HKSAR budgets to allocate a total of $375 million to Hong Kong Trade Development (TDC) in three year for developing virtual platforms to enhance online activity organizational capability and digitalization. Sum WONG, CEO and co-Founder of HKUST start-up EventX mentioned virtual fair has become the “New Norm” under the pandemic. Face-to-face events are going virtual in forms of online Expos and webinars. Sum believed with the advantages of geography, language and culture, Hong Kong is ready to be the “Event Hub”. The grant can forge closer links with Mainland and Western markets.

Targeting at Asian market, EventX provides event management services to more than 20,000 customers across 102 countries and regions. Their corporate partners include Amazon, Apple Inc., Alibaba, TDC, Cyberport etc.

Source: StartupBeat