Applicant enterprises participating in eligible promotion activities must also comply with the following conditions in order to be eligible for funding support under EMF:

1. Applicant enterprises must participate in promotion activities as Hong Kong enterprises, and must display their full company name and Hong Kong contact information (e.g. address, telephone number, fax number) on the exhibitors’ list, delegation list, advertisements, electronic platforms/media, and corporate website/mobile application.

2. As far as exhibitions and business missions are concerned, applicant enterprises must participate as exhibitors in an exhibition and as delegates in a business mission.  Applicant enterprises participating in online exhibitions, as booth exhibitors in physical exhibitions and in business missions should be directly represented by their proprietors/partners/shareholders, and/or Hong Kong-based salaried employees (i.e. “eligible representatives”) for the whole period of the activity concerned¹.  Participation by any other means, including outsourcing or subcontracting to a third party or authorising a third party to participate in the activity, will not be accepted.

3. The activity itself must be related to the business of the applicant enterprise and the applicant enterprise must promote only its own products and/or services in the activity concerned.

4. The pricing of expenditure items must be aligned with the prevailing market price.  Applicant enterprises must provide relevant supporting evidence as requested.  Costs deemed to be excessive, unreasonable or not cost-effective will not be considered.