By South China Morning Post | Created at 2025-03-06 03:01:29 | Updated at 2025-03-06 09:10:41
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Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District will stage its inaugural arts week in Shanghai in June, potentially paving the way for similar deals with other mainland Chinese cities.
The authority behind the arts hub will host the WestK Shanghai Week, which will involve seven cultural and artistic programmes to be held between June 18 and 22.
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority CEO Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee told the Post earlier this month that the Shanghai week would serve as a platform to promote Hong Kong’s arts, culture and tourism.
“Other than cultural exchanges, we are going to market the Hong Kong brand and attract Shanghai tourists to come to the city,” she said. “If it works well, we can go to other mainland cities or even overseas cities to do the same thing.”
She said the event was supported by Shanghai’s municipal government and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism. Hong Kong’s Economic Trade Office in Shanghai and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau were also providing their support.
Fung said Hong Kong would be able to show off its home-grown works during the event.
She gave the example of the Cantonese musical The Impossible Trial, which would be shown in Shanghai between June 17 and 29.
