Hong Kong Business News

The Government today released the Blueprint for Arts & Culture & Creative Industries Development, which sets out a clear vision, principles and strategic directions for the future development of the arts, culture and creative industries.

Promulgating the blueprint at a press conference this afternoon, Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Kevin Yeung said it is a comprehensive policy document of the Government on the long-term development of the arts, culture and creative industries.

“It sets out a clear vision, principles and strategic directions to foster future development to enhance the appeal of Hong Kong's culture, while at the same time boost citizens' sense of achievement and happiness, and further consolidate Hong Kong's position as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchanges and build a diversified cultural environment.”

The blueprint sets out a total of 71 measures under four strategic directions, which include promoting profound traditional Chinese culture and developing cultural contents with Hong Kong character.

To achieve this, the blueprint proposes to enhance the structure of museums; promote the cultural characteristics of the Lingnan legacy; organise and subsidise more activities, exchanges and collaboration related to Chinese culture and history; and nurture talent who are familiar with profound traditional Chinese culture and complement work on patriotic education.

Another strategic direction involves developing diverse arts and culture industries with an international perspective, including measures to develop Hong Kong into a "capital of creativity" and "capital of pop culture", improving the quantity and quality of hardware; and enhancing the cultural environment and broadening audience participation.

Under the third direction, the Government plans to establish international platforms to foster East-meets-West arts and cultural exchanges, which cover consolidating Hong Kong's position as the "capital of international mega arts and cultural events" by hosting and supporting more large-scale, diverse and innovative arts and cultural events.

Additionally, Hong Kong's internationalised curatorial and creative skills will be utilised to promote profound traditional Chinese culture and Hong Kong's unique culture locally and overseas, develop related arts and culture industries, and encourage the industry to participate in national arts and culture work.

Furthermore, arts groups and practitioners from the Mainland and overseas will be attracted to conduct cultural exchanges with Hong Kong.

The final strategic direction aims to enhance the ecosystem for the arts, culture and creative industries by establishing relevant industry chains in Hong Kong; enhancing ecological chains of the cultural and creative talent pool, as well as strengthening market forces to establish mutually beneficial relationships between the arts, cultural and creative industries, and the business sector; supporting industries to explore the Mainland and international markets; and providing better infrastructure and enhance conditions for developing the sectors as industries.