HONG KONG – About 280 global financial leaders, including 120 group chairpersons and chief executive officers, will gather in Hong Kong from Nov 2 to 4 for the 5th Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit.
Under the theme “Rethinking the Playbook”, participants will discuss macroeconomic trends, shifting financial markets and technological advances that are creating opportunities and risks across industries, asset classes and regions.
Speakers include Blackstone President and Chief Operating Officer Jon Gray, Morgan Stanley Chairman and CEO Ted Pick, and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon. CPP Investments President and CEO John Graham and GIC CEO Lim Chow Kiat will also take part.
Make a toast!
Hong Kong is inviting the world to raise glasses as the three-day Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair will kick off on Nov 5, leveraging the city’s role as an international hub for alcoholic beverage trade and as a two-way platform for “bringing in and going global.”
The fair will gather over 620 exhibitors from more than 25 countries and regions, showcasing not only wines and spirits, but also sake, beer, low- and no-alcohol beverages and related products from over 40 places from across the world.
Among the highlights is the return of an expanded zone for liquors, featuring exhibits from 16 countries and regions, including Chinese Baijiu. Wine masters will hold classes to share expertise, and the organizer will unveil a wine list recommended by local sommeliers.
Designated areas will be open to members of the public aged 18 and above on the final day of the fair, with tickets required for admission.
Greater Bay Area Science Forum
Four Nobel laureates will join leading academics, young scientists and technology entrepreneurs at the Greater Bay Area Science Forum 2026, which runs from Oct 31 to Nov 2.
Participants from home and abroad will share their latest research findings and discuss scientific breakthroughs, emerging technologies and ways to translate research into industrial innovation.
The opening ceremony and main forum will take place on Nov 1 in Guangzhou’s Nansha district, with a series of related events held in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Huizhou and other cities.
Organizers said policies supporting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s development as an international science and technology innovation center are expected to be announced during the forum.
Agreements on major research and technology partnerships are also set to be signed.
GBA Culture and Arts Festival
Curtains will rise on a month-long celebration of the arts as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival lifts the curtain on Saturday.
Running simultaneously in 11 cities across the Bay Area, the festival features five major sections – stage productions, art exhibitions, youth innovation, community programs and arts education – presenting 75 premium productions, 148 performances, 25 exhibitions, nearly 100 community events, arts education activities and several original youth productions.
International stars and ensembles will take the stage. The Berliner Barock Solisten will present concert marking the 270th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, and the American Ballet Theatre will make its Greater Bay Area debut with Swan Lake.
Running alongside is the festival’s special Shaanxi culture week, featuring six classic Qinqiang operas, a Shaanxi oil-painting exhibition, and a series of arts education lectures.
