Young Entrepreneurs

Trade and Industry Department

HK$1,000,000 (There is no limit on the number of applications by an enterprise for funding support under SME Export Marketing Fund.  However, each enterprise may receive funding support under EMF up to a cumulative limit of HK$1,000,000.)

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 record, Trade exhibitions held outside Hong Kong targeting markets outside Hong Kong, Trade exhibitions held in Hong Kong targeting markets outside Hong Kong, Trade exhibitions held in Hong Kong targeting the local market, Online trade exhibitions, Business missions outside Hong Kong, Online business missions, Advertisements on trade publications which mainly target markets outside Hong Kong, Export promotion activities, Setting up or enhancement of a corporate website/mobile application owned by the applicant enterprise which mainly targets markets outside Hong Kong.

SMEs

-It must be a non-listed enterprise registered in Hong Kong under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310);

-It must have substantive business operations in Hong Kong at the time of making the application. An enterprise holding a shell business registration or having its main business operation outside Hong Kong will not be regarded as having substantive business operations in Hong Kong;

-If it has previously received funding support under EMF, the cumulative amount of funding received must not exceed the prevailing cumulative funding ceiling. Applicant enterprises which have similar business registration details (e.g. nature of business, address, contact numbers, shareholder/directorship) will be treated as connected enterprises. For the purpose of calculating the cumulative funding ceiling, connected enterprises are treated as if they are one enterprise, i.e. the cumulative amount of funding received by the connected enterprises concerned are aggregated and must not exceed the cumulative funding ceiling; and

Each application should cover expenditure related to one promotion activity.

There is no limit on the number of applications by an enterprise for the funding support. However, each enterprise may receive the funding support up to a cumulative limit of $1000,000 and a maximum of 50% of the cumulative limit may be used for applications relating to setting up/enhancing the corporate website/mobile application of the applicant enterprise.