According to the estimation of HKDEA, there are about 138 computer animation companies in Hong Kong. The computer animation industry mainly comprises small companies in order to reduce operating cost. The industry lacks pure animation works like animated films or TV series, and also lacks large animation work to grab international attention. The companies usually work on orders in Hong Kong or the Mainland and take up other jobs like film post-production, game designing and styling, MV post-production, etc. in order to sustain. As the operating cost in Hong Kong is high, the computer animation companies find it hard to compete with their counterparts in other regions in which the Government provides a lot of support. Out of the 27 companies responded in the survey, 13 (48.1%) are neutral in their outlook for future development whereas the numbers of being optimistic and pessimistic are both 6 (22.2%).