Business cards exchanged during the mission to Hong Kong. Screenshot from the L’Actu report, TV Monaco, 5 November 2026. © TV Monaco
On 5 November 2026, L’Actu, TV Monaco‘s daily news program, covered the mission of the Monaco Chamber of Commerce (formerly the Monaco Economic Board) to China, with Hong Kong, “the Pearl of the Orient”, as its first stop.
Leading the Monaco Chamber of Commerce delegation, its Executive Director General Guillaume Rose presented the Principality’s strengths, first and foremost its “stability”, along with the many similarities and points of convergence between Monaco and Hong Kong, which both hold a unique and autonomous status within the great powers that are Europe and China.
His counterpart Bonnie Chan, Director-General of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, stressed for her part how relevant these meetings are: “I think it is precisely in this context that a strategic alliance and collaboration with the Monaco delegation are most relevant, because all the sectors concerned are closely interlinked and can work together.”
Chris Clavel, Director of Baccana Digital Consulting and an active member of the Chamber for over a decade, once again accompanied the delegation to pick up the thread of the relationships built during the last trip to the region, just three months ago.
From the memorandum of understanding signed in Hong Kong to the contacts made on the ground, TV Monaco looks back in depth at the highlights of this “major economic mission taking place on the other side of the world”.
A “memorandum of understanding” signed in Hong Kong
The Monaco delegation opened its mission with the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI), which Bonnie Chan described as “a statutory chamber, the only one in Hong Kong”. Each Monaco member presented their business, and the meeting ended with the signing of a memorandum of understanding, which will allow the Chamber to “benefit from all the business contacts of this Hong Kong body”, which brings together no fewer than 33 sectors of activity and claims more than 2,000 members.
What a Chamber mission is for
For Guillaume Rose, the institution aims to be “more than ever your point of contact and your partner”, as he reiterated on the occasion of the recent official renaming of the Chamber under his leadership.
He explained that these missions are designed first and foremost for the companies themselves, allowing them to head to sometimes distant and little-known horizons to meet new contacts, while benefiting from a reassuring institutional framework and the active support of the Government of the Principality.
New relationships, with an open mind
On the ground, the contacts came thick and fast, as Chris Clavel, Director of Baccana Digital Consulting, testifies.
As a businessman heading a consortium of consultants specialising in business development and new technologies, he can vouch for the value of these trips to the other side of the world: “There were really interesting and varied profiles. That’s why we go on these trips. You need an open mind.”
The trip was also an opportunity for the delegation to meet the French Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, then the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, where the Monaco entrepreneurs each presented themselves to their local counterparts.
Discovering new opportunities, both ways
Chris Clavel gives a concrete picture of the mix: “We spoke with people in real estate, for example, and there were also entrepreneurs working on innovative, eco-friendly products, in smart packaging.”
Building bridges between China and Monaco
Every mission is a source of new relationships, and so works in both directions. Symbolised by the visit of a Chinese delegation to Monaco at the initiative of Monaco’s Embassy in China, trade relations between the two countries are looking good, with spectacular double-digit growth over the past five years.
Yet most of the entrepreneurs Chris Clavel met in Hong Kong are not yet aware of the many business opportunities the Principality offers: “They didn’t know Luxpack Monaco (Monaco’s luxury packaging show, editor’s note). So we’re going to work on bringing them to Luxpack next year.”
Next stops: Macao and Shenzhen
These are opportunities the participants fully intended to find again at the following stops on the programme, in Macao and then Shenzhen, including, in Macao, the French Chamber of Commerce and the local Federation of Industry and Commerce.
Trips that, in Guillaume Rose’s own words, serve to “strengthen our network […] and prepare ambitious economic missions”.
Watch the report
The full report is available on the TV Monaco video platform. It is in French.
FAQ
Guillaume Rose is Executive Director General of the Monaco Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Culture and Heritage Committee, National Councillor of Monaco, and Chairman of the Environment and Quality of Life Committee.
Director of Baccana Digital Consulting, a digital entrepreneur, an active member of the Monaco Chamber of Commerce, and a Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France (French Foreign Trade Advisor).
A memorandum of understanding between the Monaco Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, signed at the end of their meeting.
The Federation of Hong Kong Industries, the French Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.
Hong Kong, then Macao and Shenzhen.
On the TV Monaco video platform, in L’Actu of 5 November 2026. It is in French.
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