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Media and Communications

In other activities, the Beijing Office organised roving exhibitions entitled 'Innovation and Creativity in Hong Kong'. It also supported the joint performances of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra and Shanghai Quartet in Beijing; the Asian Youth Orchestra's tour in Tianjin and Beijing; the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra's tour in Baoding, Hebei Province, and Harbin, Heilongjiang Province; the Xiqu Centre's new Cantonese opera productions in Beijing and Tianjin; as well as the City Contemporary Dance Company's performances at the Beijing Dance Festival and series of Hong Kong dance exchanges, workshops and seminars. In collaboration with the Hong Kong Film Archive, the Beijing Office presented film shows and talks at Peking University, Beijing Normal University and Hebei University. These activities were well received by Mainland audiences and enhanced their understanding of Hong Kong's arts and culture while strengthening cultural exchange and cooperation between the two places.

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The Shanghai ETO helped organise the Chief Executive's visit. It also promoted the first Festival Hong Kong 2019 - A Cultural Extravaganza@Shanghai, supported the Asian Youth Orchestra to perform in the eastern region and worked with National Geographic to organise a photo exhibition on Hong Kong in Hangzhou. The Guangdong ETO held the exhibition, 'HKSAR Government's Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Reform and Opening Up of the Country: "Joint Development Shared Prosperity", in Guangzhou and Xiamen to showcase Hong Kong's crucial role in the country's reform and opening up, and supported the Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble's concert in Nanning to celebrate the Hong Kong-Guangxi friendship. The Wuhan ETO organised two drama performances of The Tragedy of Macbeth and held the 'Hong Kong Photo Exhibition, featuring scenery, festive events and infrastructure, to showcase Hong Kong as a city of charm. The Chengdu ETO organised a crossover concert of the harmonica and erhu played by young Hong Kong talent and A Taste of Authentic Hong Kong, both in Chengdu. It supported the Sichuan-Hong Kong tribal dance drama Red Poppies in Chengdu, which is a deliverable under the Sichuan-Hong Kong Cooperation Conference mechanism. It helped organise the Secretary for the Environment's visit to Sichuan Province to join the closing ceremony and activities of the Youth Internship Programme at the Wolong National Nature Reserve to promote youth exchange.

In Taiwan, the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office maintains contact with various sectors in different cities and counties to strengthen two-way economic, trade and cultural exchanges, promote Hong Kong and help Taiwanese enterprises set up businesses in Hong Kong. During the year, it organised the 'Hong Kong Now' exhibition, published the Art & Culture@Hong Kong booklet to introduce popular district attractions, and held a Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic Cooperation Forum on artificial intelligence. The Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Cooperation Committee organises the annual Hong Kong Week in Taipei to showcase Hong Kong's culture and creativity.

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