Mr Louis Yu

The Sustainable Future of Xiqu for Appeasing Deities in Hong Kong

📅 8 November 2025 (Saturday)

🕛 1700 - 1800

Culture, ESG and the Business 

📅 9 November 2025 (Sunday)

🕛 1100 - 1200

Mr Louis Yu is the founder and Executive Director of the Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Centre. The Centre organised the first Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference on 8-9 November 2025. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and sits on the Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation of the HKSAR. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. His first book, How Cities Culture (2022), won the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Award in 2023, and his second book, Towards a Cultural City, was published in April 2024. His previous roles include Director of the Hong Kong Art School, Executive Director for Performing Arts at the West Kowloon Cultural District, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, and Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Organisation Description

Founded in 2025, led by Founder and Executive Director Louis Kwok Lit Yu, with governance provided by a Board of Directors chaired by Prof. Sun Man Tseng and members Ms Babby Fung and Ms Helen So, the Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Centre brings together stakeholders from the culture, business, environment, innovative technology, social services, and education sectors in Hong Kong and the region. The objectives are to promote sustainable development through arts and culture for public benefit in Hong Kong and worldwide; to serve as a platform in Hong Kong that connects the culture, business, environment, information technology, social services, and education sectors; to enhance cultural understanding and sustainability through collaboration; to build links with similar organisations in mainland China and around the world for knowledge and resource sharing; and to conduct activities focused on charitable goals and community welfare. The main project is the annual Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference.