The Legislative Council urges the formulation of a blueprint for the development of the arts. Members advocate for more cooperation between the two places: a success story that continues to grow

The Legislative Council today (11th) passed a non-binding motion on "Formulating a Culture and Arts Policy and Development Blueprint for the Next Five Years" proposed by DAB Member Cheng Wing-shun.

The motion proposes that the government should formulate a long-term cultural and artistic development policy after the restructuring, including the establishment of a cultural industry committee and a cultural and artistic fund, as well as strengthening support for cultural and artistic practitioners and groups, and striving to build more cultural brands in Hong Kong.

The Acting Secretary for Home Affairs, Chen Jizhi, said that the current government has proposed a restructuring, including the establishment of a Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau. Chief Executive-designate Li Jiachao said that the proposal has been generally adopted. When the government came on stage, it operated normally, and made every effort to promote Hong Kong as a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries.

Cheng Wing-shun hopes that the restructured Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau will formulate a blueprint as soon as possible to promote the development of Hong Kong's arts through industrial forms."

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Zheng Yongshun approved the allocation of funds for the hardware to promote the review and distribution mechanism

Cheng Wing-shun hopes that the restructured Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau will formulate a blueprint as soon as possible to further enhance the public's understanding and recognition of Chinese culture, and promote the development of arts in Hong Kong through industrial forms, attract audiences and increase employment.

He continued that the government has invested a total of 5.7 billion yuan in the development of arts and culture in 2021-22, but a large amount of funds are used for public performance venues or facilities such as libraries and expositions, and only 400 million yuan is used to subsidize art groups, urging the authorities to review Grant Allocation and Mechanisms.

Chen Yingxin of the Federation of Trade Unions pointed out that as early as 2009, the government had listed culture and art as an advantageous industry in Hong Kong, but it has not developed very well for more than ten years. Only the West Kowloon Cultural District has been built in terms of hardware, and it is not as good as in soft power such as pop culture. In other areas, young people who have practiced dance reported that they would not take their hobby as a career because their income was unstable.

She quoted director Gao Zhisen as saying that the biggest problem in the cultural industry is the lack of vision and depth of officials.

She suggested that the authorities push for more co-productions with the mainland, such as the singing show "Sound Lives", to promote the development of the industry.

Chen Yingxin: Pop culture is not as good as other regions

Kowloon Central MP Yang Yongjie said that in the golden age of Cantonese culture, Hong Kong has successfully achieved cultural export. The first popular idol in Asia was Leslie Cheung, and the recent "Sound of Life" is a successful case of Hong Kong culture going north.

He said that Cantonese culture can be used as a "cultural brand" to promote the development of the cultural and creative industries. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau can study the establishment of a cultural and creative industry development fund. He suggested that the government should seek the central government to relax the entry approval of Cantonese pop songs and films, and increase the number of creative works. degrees of freedom.

Chen Jizhi pointed out that the government has invested 5.9 billion yuan in arts development this year, an increase of nearly 40% compared with the previous government. To develop the overall situation and make Hong Kong the creative capital of Asia.

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