Government of Hong Kong

“ Creative Industries: Creative industries are important economic drivers for Hong Kong. They help to increase the innovation capacity of the economy and can be a powerhouse for future economic growth. Hong Kong has developed a leading edge in key areas of creative industries like film, television, music, design, architecture, comics and animation, games and digital entertainment, etc. According to the latest statistics, Hong Kong has around 37 000 cultural and creative industry-related establishments, with more than 200 000 practitioners engaged. ”

“ CreateSmart Initiative: The $300 million CreateSmart Initiative (CSI) was established in June 2009 to provide financial support to projects with objectives that are in line with the strategic direction to drive the creative industries. Starting from June 2011, the CSI has covered design-related projects which were previously funded by the DesignSmart Initiative (DSI) . ”

“ It aims to encourage more commercial investment in film productions, create a larger mass of film activity and more employment opportunities, and assist the film industry in revitalising and developing further. It will fund projects and activities including: providing limited funding support for small-to-medium budget film productions; enhancing efforts to promote Hong Kong films on the Mainland and overseas; enhancing initiatives to nurture talents in the various aspects of the film production and distribution ”