Hong Kong cultural hub to stage inaugural arts week in Shanghai in June
Event will run from June 18 to 22, as West Kowloon arts hub looks to ‘market the Hong Kong brand’ and set up similar initiatives in other cities
The authority behind the arts hub said on Thursday that it would host WestK Shanghai Week 2025, which involved seven cultural and artistic programmes held between June 18 and 22, confirming an earlier exclusive report by the Post.
The event will be the first cross-disciplinary showcase of cultural and creative programmes to be curated or co-organised by the arts hub outside the city since the authority was established in 2008.
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority CEO Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee said 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 told the Post. “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.