YES.
If you have a product from Hong Kong (any product except books, magazines or medicines), it must have a barcode called GTIN-13 (or EAN-13), with the registered numbering from GS1 Hong Kong and starting with 489, a prefix reserved for Hong Kong.
So, can't I use a barcode that I just bought on the internet and that starts with 0?
NO.
You can put whatever you want on your product, that's what it's yours for, but if you want to send it to the market you must comply with the rules (not laws, common rules accepted by everyone voluntarily) and if you put one of those cheap codes you will face one of these scenarios, sooner or later:
Scenario #1. You want to send the product to Amazon
You have to fill out the data form before uploading the product. As soon as you fill out the form with your Hong Kong details and then try to enter the barcode number you purchased, which starts with 0 (belonging to the USA), the system will detect this inconsistency and will prohibit you from uploading.
Scenario #2. You want to send the product to a large warehouse
You have to fill out the supplier form before sending the product to the warehouse.
As soon as you have filled out your details, the system will automatically fill in the first three digits of the barcode numbering for you, putting in 489, which is reserved for Hong Kong, and leaving you with a field of only 10 digits.
Your code, which starts with 0 (USA), cannot even be entered into the system.
All the other scenarios are variants of these two, but they always coincide in the basics: if you have a Hong Kong company and you want to put a product on the market in your name, the barcode must be official, come from the regulatory body GS1 Hong Kong, start with 489 and have the numbering registered.
The same applies to any country in the world; a company from one country cannot use barcodes from another country, since the integrity of the system is based on this.