CCIDA sponsors market to take part in Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and established Hong Kong Pavilion (with images)
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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, arranged by the Innovative Entrepreneur Association, to take part in the Hong Kong International Licensing Show 2026 and established the DLAB Hong Kong Pavilion therein. Running for 3 days from today (April 27) to April 29, the Hong Kong Pavilion showcases initial developments from 39 picked regional style business, with the objective of developing more partnership chances for designers, therefore driving the industrialisation of initial style copyrights (IPs) and improving Hong Kong’s cultural soft power.
The Permanent Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ms Vivian Sum, went to the opening event of the Licensing Show today and checked out the exhibit to check out licensing market patterns. The Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau, hosted the DLAB Hong Kong Pavilion Launching Ceremony in the afternoon. Their existence showed the Government’s assistance for reinforcing Hong Kong’s position as the local IP trading centre. CCIDA has actually been assisting in collective jobs including possible cultural IPs throughout a variety of sectors, consisting of animation and comics, printing and publishing, style, movie, and art innovation, additional moving the cultural and innovative markets as an essential driving force for Hong Kong’s financial advancement.
With expert training, workshops and mentorship by the advisory committee under the DLAB Support Scheme, designers change Hong Kong’s distinct cultural heritage into commercially feasible styles, and ultimately display their developments through the Hong Kong Pavilion to purchasers and market specialists from around the globe. In addition, CCIDA previously sponsored designers to take part in a research study objective to the Greater Bay Area (GBA), helping with cooperation with market gamers in the area and making it possible for growth into the GBA and the broader Chinese Mainland market.
CCIDA has actually sponsored the DLAB Support Scheme considering that 2018 for 7 successive editions, having actually supported over 300 regional innovative business and helping with over 5 000 organization contacts and matching cases in overall. For more details on the plan, please go to www.dlabhk.com.