Chinese New Year reception in Porto

The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Brussels hosted a Chinese New Year reception in Porto, Portugal, on 9 February 2023 to celebrate the start of the Year of the Rabbit. The reception was organised with the support of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Portugal-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Acting Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union, Miss Grace Li, highlighted the launching of the 'Hello Hong Kong'; campaign and invited guests to visit Hong Kong and experience the vibrant Hong Kong culture in person.

'Hong Kong resumed holding international sporting and business events since last November, including the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, the exciting Rugby Sevens, and the Asian Financial Forum, and many more to come.'; Miss Li said.

Apart from highlighting the top class mega events to be held in the city, Miss Li also emphasised the setting up of the dedicated office and the implementation of various facilitation measures that would make it even easier for enterprises and talents from around the world to settle in Hong Kong.

HKETO, Brussels took the opportunity to showcase Hong Kong's unique East-meet-West culture by bringing different musical performances to the receptions. In Porto, the programme combined tradition, modernity, and Chinese and Western musical instruments with performance of a trio of erhu, percussion and piano, followed by a performance of oboe.

Photo shows (from left) Mr Bernardo Mendia, President of the Portugal-Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Mr Chris Lo, Director for France, Spain and Portugal of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; Ms Catarina Santos Cunha, Porto City Councillor for Tourism and Internationalization; Mr. Zhao Bentang, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Portugal; Miss Grace Li, the Acting Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union.

Chinese music performance by a trio of erhu, piano and percussion at the Chinese New Year reception.

Guests enjoying an oboe performance at the Chinese New Year reception.