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173. Hong Kong is a diverse and open community. It is a melting pot of Chinese and Western cultures, where modernity blends with tradition. The Government is committed to developing high-quality arts, cultural and creative industries through continuously developing relevant sectors, promoting Chinese culture and fostering arts and cultural exchanges between China and the rest of the world. The Government will soon promulgate the Blueprint for Arts and Culture and Creative Industries Development, to outline the vision and specific initiatives for the work.
Creative Arts Branding
174. The Government will inject about $1.4 billion and $2.9 billion into the Film Development Fund and the CreateSmart Initiative respectively in 2024/25, to support projects in various areas such as film, arts and design. Among them, the Government will organise the Hong Kong Fashion Design Week annually from 2024 onwards. It is our vision to turn the Hong Kong Fashion Design Week into an Asian fashion design mega event, thereby introducing Hong Kong's fashion design brands internationally.
Signature Performing Arts Programmes
175. The Government has announced the launch of the Signature Performing Arts Programme Scheme. The scheme will support production of representative and large-scale local signature performing arts programmes to be staged as long-running performances and become another cultural icon of Hong Kong. Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau will devise the key arrangements of the Signature Performing Arts Programme Scheme in the first half of 2024.
Large-scale Arts Events
176. We will organise the first Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX) in October this year to provide a comprehensive platform for showcasing top-notch performing arts productions and enhancing exchanges to create business opportunities for these programmes and creative talents. We will also organise the 4th Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival. With more than 100 arts and cultural activities taking place in Hong Kong and different cities of the GBA, the festival is expected to feature about 5 000 artists and draw a total of 140 000 visitors.
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