Cultural Investment Development Group

Name

Cultural Investment Development Group

Website

https://bjwt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Industry Promotion Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Crafts & Maker Fairs (MPAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trade Show & Exhibition Marketing (Booth Design/Build) (MPAAAGAC), Arts, Culture, Heritage & Tourism Congresses (THAHAJAN)

Keywords

• Cultural industry promotion
• Trade fair organization
• Publishing industry services
• Creative industry development
• International exhibition services

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Publishing and Print Industry Promotion: The organization promotes Hong Kong's publishing and printing industries to global audiences through organized pavilions and events at international trade fairs. The model involves coordinating with industry associations and government agencies to showcase creative works.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Cultural Investment Development Group organizes international trade fair pavilions and exhibition programs to promote cultural and creative industries for publishers and printers. Its work centers on coordinating themed zones, sharing sessions and workshops at major industry events, partnering with industry associations and government agencies to deliver international market access and visibility for client publishers and printers, particularly in the children's and parent-child publishing segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Soaring Creativity - O2O Hong Kong Pavilion International trade fair pavilion organized by Cultural Investment Development Group in partnership with the Hong Kong Publishing Federation, The Hong Kong Printers Association, and the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026. The pavilion features six themed zones with a STEAM educational sub-theme, 15 sharing sessions and workshops, and showcases more than 800 children's and parent-child titles from over 60 Hong Kong publishers and printers, providing international market exposure and global networking opportunities for Hong Kong's publishing and printing industries.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hong Kong Publishing FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2026Joint organizer of the 'Soaring Creativity - O2O Hong Kong Pavilion' project. The federation collaborated with The Hong Kong Printers Association to establish the Hong Kong Pavilion at the Bologna Children's Book Fair 2026, promoting Hong Kong's publishing industry globally.
• The Hong Kong Printers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2026Joint organizer of the 'Soaring Creativity - O2O Hong Kong Pavilion' project. The association partnered with Hong Kong Publishing Federation to showcase Hong Kong's printing and publishing industries at an international venue.
• Cultural and Creative Industries Development AgencycoreOthers · 17 April 2026Government agency providing sponsorship for the 'Soaring Creativity - O2O Hong Kong Pavilion' project. The agency funds initiatives to develop Hong Kong's cultural and creative industries on the international stage.

Scale indicators5 records

Direct peers

• BolognaFiere (Bologna Children's Book Fair organizer): The organizer of the Bologna Children's Book Fair — the very venue where Cultural Investment Development Group runs the Hong Kong Pavilion. Directly comparable as a trade fair organizer in the publishing/children's content segment.
• Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse): The world's largest book trade fair, central to international rights trading. Directly comparable as a publishing-focused trade show where government-backed entities typically organize country pavilions — the same model Cultural Investment Development Group runs at Bologna.
• Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) organizer: The major China-based international book fair held annually in Beijing. Directly comparable as a book-trade exhibition venue where similar country pavilion and rights-trading activities occur, and a logical venue for Cultural Investment Development Group to expand into.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Exhibitions (RX Global): One of the world's largest exhibition organizers running hundreds of trade fairs including book and publishing events. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the trade show organization space where Cultural Investment Development Group operates its pavilion.
• Informa Markets: Global exhibitions and events business running major publishing-adjacent fairs (e.g., Frankfurt Book Fair operations and rights-trading platforms). Comparable as a large incumbent with overlapping trade fair and content licensing capabilities.
• Messe Frankfurt: Major German exhibition company that owns and operates Frankfurt Book Fair and many other cultural/consumer trade fairs. Comparable as a large incumbent running similar pavilion-style trade show formats in the same publishing/cultural sector.
• China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation: State-owned Chinese group responsible for international publishing rights trading and book import/export. Comparable as a state-affiliated entity promoting Chinese-origin content globally through publishing channels, adjacent to Cultural Investment Development Group's mandate.

Regional players

• Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC): Statutory body that organizes Hong Kong pavilions at international trade fairs across many sectors, including publishing and printing. Highly comparable as a regional government-affiliated trade fair organizer with a similar mandate and model to Cultural Investment Development Group.

Others

• Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group itself (related cultural SOEs in China): Other Beijing municipal cultural SOEs (such as Beijing Performance & Arts Group and Beijing Cultural Heritage Group) operate with similar government-sponsored mandates promoting Beijing-origin creative industries domestically and internationally — directly comparable ownership/governance model.
• Publishers Association of China: National industry association coordinating Chinese publishers' participation in international book fairs (Frankfurt, Bologna, London, BEA). Comparable as an industry-association partner counterpart to Cultural Investment Development Group's HK federation partners, shaping how country pavilions are organized.

Market position

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments6 records

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