Hong Kong has also provided an important platform for the development of performance art and performance art festivals – including those that provide significant links to Mainland China. Here one can look at the important role of Kwok Mang-ho (a.k.a. the Frog King), who since 1967 has been producing a great number of performances across the world [20]. In 1979, Kwok further visited Beijing, where he staged a series of happenings, while participating in an exhibition at the Central Art & Craft Institute. Another important figure in Hong Kong is the writer, playwright, theatre producer, and present-day Chief Executive of the Centre for Community Cultural Development (CCCD), Mok Chiu-yu.

In 1990, Mok Chiu-yu, together with J. Frank Harrison co-edited an important collection of writings and documents on the Beijing Spring and Democracy Movement in China, titled Voices From Tiananmen Square [21]. Since 1989, Hong Kong-based performance artists have also been staging performances to commemorate the 1989 Democracy Movement, which are held each year on June 4th, the date of the final military crackdown of the student movement at Tiananmen Square. These performances include those by San Mu/Chen Shisen, a prominent performance artist , based in Hong Kong, who also became closely involved with the founding of the Hong Kong On the Move Performance Art Festival [22].