Sports
- January 6 – 2nd leg of the 2008 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup.
- January 19 – 2007–08 Hong Kong League Cup (to 22 March)
- January 24 – 2008 Hong Kong–Shanghai Inter Club Championship
- January 25–27 – International Youth Football Invitation Tournament 2008 in Hong Kong.
- February – East Asian Cup 2008
- February – Women's East Asian Cup 2008
- February – 2008 Lunar New Year Cup
- March – MLB China Series
- March – China Open 2008 (snooker)
- March 28–30: 2008 Hong Kong Sevens
- April 18–20: 2008 World Fencing Championships held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China.
- April 23 – 2007–08 Hong Kong FA Cup
- May – 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix
- May 29 – 2008 UCI BMX World Championships took place in Taiyuan, China. (to June 1)
- August – 2008–09 HKFA 7-A-Side Competition
- August 8 – 2008 Summer Olympics
- September – 2008 Summer Paralympics
- October – 2008 Chinese Grand Prix
- October 3–18: World Mind Sports Games held in Beijing, China.
- November – 2008 Tennis Masters Cup
- November 9: 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, China
- November 22–29: 2008 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship held in Ningbo City.
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