Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 promotes cultural co-operation (Painting by Elaine Chiu)

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region Press Release:

Key event of the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, Ministerial Panel, has been held this afternoon (April 22). Participating cultural ministers and senior officials from 17 countries joined the Panel. They exchanged views and shared experience on policies and measures to promote arts and cultural development. Organised in Hong Kong, the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 further strengthens Hong Kong's position as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange.

          The theme of the Forum is "Connect, Create, Engage: Bridging Cultures for All". Officiating at the Panel opening today, the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law, highlighted that the world has undergone rapid and vigourous changes and technological advancement is something inevitable. A people-oriented approach should be adopted to promote the arts and cultural development, i.e. to connect more with people, to create more for people and to engage more people. Making good use of Hong Kong as an East meets-West centre for international cultural exchange and the largest art trading centre in Asia, Hong Kong will surely continue to work hard to make our name card more shiny and tell good stories of Hong Kong.

The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law (ninth right), attended the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 today (April 22) and pictured with Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mr Gao Zheng (ninth left), and the participants.

Key Visual Painting by Elaine Chiu

Ends/Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Issued at HKT 20:54