Hong Kong Chinese New Year Celebrations

Chinese New Year in Hong Kong is the city’s biggest and most colourful festival, with a large number of celebratory events, from the International Chinese New Year Night Parade, organised by the HKTB, the Lunar New Year Fairs (Flower Markets), the Lunar New Year Fireworks Display and the Lam Tsuen Well-wishing Festival to the Chinese New Year Race Day, allowing visitors to experience and immerse themselves in the ambience of the traditional festival.

Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade

The 2017 Chinese New Year Night Parade was one of the events held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). The Parade, with the theme “Best Fortune. World Party”, was the largest ever, with 10 floats and 55 teams from 11 countries and regions taking part, bringing a total number of performers up to 3,000 people. The HKTB arranged 350 youngsters from 15 local schools to act as “Lucky Buddies”, handing out 13,000 festive gift packs to spectators along the parade route, spreading joy and good fortune to the audience.

To enable people from around the world to feel the festive culture and vibrancy of Hong Kong’s Chinese New Year celebrations, we broadcast the event live via satellite to TV channels and news agencies worldwide, and broadcast the celebrations live on international cruise ships.

The International Chinese New Year Night Parade attracted 155,000 spectators, more than half of them were visitors