The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) organized the GreenBiz HK campaign in Bangkok, featuring a forum, networking events, and business matching meetings alongside a Hong Kong Green Team delegation. The initiative aims to foster collaboration between Hong Kong and Thailand in the green economy, attracting over 550 government and business representatives from Thailand. Bangkok Governor Dr. Chadchart Sittipunt served as Guest of Honour, emphasizing that the green transition requires strong partnerships across public and private sectors.
The GreenBiz HK Forum promoted exchange in green finance, green technology, supply chain, and sustainable smart city development. Anna Cheung, HKTDC Assistant Executive Director, highlighted Hong Kong's role as a superconnector with a thriving ecosystem for green innovation combining policy support, finance flows, R&D funding, and scalable solutions. The forum showcased Hong Kong's position as an international green finance and innovation hub while strengthening Hong Kong-Thai economic ties.
In the "Hong Kong-Thailand Partnerships for Sustainability and Innovation" plenary session, leaders from both regions explored cross-border collaboration. Representatives from the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, HSBC, Bank of China (Hong Kong), ATAL Engineering Group, and Asia Carbon Institute discussed Hong Kong's strengths as a green finance hub and how innovative financing tools accelerate corporate ESG transformation. The session highlighted applications of green technologies, green buildings, smart city solutions, decarbonization strategies, and ESG implementation.
Mr. Huang Weiwei of Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Group presented the company's experience in renewable energy and environmental technologies, noting how Hong Kong's capital platforms, professional services, and global connectivity can support Thai enterprises in advancing the Bio-Circular-Green economic model. Two concurrent breakout sessions further deepened cooperation in sustainable technology and future city development. The "Driving a Sustainable Tomorrow through Green Technology and Integrated Design" session featured speakers from the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute, Henderson Land, Arup, and Otherland Limited discussing integrated design and innovative technologies for citywide decarbonization.
Dr. Krithpaka Boonfueng, Executive Director of Thailand's National Innovation Agency, shared Thailand's progress in smart city development and expressed interest in leveraging Hong Kong's multi-disciplinary strengths. The second session, "Building Smarter, Greener and Healthier Cities," examined green building standards, low-carbon construction, and regional green supply chain developments with support from BEAM Society Limited and the Hong Kong Green Building Council.
Business matching activities enabled participants to translate forum dialogue into concrete partnership opportunities, supporting progress in green technology, urban innovation, and energy transition. The GreenBiz HK campaign is part of the HKTDC's Economic and Trade Express platform designed to help Hong Kong SMEs explore overseas opportunities while attracting investment to Hong Kong. The campaign's networking luncheon was supported by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Bangkok.
The Hong Kong Green Team delegation, comprising 18 delegates representing integrated green services including architecture, engineering, smart city development, ESG advisory, and green technology, explored market opportunities in Thailand through meetings with industry associations and major developers such as the Thai Green Building Institute, The Eastern Economic Corridor Office of Thailand, WHA Industrial Development, and TPI Polene Public Company Limited. GreenBiz HK brings together Hong Kong's green service providers across multiple sectors, encouraging businesses to leverage Hong Kong's mature capital market, financial expertise, and professional services to support green investment and certification.
The HKTDC will continue using this platform to organize business missions, conferences, and networking activities, supporting enterprises in Southeast Asia and mainland China in leveraging Hong Kong's finance and innovation strengths to expand internationally and advance regional sustainable development. This collaboration matters because it accelerates Asia's transition to a green economy through practical partnerships that combine Hong Kong's financial and technological capabilities with Thailand's development needs, creating scalable solutions for urban sustainability challenges while opening new markets for green businesses.
