About Soaring Creativity

Co-organized by Hong Kong Publishing Federation and The Hong Printers Association and sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the “Soaring Creativity” project was held since 2011 to showcase the creativity and achievements of Hong Kong’s publishing and printing industry to the world by setting up“Hong Kong Pavilion” in a number of major international books fairs.

Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited
Hong Kong Publishing Federation Limited (HKPF) was founded in 1994. It is the most representative trade organization of the publishing industry in Hong Kong. Founding members of HKPF are Hong Kong Book and Stationery Industry Association Company Limited, The Hong Kong Publishers and Distributors Association, Educational Booksellers’ Association Limited, The Anglo-Chinese Textbook Publishers Organization Limited, Hong Kong Book & Magazine Trade Association Limited, The Hong Kong Publishing Professionals Society Limited, The Hong Kong Educational Publishers Association Limited and Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited. HKPF aims to promote the development of Hong Kong’s creative publishing industry, strengthen industry cohesion, protect industry interests, and foster industry cooperation with its counterparts on the Chinese Mainland, Chinese Taiwan, Chinese Macau and overseas.  
 
Recent Developments and Competitive Niche ofHong Kong’s Publishing Industry
Hong Kong’s publishing industry is heading towards modernization and internationalization with its keen business sense, dynamic thinking and broad vision. Today, Hong Kong has already become a significant distribution centre for books and publications in Asia-Pacific, which empowers Hong Kong to play an important role in the cultural and creative industries as well as in the media domain.
An Open Market
Hong Kong is a completely open and diversified market that cultivates a vast diversity of different products with quality content or innovative concepts. An open market also allows the free circulation of imported books from the Mainland, Taiwan, Europe and America, which are all widely available for sale in Hong Kong. Such availability helps readers raise their ability to appreciate and accept wide-ranging literary works. It also enables non-mainstream books to enter the market and creates a healthy environment for further development.
Mature Market Mechanism
Hong Kong enjoys a relatively mature market mechanism with high awareness of copyright issues and standardized trading regulations. Along with high industrial credibility, risks in dead loans and bad debts are relatively low. In addition, Hong Kong enterprises have long been influenced by management styles of western societies. Such influence enables these enterprises to have higher awareness of modern enterprise management, which is beneficial to the continual improvement of overall efficiency in their operations.
 
Convergence of Eastern and Western Cultures
Hong Kong has a unique cultural background and is positioned at a convergent point of Eastern and Western cultures. The openness of the society and the active tides of thoughts bring together ideas from different cultures, stimulating endless creativity. The low threshold of business operations encourages emergence of new publishers with creative ideas every year, maintaining the vitality and competitiveness of the local publishing industry.
 
Innovative ideas
Outstanding publishing concepts cannot come to life without quality printing technologies. Hong Kong, as one of the world’s top four printing centres, has always possessed forefront printing technologies that can turn wild fantasies into reality. The recent success in pop-up book publishing is a prime example.
 
International perspective
Hong Kong’s creative industries have always been in a leading position in Asia. Most of the talent from creative industries are working across different media, introducing new blood and new concepts to the publishing industry. On top of that, Hong Kong’s free flow of information, flexibility and global vision allow her publishing industry to maintain an irreplaceable position in the rapidly changing world.
The Hong Kong Printers Association
The Hong Kong Printers Association (HKPA) is the longest-history and most representative printing organization in Hong Kong. Since its establishment in 1939, HKPA has not only witnessed the development of the industry, but has also grown with it. Through its communications with governments and other institutes, its publication and website, various conferences and study missions, as well as its professional training centre, HKPA has enhanced the cohesion and competitiveness of Hong Kong’s printing industry, and has acted as a bridge connecting it with the Mainland and the rest of the world.
 
Recent Development and Competency of Hong Kong Printing Industry
The printing industry in Hong Kong is internationally renowned for its excellent services, professional working teams, rewarding and quality products, innovative design and green production. Together with the sound legal and financial systems and the well-developed infrastructure, Hong Kong’s printing enterprises are endorsed by the worldwide clients.
Top-notch Service
Hong Kong printing companies thrive on providing one-stop service by actively seeking quality partners to undertake every production process, including the coordinating services such as logistics and postage. Not only can the clients be exempted from the hassle of dealing with separate service providers, but they can also receive regular updates of their orders, which enhance their comfort and convenience of the whole trading process.
Extraordinary Manpower
Enterprises in Hong Kong have rich experience in foreign trading. They are operated by bilingual employees who can effectively communicate with clients from different regions and fully understand their actual needs. With the global vision and foresights of the enterprises, they are able to keep the clients updated about the latest market development and global trends. With the sufficient information gathered, they are also capable of guiding the clients Recent Development and Competency of Hong Kong Printing Industry to making the best decisions regarding the current market situation. Since some of the enterprises have set up factories in the Mainland, clients can enjoy the subtle craftsmanship by the workers there. Together with the superb management system in Hong Kong, the quality of products is ensured.
 
Respect for Intellectual Property
The printing industry in Hong Kong acknowledges the importance of the intellectual property and regarded it as a cornerstone of the development of creative industries, and our society. It is also a prerequisite for the acquisition of the clients’ trust and respect. In view of this, the printing companies in Hong Kong put great effort in protecting the intellectual property and safeguarding the contents and concepts of clients’ publications from illegitimate use.
 
Green Printing
Hong Kong printing industry plays an important role in socio-cultural and economic development by covering the entire production chain of the cultural and creative industries. Printers and publishers have poured unlimited creativity into the production of a variety of books. In addition, they have devoted their time into researching and developing innovative methods and techniques to best showcase the creativity of different products. They have also achieved an outstanding contribution to human civilization and cultural education by inputting extra creativity into the design of children books and educational toys, which is essential in stimula.
 
Creative Printing Creative Printing
Hong Kong printing industry plays an important role in socio-cultural and economic development by covering the entire production chain of the cultural and creative industries. Printers and publishers have poured unlimited creativity into the production of a variety of books. In addition, they have devoted their time into researching and developing innovative methods and techniques to best showcase the creativity of different products. They have also achieved an outstanding contribution to human civilization and cultural education by inputting extra creativity into the design of children books and educational toys, which is essential in stimulating the learning interests of children.
Sponsor:

Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA)

The Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) established in June 2024, formerly known as Create Hong Kong (CreateHK), is a dedicated office set up by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR Government) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau to provide one-stop services and support to the cultural and creative industries with a mission to foster a conducive environment in Hong Kong to facilitate the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries. Its strategic foci are nurturing talent and facilitating start-ups, exploring markets, promoting cross-sectoral and cross-genre collaboration, promoting the development of arts, culture and creative sectors as industries under the industry-oriented principle, and promoting Hong Kong as Asia’s creative capital and fostering a creative atmosphere in the community to implement Hong Kong’s positioning as the East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the National 14th Five-Year Plan.

 
 
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Organizing Committee
Soaring Creativity —Hong Kong Pavilion Organizing Committee Title Name Industry Organization Title
Chairlady Ms. Terri Chan Hong Kong Publishing Federation Vice Chairlady
Vice Chairman Mr. Matthew Yum The Hong Kong Printers Association Vice Chairman
Consultant Dr. Elvin Lee Hong Kong Publishing Federation Chairman
Consultant Mr. Jackson Leung The Hong Kong Printers Association Chairman
Committee Member & 2022 SCBF-HK Pavilion Chairman Mr. William So Hong Kong Publishing Federation Vice Chairman
Committee Member & 2022 BIBF-HK Pavilion Chairman Ms. Janice Yip Hong Kong Publishing Federation Committee Member
Committee Member Dr. Sharon Wong Hong Kong Publishing Federation Committee Member
Secretariat Ms. Edith Ho Hong Kong Publishing Federation Secretary 
Secretariat Ms. Christine Cheung The Hong Kong Printers Association Secretary General