EMF provides funding support to enterprises for their participation in the following promotion activities to promote their own products and/or services. Such promotion activities/platforms must be organised/operated by organisations with good track record4:
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Trade exhibitions held outside Hong Kong targeting markets outside Hong Kong.
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Trade exhibitions held in Hong Kong targeting markets outside Hong Kong (please click here and see part (i) for detailed requirements).
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Trade exhibitions held in Hong Kong targeting the local market (please click here and see part (ii) for detailed requirements).
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Online trade exhibitions (please click here and see part (iii) for detailed requirements).
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Business missions outside Hong Kong (please click here and see part (i) for detailed requirements).
- Online business missions (please click here and see part (ii) for detailed requirements).
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Advertisements on trade publications which mainly target markets outside Hong Kong.
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Export promotion activities (such as placing advertisements, keyword search, listing product information, setting up or enhancing online shop, etc.) which are conducted through electronic platforms/media and which mainly target markets outside Hong Kong (please click here for detailed requirements).
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Setting up or enhancement of a corporate website/mobile application owned by the applicant enterprise for export promotion, which mainly targets markets outside Hong Kong (please click here for detailed requirements).
An enterprise may seek preliminary advice from the Trade and Industry Department (TID) on the eligibility of a specific promotion activity for funding support under EMF. Please click here for details and the necessary information to be provided in seeking preliminary advice.
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4. In considering whether an organiser/operator/service provider has good track record, TID will make reference to various factors, including its business nature, size of business (such as number of employees), years of establishment, number of years of experience in organising/operating/providing relevant activities/platforms/services, the nature/type, number and scale of similar activities/platforms/services previously organised/operated/provided, organiser’s/operator’s/service provider’s credibility, feedback of the trade on relevant activities/platforms/services organised/operated/provided and enterprises which have participated in the relevant activities/platforms or used the relevant services before, etc.