Incubator gives HK, Macao businesses a leg-up

GUANGZHOU - After exploring registering a company in Shenzhen and Zhuhai in 2013 and 2015, Chan ChiMan, a Hong Kong entrepreneur, finally made the plunge and launched a business on the Chinese mainland in 2017 when he came across the Tianhe District Service Center for Hong Kong and Macao Youth Entrepreneurship.

The service center, a nonprofit organization which acts as an incubator for emerging enterprises, is located in the heart of Guangzhou's bustling CBD, Zhujiang New Town.

Since it was established in 2017, the center has embraced more than 2,200 young entrepreneurs from the two special administrative regions, and 45 Hong Kong and Macao enterprises have settled down at the center.