The Mediazone Group is proud to announce the launch of the Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies 2026 Online Awards Program, marking a landmark 25th anniversary year for Hong Kong’s longest-running English-language business recognition platform.


Over the past quarter century, Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies, widely known as HKMVC, has grown from a distinctive publishing initiative into a respected corporate awards and thought-leadership platform that celebrates enterprise, innovation, resilience and service excellence across the city’s business community. Founded as part of the Mediazone Group’s mission to bring wider attention to high-achieving corporations and pioneers in Hong Kong, the HKMVC platform has, for more than two decades, consistently spotlighted companies that help define the territory’s commercial character and competitiveness. Across the years, the program has evolved with the market itself. What began as a recognition platform linked to Mediazone’s flagship business publication has expanded into a broader business forum featuring interviews, innovation showcases, industry presentations and public recognition for companies whose achievements create meaningful value for customers and markets alike.

Jerone Chin, General Manager, Mediazone Group

“Our history has been marked by a number of notable milestones. The HKMVC program has featured and welcomed many high-profile guests from leading global & local corporations, industry associations, various local & foreign government departments, and more, underlining the stature it has built in Hong Kong’s business landscape.”
– Jerone Chin, General Manager of Mediazone

HKMVC’s programs over the years have also introduced market-first formats that reflected the changing needs of the economy, including forum-style presentations, talk-show interviews, innovations show-and-tell sessions and expo-style events. These innovative formats have enhanced the awards’ presentation style while retaining its core purpose: to recognize the companies whose ideas, discipline and customer commitment help keep Hong Kong moving forward. The scale and diversity of the program have also become defining features of its legacy, drawing guests and participants from multiple regions, with multiple instances of the program reporting audiences connected from 16 countries across the Americas, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
In more recent years, HKMVC has highlighted achievements across a wide range of sectors, including (but not limited to) artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain, IoT, digital construction, financial services, healthcare, e-payments, consumer services, design, automation and professional advisory services. This broad industry reach reflects a central belief of the awards: that value creation in Hong Kong is not confined to one sector, but is generated wherever businesses solve real problems, improve quality, strengthen competitiveness and serve customers with distinction.

For the 2026 program, the Mediazone Group will continue to honor companies whose performance demonstrates substance as well as visibility. According to Mediazone’s published description of the awards process, one of the main criteria that the judging panel, which comprise the publisher’s editorial leadership and research team, look for in nominated brands are the progress and accomplishments of companies within their specific industries.
Winners are ultimately chosen based on the value their accomplishments are deemed to bring to the market. In practical terms, HKMVC’s recognition has historically favored organizations that show a compelling combination of innovation, measurable business progress, commitment to quality, devotion to industry, customer loyalty, competitiveness, credibility and resilience. These qualities have appeared consistently in the program’s public messaging and remain central to the reputation the awards have built over time.
The Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies 2026 Online Awards Program will continue this tradition in a format designed to keep the engagement with the business community active throughout the year. By bringing the program online, the Mediazone Group will be able to highlight a wider range of companies, sectors and success stories while giving audiences more opportunities to follow updates, interviews, award features and company spotlights as the 2026 program unfolds. In doing so, the Group reaffirms HKMVC’s long-standing role not only as a business awards platform, but also as a platform for recognizing the ideas, leadership and market contributions that support Hong Kong’s status as a leading international business centre.

As HKMVC enters this important anniversary year, the Mediazone Group extends its congratulations to the companies, founders, executives and teams whose work continues to shape Hong Kong’s future. Their achievements stand as a reminder that progress is built not only on ambition, but on execution, integrity, adaptability and the courage to lead through changing times. In celebrating a quarter century of Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies, the Group also celebrates the enduring spirit of enterprise that has long distinguished Hong Kong in the eyes of regional and global markets.

Editor’s note: This press release will be updated again as the Hong Kong’s Most Valuable Companies 2026 Online Awards Program continues throughout the full year of 2026, so readers, partners and participants are encouraged to stay tuned for further announcements, winner updates and program highlights. For information on how to nominate your company for the Awards write to editor@mediazone.com.hk