hpa (Ho & Partners Architects Engineers & Development Consultants Limited) was founded in 1980 and became one of the Band 1 architectural consultants in Hong Kong in 1992. hpa was also accredited as the first wholly owned foreign company issued with a Class-A Architectural License in China in 2014. Among many other accomplishments, the company was listed 47 in the UK-published World Architecture magazine’s "World’s Top 200 Architectural Practices", and its projects have received many international awards, including the China Property Awards, MIPIM Awards (France), Asia Pacific Property Awards as well as 2019 BCI Asia Top 10 Architects Awards and the 2019 Hong Kong Management Association Quality Award. hpa has a more than 10 million square metres of design footprints in more than 50 cities across 10 countries. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, hpa expanded its strong presence as well as reaching further afield globally. In 2017, hpa was invited to become a Strategic Partner of HKTDC’s Belt and Road-related promotions to champion Hong Kong’s role in the export of professional services.