Source: press office of Regione Veneto, 27 August 2010

The Regione Veneto and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) launched an extensive cooperation and development programme to enhance economic, trade and cultural relationships between them.

This cooperation MOU – signed by the president of Regione Veneto Mr Luca Zaia and the Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union Mrs Mary Chow – implies activities by both regions that could promote reciprocal investments, provide connections among companies and investors and transfer accessible, useful information for a higher presence of local companies from both contexts on each other’s market.


In particular, the agreement is based on four points: exchanging information for the purpose of supporting specific policies generating cooperation opportunities; promoting local economic actors' participation in the main events and trade fairs; facilitating relationships among companies and fostering reciprocal visits among representatives from enterprises; promoting seminars, symposia, training activities and internships that support technology knowledge and exchange.

The sectors involved in this cooperation are, among others: the food and wine industry, trade and economy, research and education, cooperation among universities, science and technology, the promotion of investments and tourism.