The Creative Economy: A Cornerstone of Hong Kong’s Future

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Hong Kong City Data

Indicator Figure Source and Notes
Admissions: Cinema (Per year) 24,793,480 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) — Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC)
Admissions: Main film festival (Per year) 67,072 Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF)
Admissions: Theatre (Per year) 2,300,000 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20) — Only limited to attendance at programmes staged in the venues mentioned in AAS 19/20.
Art Galleries 126 HKADC
Artists studio complexes 5
Arts & dance rehearsal space 16 LCSD
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival 85,000 HKTB Annual Report 2019/20 — e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has adopted a hybridized Online+Offline format for its mega events.
Attendance (Estimated): Carnival/festival (Percentage of city population) 1.10% e-Sports & Music Festival Hong Kong 2019
Attendance to museums & galleries (Percentage of working age population) 14.00% Behavioural Survey commissioned by HKADC — Figure refers to attendance at Visual Arts exhibitions only (not counting museum visits). This is the closest data available.
Average daily visits: Top five art exhibitions 1,186 LCSD
Bars 1,035 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Bars (Per 100,000 population) 13.9 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Book loans by public libraries (Per year) (Million) 40.45 LCSD
Book titles published (Per year) 13788 LCSD
Bookshops 1,070 Census and Statistics Department — Figure refers to the number of establishments in categories of "Retail sale of books; newspapers and stationery".
Bookshops (Per 100,000 population) 1.1 LCSD
Cinema screens 306 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC)
Cinema screens (Per 100,000 population) 4.14 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) - calculation
Cinemas 67 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC)
Community centres 120 Social Welfare Department / Home Affairs Department — NGO supported by Social Welfare Department and Community centres under Home Affairs Department.
Creative industries employment (Percentage) 6.20% Census and Statistics Department
Dance performances (Per year) 353 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20)
Education: Degree level & higher (Percentage) 25.50% Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (2021 edition)
Festivals & celebrations 89 Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) / LCSD / HKADC / Hong Kong Arts Festival
Film festivals 59 HKADC
Films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 280 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) — Hong Kong Film Industry info 2019 (P.12) (P.14 of the pdf) (Chinese only)
Foreign born population (Percentage) 3.60% Census and Statistics Department /Hong Kong 2016 Population By-census — Figure excludes category of 'Foreign Domestic Helpers'
Foreign films given theatrical release (Per year, per country) 280 Hong Kong Film Development Council (HKFDC) — Hong Kong Film Industry info 2019 (P.12) (P.14 of the pdf) (Chinese only)
Geographical area (Square kilometre) 2,755 Survey and Mapping Office / Lands Department
Heritage & historical sites 1317 Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) — 129 declared monuments (including archaeological sites) / 1188 graded buildings
Households 2,645,200 Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (2021 edition)
International students 5,739 University Grants Committee (UGC) online statistics table — 8 UGC-funded Institutions only
International tourists (Per year as percentage of population) 753.00%
International tourists (Per year) 55,912,609 Tourism Commission
Libraries (Per 100,000 Population) 1.1 LCSD — 2020 year-end population data from Census & Statistics Dept
Major concert halls 4 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20)
Markets 98 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Michelin star restaurants 62 Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2021 — 48 (1star) / 11 (2stars) / 3 (3stars)
Museums 39 LCSD
Music performances (Per year) 2,317 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20)
National museums 17 Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) / Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO)
Nightclubs, discos & dance halls 83 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Non professional dance schools 111 Hong Kong Dance Federation Limited
Percentage of public green space: Parks & gardens 40.00% Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department; Survey & Mapping Office, Lands Department
Population 7,428,300 2020 year-end statistiscs from Census and Statistics Dept https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/scode150.html
Public libraries 82 LCSD — 70 static libraries and 12 mobile libraries
Restaurants 15,863 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Restaurants (Per 100,000 population) 214.5 Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Private 2 Savannah College of Art and Design Hong Kong and Hong Kong Art School
Specialist Higher Education Institutes: Public 2 Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA) and Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI)
Students Enrolled at art & design institutions 6,537 HKAPA Annual Report 2019/20 Hong Kong Design Institute
Students enrolled in art & design at general institutions 3,045 University Grants Committee (UGC) online statistics table
Theatres 72 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20) Supplementary information - List of Performing Arts Venues published by the Hong Kong Arts Deveopment Council
Theatrical performances in theatres (Per year) 4,991 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20) — Programmes include Drama/ Dance/ Xiqu/ Variety & Pop Shows that were staged at the main performing arts venues mentioned in AAS 19/20. All music performances (incl. pop music) are excluded.
Video game arcades 201 HAD
Visits to top five most visited museums & galleries 2,920,000 LCSD
Working Age Popluation 5,023,800 Hong Kong Annual Digest of Statistics (2019 edition) P.5

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