HKJC and IoP ink deal with Palace Museum to nurture arts tech talent

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and the Institute of Philanthropy (IoP) have inked deal with the Palace Museum to promote Chinese culture and nurture arts tech talent in Hong Kong and the mainland.

Under the agreement, the IoP will donate approximately HK$440 million to promote Chinese culture and values in Hong Kong, the mainland and worldwide and to support talent development initiatives in the arts technology and cultural sectors.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, HKJC chairman Michael Lee said that the five-year project, drawing on the valuable cultural resources of the Palace Museum in Beijing, will integrate arts and technology to launch a number of cultural exchange, exhibition, talent capacity building and educational programmes. Citizens in the mainland and Hong Kong, especially young people, will be able to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese history and culture.

The memorandum of co-operation includes the establishment of The Palace Museum Hong Kong Cultural Exchange Hub in Beijing and at the Palace Museum. This includes restoration and conservation of the historic Chengqiangong, the organisation of thematic exhibitions on the horse in history and culture or as related to the palace, and cultural exchanges between young arts tech talent in Hong Kong and the Mainland.

It also includes digital exhibitions and pop-up activities to deepen the appreciation of Chinese history and culture among the younger generation in the mainland and Hong Kong. In addition, mobile digital exhibitions will travel to schools in Hong Kong and the mainland to promote Chinese culture and values.

The collaboration with the Palace Museum underlines the HKJC’s commitment to promoting Chinese culture in support of the Central Government’s vision of developing Hong Kong into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, as outlined in the National 14th Five-Year Plan.

Notably, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, funded by a donation of HK$3.5 billion from the club’s charities trust, the club’s largest single charity donation to date, is organising a series of exhibitions and educational initiatives with the club’s support.

The collaboration also reflects the club’s commitment to building an inclusive, creative and vibrant Hong Kong, where everyone’s life can be improved through the arts.

Wang Xudong, member, party leadership group of the ministry of culture and tourism and director of the Palace Museum, said that the mission of the Palace Museum is to protect and carry forward the very best of traditional Chinese culture.

HKJC CEO and director of the Institute of Philanthropy Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said that the aim of the IoP is to become a global “think-fund-do” tank for China and Asia, "In particular to facilitate philanthropic conversations between the East and the West, here it is notable that the 10th China Charity Annual Conference identified the establishment of the IoP as one of the most important philanthropic developments in the country last year."

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