1 September 1934

Held the founding ceremony of the CMA with Mr Yip Lan Chung being chairman of the ceremony

 

1935

Participated in the “1^st Chinese Products Exhibition” in Singapore, which was the first overseas industrial products exhibition the CMA had ever taken part

 

4 February 1938

Co-organized an industrial products exhibition at St Paul’s College in Central with the YWCA of Hong Kong, which marked the beginning of the Hong Kong Brands & Products Expo

 

13 August 1939

Published the monthly journal “Manufacturers’ Journal” to encourage industrial technology advancement and to disseminate news on the CMA

 

1951

Organized the biennial “Singapore Industrial Products Exhibition” in Singapore

 

1956-1957

Donated HK$1 million to the Hong Kong Government for the establishment of a craft college in the Hong Kong Technical College (now the Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

 

1964

Set up a showroom in the CMA Building to showcase members’ products; and established the Industrial Scholarship (now the CMA Scholarship) to foster industrial manpower training

 

5 October 1966

Organized a seminar on Hong Kong industry with the Education Department. The seminar was attended by 1,400 secondary students

 

4 August 1967

Authorized by the Hong Kong Government to issue Certificate of Origin and Certificate of Processing

 

December 1967

Staged the Silver Jubilee Industrial Products Exhibition (now the Hong Kong Brands & Products Expo). The Hong Kong Government participated for the first time by setting up a grand display centre

 

1969

Opened a branch office in Kwun Tong

 

1970

Opened a branch office in Mongkok; and organized the first “New Product and Display Competition”

 

16 May 1974

Announced the suspension of the Hong Kong Industrial Products Exhibition as the Association failed to find a suitable outdoor venue

 

3 October 1976

Established the CMA Prevocational School. The opening ceremony of the School was officiated by Lady MacLehose

 

21 December 1979

Established the CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories in the CMA Building

 

1980

Set up the “CMA Industrial Development Trust Fund” to foster development of local trades and industries

 

5 March 1984

Held the opening ceremony of the CMA Building. Governor Sir Edward Youde was the guest-of-honour of the ceremony

 

November 1984

Appointed by the Hong Kong Government as a functional constituency in the Legislative Council. CMA members have the voting right to elect a representative to sit in the LegCo

 

19 October 1985

Established the CMA Choi Cheung Kok Prevocational School. The School was officially opened by Chief Secretary Sir David Akers Jones

 

1986

 

The CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories relocated to Fo Tan

 

1989

Appointed by the Hong Kong Government to organize the competition on machinery and equipment design of the Governor’s Awards for Industry (now the Hong Kong Awards for Industries)

 

November 1994

Organized the first “Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong's Trade and Economic Forum” with the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Taiwan’s Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

3 November 1994

Staged again the Hong Kong International Industrial Products Exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre after a lapse of 20 years

 

23 August 1995

Disseminated a high-level delegation to Gansu. Since then, the CMA organizes a high-level delegation to Mainland China annually to explore investment opportunities for its members

 

November 1996

The monthly journal “Manufacturers' Journal“ was renamed “Hong Kong Entrepreneur” to provide more up-to-date economic information and deeper analysis on industry

 

1 September 1997

The “CMA Prevocational School “and the “CMA Choi Cheung Kok Prevocational School” was renamed the “CMA Secondary School” and the “CMA Choi Cheung Kok Secondary School”

 

1998

Staged the Hong Kong Products Expo (now the Hong Kong Brands & Products Expo) in October and December in Guangzhou and Hong Kong respectively. This was the first time the CMA staged the Expo in Mainland China

 

1999

Organized the first Hong Kong Top Brand Awards to give recognition to outstanding brand names established by Hong Kong companies

 

15 September 1999

The CMA Testing and Certification Laboratories held a cocktail reception to celebrate its 20^th anniversary and to unveil its new logo

 

16 November 2000

Held the naming ceremony of the Fu Chan Yun Mei Memorial Building of the CMA Secondary School and established the “CMA Secondary School Education Development Trust” to develop course structure and to increase learning effectiveness of the students

 

5 April 2001

Formed the “Hong Kong – Mainland Joint Business Liaison Committee” with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries

 

2002

Co-organized with Macao Chamber of Commerce, the “Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong's Trade and Economic Forum” was renamed the “Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau's Trade and Economic Forum” to promote economic co-operation among the four places

 

May 2003

Donated HK$2 million, together with donations of over HK$1.7 million from its members, to carry out a series of SARS relief works

 

2004

Organized a gala dinner, expos, outgoing missions and seminars to celebrate the 70^th anniversary of the Association. The CMA Insurance Agent Limited and the CMA Exhibition Services Limited were also established to provide professional insurance intermediary services and exhibition related services respectively for members

 

September 2004

 

Organized the Hong Kong Brands & Products Expo for the first time at Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai. The 4-day Expo attracted over 100,000 visitors

 

2005

Established the “Hong Kong Brand Development Council”, and incepted the “Hong Kong Top Service Brand Awards” to promote local service brands

 

March 2005

Established the Guangzhou Representative Office to provide local support for members operating in Mainland China

 

2006

Established the CMA Secretarial Services Limited to provide one-stop professional and quality secretarial and commercial services to SMEs

 

2007

 

Donated HK$1 million to Project Vision Foundation for the establishment of its fourth Charity Eye Centre in Shanxi Province

 

2008

 

Raised HK$0.8 million and HK$1 million for snowstorm and Wenchuan earthquake relief respectively

 

February 2009

Established the CMA Marketing Solutions Limited to provide marketing and event management services to SMEs

 

May 2009

 

Founded the “Miss Exhibition Society” to get together contestants of past Miss Exhibition Pageants for charity purposes

 

June 2009

To celebrate the 10^th Anniversary of the “Hong Kong Top Brand Awards”, a commemorative book entitled “Brand Story @ Hong Kong” was published, which contains detailed accounts of the success stories of winning brands

 

2009

To celebrate its 75^th Anniversary, the CMA organizes a large-scale cocktail reception, a racing cup and a golf tournament, and publishes a research book on industrial development throughout the year. A Special Reserve Fund is also set up to subsidize charitable events

 

January 2010

The 44^th Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo attracted 2.29 million visitors, recording the highest attendance in history