Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area gives me more opportunities to start a business

Toby Wong, is a Hong Kong entrepreneur, who has been engaged in the design field for more than ten years. In 2017, he won the International Red Dot Award with the One Piece Padded Mailing Box and then established Boxtalk Media Limited to promote this product. With the support of a policy from Guangodng-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, now he has settled in HuiZhou ZhongKai National Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone this year.

Product display that won the Red Dot Design Award.(Photo: Alice)

"The factory just moved to Huizhou. At that time, I found that there was an entrepreneurial base here that could provide me with policy support, and the living environment here is very good. So I moved here in March this year. " Toby said that the reason he came to Huizhou was actually accidental.

Toby had worked in Dongguan for more than ten years. He believes that Hong Kong is still dominated by financial and real estate industries and can not give him good opportunities "Here gaves me more opportunities than Hong Kong whether it was ten years ago or today. In addition, there are factories where I can make physical products, which is more conducive to my business than Hong Kong." He said.

Now, the company has built a complete equipment production plant in Huizhou, established offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Dongguan with an ISTA certified laboratory to help customers reimagine their production, design and pre-testing of environmentally friendly packaging. Their products have also obtained Chinese national patents and they are applying for US patents.

The Company's products (Photo: Alice)

In recent years, the youth entrepreneurship base in the Greater Bay Area has developed rapidly, providing a lot of support for young entrepreneurs.Young people from Hong Kong and Macao have obtained more entrepreneurial and employment opportunities due to the policy support. As a member of the Greater Bay Area, the Hong Kong government has also launched three plans for Hong Kong youth to start businesses and find jobs in the mainland cities of Greater Bay Area to encourage and support young people to develop their careers here.

At present, Guangdong has built 22 youth innovation and entrepreneurship bases with nearly 600 Hong Kong and Macao youth entrepreneurship teams developing in Guangdong and more than 4,000 employees.

As one of the entrepreneurship bases for youngesters from Hong Kong and Macao, Huizhou Zhongkai Hong Kong-Macao Youth Entrepreneurship Base also affords Toby a lot of support. In addition to rent reductions and housing subsidies, there are also subsidies for transportation expenses, allowing them to seek potential cooperation in every city in China.

“The base also provides us an opportunity to recommend our product to the rest of the world through organizing exhibitions or meetings for matchmaking,” Toby said. “Futhremore, the base also provides us subsidies for exhibition and patent inspection fees. All the policies that they provide are valuable for start-up companies.”

Working environment of Toby's company (Photo: Alice)

At present, there are 15 people in Toby's team. In addition to two members from Hong Kong, there are also people from different regionsprovinces across the country. The company has now cooperated with 10 companies around the world such as BOI Electronics Limited and Toshiba..

At present, toby’s companies are promoting the smart production of express boxes，the product is able to be compressed to store and ship before use, and has achieve ISTA 1A drop test which is examainated by verifed ISTA laboratories. "My vision is to cooperate with EMSpost office. I hope this small invention can help the country reduce white pollution, not about how much money ismadeand how many products are sold. "

Toby has lived in Huizhou for more than a month. In his free time, he will travel to the West and other scenic spots, which make him feel comfortable and relaxed“People here are so nice. Hong Kong has a high population density and high cost of living, which is a big difference."

Auhtor | Alice