The Support and Consultation Centre for SMEs (SUCCESS) is an information and advisory centre for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) run by the Trade and Industry Department (TID).  If you are looking for free business information and practical consultation services, please visit SUCCESS.

Our Website's address is www.success.tid.gov.hk.

Our customer hotline is : (852) 2398 5133.

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Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales (BUD Fund)

BUD Fund provides funding support to individual non-listed Hong Kong enterprises in undertaking projects to develop brands, upgrade and restructure their business operations and promote sales in the Mainland and ASEAN* markets, so as to enhance their competitiveness and facilitate their business development in these markets. 

To strengthen support to enterprises in exploring new markets and new business opportunities, TID rolled out a new round of enhancement measures to the BUD Fund in January 2020.  The enhancement measures include extending the geographical coverage of the Fund to all economies with which Hong Kong has signed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)**; increasing the cumulative funding ceiling per enterprise to $4 million, including $2 million for projects in the Mainland and $2 million for projects in ASEAN and other FTA markets; and increasing the ratio of initial payment from 25% to up to 75% of the total approved government funding.

Further enhancements to the BUD Fund have been effective since 9 April 2020, including the removal of the geographical demarcation for each enterprise in undertaking projects in the Mainland and other economies which have signed FTAs with Hong Kong ($2 million cumulative funding each).  Enterprises can flexibly make use of the total funding of up to $4 million to undertake projects in the Mainland or other economies which have signed FTAs with Hong Kong.  Besides, enterprises participating in virtual exhibitions organised by Government-related organisations or reputable exhibition organisers with good track records are eligible for funding support under the BUD Fund.

HKPC has been engaged as the implementation partner of the BUD Fund to implement the funding scheme.  Online application service has been available from 30 June 2020 onwards.  Please contact HKPC at 2788 6088 or visit the official website of the BUD Fund ( www.bud.hkpc.org/en/ ) for details of the funding scheme.  HKPC also regularly organises seminars to enhance enterprises’ understanding of the BUD Fund. 

Upcoming event for September 2020 is as follows:

Enterprises are welcome to join the webinar.

* ASEAN comprises Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.

* *Including the Mainland, New Zealand, the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (i.e. Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), Chile, Macao, the ten member states of ASEAN, Georgia and Australia.

Working Group on Industrial, Commercial and Professional Sectors under Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee: Basic Law Feature Article (Chinese only)

The Working Group on Industrial, Commercial and Professional Sectors under the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee formulates and implements action plans for the promotion of the Basic Law among the industrial, commercial and professional sectors, and aims to foster co-operation and exchange of experience of the Basic Law promotion among the sectors.

In September 2020, the Working Group conducted an interview with Mr Maric Cheng, the National President of Junior Chamber International Hong Kong.  During the interview, Mr Cheng highlighted the contribution of "One Country, Two Systems" to Hong Kong's economic development and offered suggestions to young people on their career development.

Please click here to browse the feature article of the aforementioned interview (in Chinese only). 

Clarify Your Employment Status    Protect Your Rights and Benefits

For the protection of rights and benefits, the relevant parties should understand clearly their mode of cooperation according to their intention and clarify their identities by taking into account all the relevant factors before entering into a contract, whether they are engaged as an employee or a contractor/self-employed person.

An employer should not unilaterally change the status of his employee to a contractor or self-employed person without the consent of the employee.  If in essence there exists an employer-employee relationship, even though the worker is called a contractor or self-employed person or has been labelled as a self-employed person in the contract, the employer is still required to fulfil the responsibilities under relevant legislation by paying back statutory benefits retroactively to the worker who is falsely labelled as a self-employed person.  Moreover, the employer may be criminally liable under the relevant legislation.  For details, please refer to the booklet of "Clarify Your Employment Status    Protect Your Rights and Benefits" issued by the Labour Department.

Corruption Prevention Advisory Service (CPAS) of ICAC

A good governance system is vital for SMEs' effective operation, and can help sustain their company image and hence counterparts' confidence in doing business with them.  The Corruption Prevention Department of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has launched the Corruption Prevention Advisory Service (CPAS). The CPAS is a specialised unit dedicated to providing tailor-made, free and confidential corruption prevention advice on system control in common business areas such as procurement and staff administration.  Enterprises can access its user-friendly web portal ( https://cpas.icac.hk/EN/ ) for details of the services and to get timely and useful resources on corruption prevention such as staff code of conduct, corruption prevention guides and tools, case studies, quick tips and red flags.

To receive regular updates on corruption prevention, please click here to subscribe to the CPAS e-news. 

Free IP Consultation Service

The Intellectual Property Department (IPD), supported by the Law Society of Hong Kong, now provides FREE One-On-One IP Consultation Service for SMEs.  To obtain more information and/or apply for the Service, please visit IPD's dedicated website "Hong Kong - The IP Trading Hub": https://www.ip.gov.hk/ipcs-e.

Topical Issues

Video Show of SME Seminars

In order to reduce the risk of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the community, SUCCESS will not provide "Video Show of SME Seminars" for the public until further notice. 

Business News

GDETO Newsletter

The latest issue of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Guangdong (GDETO) Newsletter has been published.

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Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) of the Mainland

The Trade and Industry Department issued a number of Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) on the Mainland's trade and economic rules and regulations. The latest CICs have been published. 

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