This year's book fair has set Yunnan as the theme province for the mainland exhibition area, with the core theme of "Drinking the same river and reading ten thousand books together". During the book fair, there will be a visual exhibition of illustrations and images of Yunnan edition books, and special sharing activities such as "What is Yunnan" and "What is My Heart's Direction? There is a Life called Yunnan" will be launched. Ethnic song and dance performances and intangible cultural heritage handicrafts will be arranged for on-site display, showcasing the rich ethnic customs and cultural charm of Yunnan from multiple perspectives, and continuously deepening the two-way exchange and cooperation between Yunnan and Hong Kong in publishing, cultural tourism, and creative industries.

This year coincides with the 105th anniversary of the founding of the CPC and the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March. The mainland exhibition area displays a number of party history, long march documentary, revolutionary literature books, leading readers to look back on the century long struggle and feel the spirit of the great Long March.

This year's Hong Kong Book Fair will last until the 21st and feature a series of lectures on 8 different themes. The "Famous Writers Lecture Series" will invite Su Tong, Liu Zhenyun, Bi Feiyu and others to participate in sharing. In addition, the book fair will continue to establish a "cultural and creative space". Among them, the Fujian Pavilion organized 10 cultural and creative enterprises to make their debut, exhibiting Dehua ceramics, Shoushan stone carvings and other art pieces; The Hangzhou exhibition group brought intangible cultural heritage crafts such as mortise and tenon, traditional printing crafts, as well as trendy toys and cultural and creative products with West Lake as the theme.