The Center for Creative Industries as a non-profit organization has defined its main mission as contributing, through fostering creative industries, to the sustainable development of Macau.

Creative industries, is a sector of the "new economy" and has its foundation on the culture and identity of the place it belongs to. It relies in the inner capacity of the people of Macau to be creative, given the conditions to develop their potential. There is a lot of very encouraging examples of creative capability and potential amongst our fellow citizens in every walk of life and without discrimination of age and gender, however our greatest inspiration comes from the younger generation who are embracing creative work as a profession.

For all of them we feel as an obligation to provide, as much as we can, and as well as we know, opportunities for their further development and full accomplishment of their capabilities.

Creative industries are also, in many economies, including those in the developed countries an important contributor to their GDP, to foreign trade and to international recognition and prestige.

It also works well in relation to job creation, particularly towards young people.