Eco Expo Asia opens with ASEAN green push
Thestandard · 3 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago5 MIN
Summary
Eco Expo Asia opened on October 26 at AsiaWorld-Expo and will run until October 29, with more than 340 exhibitors from 15 countries and regions taking part under the theme “Connecting the World for a Sustainable Future.” The event is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, and co-organized by the Environment and Ecology Bureau. This year’s edition adds a new ASEAN Pavilion and highlights green energy, urban sustainability, waste reduction and other environmental technologies aimed at helping businesses capture opportunities during the green transition.
Key Points
- The four-day expo is being held at AsiaWorld-Expo Halls 3 and 6 from October 26 to 29, with the final day open free to the public.
- More than 340 exhibitors from 15 countries and regions are participating, including a new ASEAN Pavilion with over 10 companies from seven member states.
- First-time ASEAN exhibitors include companies from Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, while Qinghai is debuting alongside nine Greater Bay Area mainland cities
- HKTDC chairman? No source supports chairman; HKTDC executive director Sophia Chong Suk-fan (張淑芬) said Hong Kong should leverage its strengths to help firms open new markets and business opportunities
- Featured technologies include sustainable aviation fuel, a mobile EV charging robot, lithium-battery fire extinguishers, smart sorting bins and AI image-recognition systems for waste sorting.
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong companies, the expo serves as a trade platform linking local firms with buyers, officials and technology partners from the mainland, ASEAN and Belt and Road markets. For the city more broadly, the concentration of practical products such as EV charging, battery fire safety and waste-sorting tools points to how green transition spending could translate into commercial demand and local deployment.