 blockchain innovation, the platform will help business in efficiently linking resources and partners, clarifying legal terms and offering digital disagreement resolution options when required, developing together the world’s very first incorporated environment of ‘Film and television x Web3 x Legal Technology’ with worldwide impact, and starting tactical release of Hong Kong’s Web3 cultural and innovative market. We anticipate inviting more movie and television, and cultural innovative organizations in various areas to sign up with to best our community, and help with healthy cross-border advancement and cooperation in the movie and television, and cultural innovative market.”
In November in 2015, eBRAM signed an MOU on “International Dispute Resolution in the Film and Television Industry” with Hengdian Film and Television Industry Association and Dongyang Law Society, and in March this year, it took part in the Hong Kong International Film and Television Market (FILMART). Such efforts speak volumes to its dedication to presenting the DMP and ODR platforms to the movie and television market and assisting in healthy and synergistic cross-border and cross-media advancement. On the structure of the current MOU signed with regional movie and television cultural organizations, together with nationwide policy assistance, eBRAM wants to utilize its platforms to bring a constant steam of brand-new chances for movie and television partnership in between Mainland China and Hong Kong, promoting extensive combination and ingenious advancement within the market.
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Dr. Thomas So, JP, Chairman of eBRAM, host the opening of the occasion.
Dr. Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, SBS, JP, Deputy Secretary for Justice of HKSAR, provides welcome remarks at the occasion.
Dr. Johnny Ng Kit-chong, MH, JP, Member of the Legislative Council and Director of eBRAM, provides keynote speech at the occasion.
Ms. Zhang Yumei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Law of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR( Left 3 )and Dr. Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, SBS, JP, Deputy Secretary for Justice of HKSAR(Right 3), together witness the finalizing of the MOU in between Dr. Thomas So, JP, Chairman of eBRAM(Right 2), Ms. Angelina Kwan, JP, Director of Broadcasting at Radio Television Hong Kong(Left 2), Mr. Stephen Ma, Vice President of the Association of Motion Picture Post Production Professionals(Left 1), and Ms. Linda Lam, President of the Asia Pacific Creativity Industries Association(Right 1).
(From Left to Right)Mr. Kaijun Huang, Senior Partner at Beijing Dacheng (Shanghai)Law Offices, Mr. Alan Chiu, Partner at ELLALAN, LLP, Mr. Rex Ma, Honorary President of the Asia Pacific Creativity Industries Association, Mr. Albert Leung, Acting Chief Executive Officer of eBRAM, Dr. Cheney Tsoi, President of the Asia Blockchain Society, and Dr. Alex Lau, Partner at the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Advisory Service, participate in an extensive conversation on the digital change and cross-border cooperation of the movie and television market in the Web3 age throughout the workshop.
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Olivia Kung, Member of the eBRAM Board of Directors, Chairman of the Marketing Task Force, provides closing remarks at the occasion.
About eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre
eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre (“eBRAM”) is a not-for-profit business restricted by warranty developed in 2018, with the assistance of Asian Academy of International Law Ltd, Hong Kong Bar Association, and The Law Society of Hong Kong. eBRAM jobs itself to raise Hong Kong’s arbitration and mediation services and construct capability to fulfill the quickly broadening need for online conflict resolution and deal-making services throughout the borders by using ingenious innovations to allow the city to end up being a LawTech centre and center for global organization conflict avoidance and resolution and work together with worldwide organisations and taking part economies such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Belt-and-Road nations and beyond.
eBRAM has actually established its ODR platform and DMP Portal leveraging the most recent innovations, consisting of expert system, blockchain and cloud. Cybersecurity and information personal privacy are our leading concerns, and eBRAM strives to make sure the security of details continued and kept on its platform.
For more details, please go to the organisation’s main site, LinkedIn, and Wechat Official Account (eBRAM).
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