Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | The 20th "Hong Kong Pet Festival" will be held in February. The national treasure Yaoshan crocodile lizard will be exhibited for the first time. Cultural and creative trendy play has become a new trend

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The largest and most booth-filled "Hong Kong Pet Festival 2025" organized by Exhibition Group and sponsored by CSL will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from February 6 to 9 (Thursday to Sunday). The Exhibition Group held a press conference today to announce the details of the exhibition and released the "Consumption Data and Trend Analysis of Pet Keeping among Hong Kong Households".

After 20 years, the "Hong Kong Pet Festival" is now the largest in scale ever. The exhibition hall No. 3 covers an area of ​​260,000 square feet, with nearly 400 exhibitors and more than 1,000 booths. It is a large-scale exhibition that brings together the largest number of world-renowned pet food and supplies brands in Hong Kong, and is even likened to the "pet industry trade show". The exhibition allows all pet lovers to bring their pets to the exhibition to enjoy shopping and various exciting activities, and is expected to become an annual event in the pet industry.

On the same day, the Exhibition Group released the "Pet Consumption Data and Trend Analysis of Hong Kong Households". From December last year to January this year, 1,300 members of the public were surveyed through an online questionnaire on pet consumption and other situations. Among them, 1,000 questionnaires were valid. The survey found that the most popular types of pets among Hong Kong people are dogs, cats, rabbits, reptiles and birds. 80.1% of the respondents indicated that their pet expenses had increased in the past 12 months, with the average monthly expenditure on pets reaching HK$2,086, an increase of 6.3% from HK$1,962 last year. The pet industry market size is expected to reach HK$6.2 billion. The proportion of people who spend $1,501 to $2,500 per month on their pets increased from 27.5% to 32.4%. 79.1% of respondents expect feeding expenses to increase in the next 6 to 12 months, and more than half of the respondents said that expenses will increase by more than 10%.

Ms. Suet Ling Chu, General Manager of Exhibition Group Limited, said: “The monthly pet market size reaches HK$520 million, and exceeds HK$6.2 billion per year. Hong Kong Pet Festival 2025 is the first large-scale public expo after the Year of the Snake. This year marks its 20th anniversary and is even larger than previous years. For the first time, it will run through the entire Exhibition Hall 3 to meet market demand.” With the popularization of pet keeping, market demand has driven the diversified development of pet-related industries, covering food, supplies, beauty care, medical care, tourism and cultural and creative industries. Among them, cultural and creative trendy toys have become an emerging trend. In order to keep up with the market enthusiasm, an international pet cultural and creative trendy toy area was added for the first time this year to promote the diversified development of pet culture.

This year's "Hong Kong Pet Festival 2025" has added the "Animal Diversity Life Pavilion", "International Pet Cultural and Creative Trendy Play Area" and a new overseas exhibition area for the first time. The "Animal Diversity Life Pavilion" gathers many superstars in the reptile world, including the Yaoshan crocodile lizard, a national first-class protected animal exhibited in Hong Kong for the first time, and displays a variety of reptile species and ecological interactions such as the Sulcata tortoise and the American iguana. There are also ecological education lectures, beetle specimen workshops and other activities, allowing the audience to explore the mysterious reptile kingdom and inspire life education; the "International Pet Cultural and Creative Trendy Play Area" and the new overseas exhibition area bring together many domestic and foreign brands, displaying creative pet peripheral products and handmade products, combining the unique charm of pets and trendy culture, and promoting the exchange and development of the pet and cultural and creative industries.

The conference has always advocated "love animals, respect life" and invites many charitable groups and pet associations to participate every year. Over the past 20 years, the Hong Kong Pet Festival has cooperated with more than 22 local non-profit organizations, sponsoring more than 470 booths, sponsoring more than 950,000 per event, and the cumulative amount has exceeded 15 million yuan. For the first time, Pet Festival has collaborated with the Hong Kong Youth Association to launch the "Pet Festival 2025 - SLASH POINT Cute Pet Workshop", which brings together a variety of pet-themed workshops, including ceramic pet painting, 3D printed pet cash boxes, pet-shaped pressed flower key chains, pet painting, DIY jewelry, etc. Visitors can personally create unique pet products.

The Expo also features various pet-themed exhibition areas and a number of exciting activities, including the "Hong Kong Kennel Club Chinese New Year Carnival", the "CFA Champion Cat Show 2025", the "18th National Dog Games" and Hong Kong's largest indoor "Pet Fun Theme Park". The Hong Kong Kennel Club's Chinese New Year Carnival has a Snake Year photo booth and a dog playground, and holds a series of dog-exclusive activities, including the "Pet Grooming Simulation Coat Creative Competition" and the "Amateur Obedience Competition". There are also lectures and live demonstrations such as pet grooming craft classes, obedience training classes and dog talent shows. One of the highlights is the "Amateur Dog Breed Exemption Competition", where you can enjoy the participation of Shiba Inu, Bichon Frise, Shih Tzu, Border Collie and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The pet industry's international beauty pageant "CFA Champion Cat Show 2025" will hold a 10-ring competition over two days, inviting 11 senior judges from the United States, Finland, Australia and Hong Kong. More than 100 cats will participate in the competition, covering nearly 20 breeds, including Persian cats, Exotic shorthair cats, Maine cats, etc., and will specially exhibit Singapura cats and Hong Kong's newly introduced Toy Bobtail cats. It is definitely an event that cat lovers cannot miss.

The second stop of the 18th National Dog Games - Hong Kong Station will be held during the exhibition. The event will feature a number of interesting competitions, including 50-foot sprint, 100-foot round trip, 50-foot hurdles, triathlon, high jump, long jump, and a newly added competition event - three-lap chase. The conference also invited Liu Weihuang, Chen Jiaheng and Zhong Yuxuan to serve as ambassadors of love to cheer for the participating dogs and work together to promote pet-friendly concepts. This year’s Pet Festival will feature Hong Kong’s largest indoor pet theme park, complete with a Snoopy check-in point and dog training classes, creating a diverse interactive experience for owners and their pets. At the same time, in order to promote Hong Kong to become a city where people and pets coexist, the Pet Festival has teamed up with Kowloon Motor Bus for the first time to launch the "Pet Bus Tour", with a special pick-up and drop-off point set up at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Center during the expo on February 8 and 9 to facilitate owners and their pets to participate in the event. The scheme will provide multiple routes on weekends and holidays, covering pet-friendly hotspots such as Central, West Kowloon, Shatin, Tai Po, Ma Wan and Sai Kung, allowing owners and their pets to share the fun of bus travel, further enhancing the convenience and attractiveness of pet-friendly facilities.

During the Expo, the Hong Kong Pet Festival x Hong Kong Pet Industry Chamber of Commerce "Overseas Business Matchmaking Exchange Meeting" will be held, inviting domestic and foreign pet industry leaders and exhibitors to gather together to discuss industry trends, share experiences, and exchange views on the latest trends in local markets. The "MoCity My Favorite Pet Brand Award 2024" award ceremony recognizes high-quality pet brands that are widely loved by the public, sets an example for the industry and promotes the development of the industry. There is also a "Mastercard® Card Spending Grand Lucky Draw" on site. For every $500 spent with a Mastercard card at designated booths in the exhibition venue, customers will have one chance to enter the lucky draw. $1,000 means two chances to enter the lucky draw, and so on. Each invoice can get a maximum of 10 chances to enter the lucky draw, with a chance to win round-trip tickets for two to Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei and more than 4,000 prizes. Participants can redeem the lucky draw scratch cards at the scratch card redemption counter and know the lucky draw results immediately after scratching. License number: 59577, 59578