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Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 promotes cultural co-operation (with photos)
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     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.
      
     In addition to the speeches given by Miss Law and Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr Gao Zheng in the Panel, participating cultural ministers and senior officials from Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Korea, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam also took turns to speak.

     The Acting Chief Executive, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, hosted the gala dinner for the delegations as well as local cultural leaders. Local musicians, all-inclusive orchestra and a cappella choir were invited by the forum to perform in the dinner, showcasing a blend of Chinese and Western traditional and contemporary music, demonstrating to the guests the diversified and vibrant of art and culture scene in Hong Kong.
      
     In his speech at the dinner, Mr Chan pointed out that the Government has been actively fostering the city's development into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange with the clear national support in the National 14th Five-Year Plan. With its unique advantage of blending Chinese and Western cultures and its extensive international connections, Hong Kong will become a "super connector" and "super value-adder" between the Mainland and the rest of the world.
      
     The delegations attending the forum visited the Hong Kong Museum of Art and Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) yesterday (April 21). They will attend the plenary session and visit the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District tomorrow (April 23).
      
     The Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum has been held since 2003 with the aim of promoting cultural co-operation and exchanges among regions. Drawing on the success of past forums, this year's forum is themed "Connect, Create, Engage: Bridging Cultures for All" and has expanded its scale. In addition to inviting more Asian countries to participate, Belt and Road countries outside of Asia are invited to participate for the first time to further promote cultural exchanges with countries in the region.
 
Ends/Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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The Acting Chief Executive, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, delivers a speech at the gala dinner of Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 today (April 22).
The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Miss Rosanna Law, delivers a speech at the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 Ministerial Panel today (April 22).
Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Mr Gao Zheng, delivers a speech at the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025 Ministerial Panel today (April 22).
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 event of the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, Ministerial Panel, has been held this afternoon (April 22). Photo shows the performance in the gala dinner showcased a blend of Chinese and Western traditional and contemporary music, demonstrating to the guests the diversified and vibrant of art and culture scene in Hong Kong.
Key event of the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, Ministerial Panel, has been held this afternoon (April 22). Photo shows the performance in the gala dinner showcased a blend of Chinese and Western traditional and contemporary music, demonstrating to the guests the diversified and vibrant of art and culture scene in Hong Kong.
The Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, Ministerial Panel, has been held today(April 22). Photo shows participating cultural ministers and senior officials, joining the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, visited the Hong Kong Museum of Art yesterday (April 21).
The Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, Ministerial Panel, has been held today (April 22). Photo shows participating cultural ministers and senior officials, joining the Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum+ 2025, visited the Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) yesterday (April 21).