Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme

The Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme (the Scheme) offers you an opportunity to earn a monthly salary not less than HK$18,000, broaden your horizon, and explore a new career pathway in the Mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area (GBA)! The Government launched the pilot Scheme in 2021 and gained very favourable feedback from both the participating enterprises and young persons. To foster career development of young persons and the exchange of talents in the GBA, the Labour Department launched the regularised Scheme since 2023 to continue encouraging enterprises to offer jobs and engage Hong Kong young persons to work in the Mainland cities of GBA.The 2024 Scheme is now commenced. Hong Kong residents who are holding bachelor's degrees or above awarded by universities/ tertiary institutions within or outside Hong Kong in 2022 to 2024 and legally employable in Hong Kong are eligible for the Scheme. The eligible young persons will be employed by the participating enterprises in accordnace with Hong Kong laws and offered a monthly salary of not less than HK$18,000, they will also be stationed in the Mainland cities of GBA to work and receive on-the-job training. The Government will provide enterprises with a monthly allowance of HK$10,000 for each employed young person for a maximum of 18 months. Eligible young persons may visit the website of the Scheme for job vacancies.   Sharing by Participating Graduates (Chinese version only)    

[Entrepreneur Day 2023] Meet with Start-ups to Learn about Opportunities in the Greater Bay Area

Entering its 15th anniversary, “Entrepreneur Day” organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council will resume its physical form this year! "Entrepreneur Day" will be held from 7 to 8 December this year. Under the theme of "Building Resilience, Boosting Collaboration", a series of exhibitions, seminars, workshops, start-up competitions, business matching, and networking activities will be organised. The event aims to explore how the global start-up ecosystem can develop in a diversified and balanced manner after the entrepreneurial boom; analyse the latest innovation and technology trends; and encourage start-ups to utilise Hong Kong as a platform to explore the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the international market in order to look for potential business partners. The event will bring together nearly 300 start-ups, invention projects and support services providers from 10 countries and regions. Among them, 50 start-up teams funded by the “Funding Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area” under the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau will also participate in the exhibition. This scheme aims to provide funding to non-governmental organisations to organise youth entrepreneurial programmes that offer entrepreneurial support, incubation services, as well as start-up capital to Hong Kong young people intending to establish their businesses in the GBA. Young fellows, if you are interested, please refer to the following event details and the list of funded startup teams (in Chinese version only). You are welcome to visit the exhibition and have a chat with the start-up entrepreneurs to learn more about business opportunities in the GBA! "Entrepreneur Day 2023" - Event Details   Date：7-8 December 2023 (Thu - Fri) Opening Hours：9:00 am to 6:00 pm Venue：Hall 1D-E, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Fee: Free of charge Enquiry Hotline: 1830 668 Online Registration for Visitors: Click here

Qianhai unveils 12 measures to empower HK, Macao youths (Chinese only)

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[GoGBA one-stop platform] New features to help develop businesses in the Greater Bay Area

Unleash the potential for local young people and Small and Medium Enterprises in the thriving Greater Bay Area (GBA). Hong Kong Trade Development Council's  GoGBA one-stop platform offers comprehensive career and business information in the GBA. Apart from the new Career and Service Providers features, the GoGBA Go-to Guides for instance, hope to help entrepreneurs and businesses with the first steps of setting up a business, handling taxation and completing related procedures. Connect with business partners and access career information in the GBA with just few clicks！ Visit www.go-gba.com to know more! Stay connected with our GoGBA WeChat Mini-program for the latest updates. (Scan QR code in WeChat)    

Greater Bay Area - Starting Line to a Bright Future: EP8 - Jiangmen and Foshan

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Greater Bay Area - Starting Line to a Bright Future: EP7 - Huizhou

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Greater Bay Area - Starting Line to a Bright Future: EP5 - Dongguan

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Greater Bay Area - Starting Line to a Bright Future: EP4 - Zhongshan

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Greater Bay Area - Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) comprises the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao, and the nine municipalities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province.  The GBA brings invaluable new development opportunities to different sectors of the community, especially young people, in Hong Kong.  Hong Kong young people who wish to pursue development in the GBA may refer to the Greater Bay Area Outline Development Plan.  The Government has all along been supportive of youth innovation and entrepreneurship.  The development of the GBA will bring about opportunities for our young entrepreneurs.   There has been rapid development of youth entrepreneurial bases in the GBA in recent years, providing massive hardware and software support to innovative and entrepreneurial activities.  Besides enjoying the concessionary policy initiatives introduced by various municipal governments in the GBA, Hong Kong young people who have successfully established a foothold can also benefit from the incubation and guidance services offered by the entrepreneurial bases in which they have established.  These help reduce entrepreneurial risks. Youth Development Fund To further support youth entrepreneurship and facilitate young people to grasp the opportunities brought about by the development of the GBA, the Youth Development Commission has rolled out two funding schemes under the Youth Development Fund i.e. “the Funding Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurship in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Entrepreneurship Scheme)” and “the Funding Scheme for Experiential Programmes at Innovation and Entrepreneurial Bases in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Experiential  Scheme)".   The Entrepreneurship Scheme will subsidise 16 non-government organisations (NGOs) to organise youth entrepreneurship projects, under which a capital subsidy of up to $600,000 will be provided to selected youth entrepreneurs to meet their initial capital needs.  The funded organisations will offer deeper, broader, more specific and sustainable entrepreneurial support and incubation services for young people, including helping them settle in youth innovative and entrepreneurship bases in the GBA.  Moreover, as an enhancement measure promulgated by the Chief Executive's 2020 Policy Address, the funded organisations will strengthen their entrepreneurial support for start-ups in terms of corporate governance, adaptability and digital competence. As for the Experiential Scheme, 15 NGOs will be subsidised to organise short-term experiential projects at entrepreneurial bases in Mainland GBA cities, with a view to enhancing Hong Kong young people's understanding of the entrepreneurial bases in Mainland GBA cities as well as the relevant policies and supporting measures on innovation and entrepreneurship in the Mainland.  This will in turn assist them in considering their plans of settling in the relevant entrepreneurial bases and starting businesses therein in the future. For applications for or enquiries about the funded youth entrepreneurship / experiential projects, please refer to the thematic website “We Venture”.

Online Workshop Highlight: “Development Opportunity in the Greater Bay Area” (Chinese Only)

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