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Press Release

Investopia Global launches first dialogue session in Hong Kong to
highlight modern financing and investment trends and strengthen

UAE companies’ presence in Asia

• H.E. Bin Touq: 607 Hong Kong companies operate in the UAE markets as of
the end of July 2025, with their number growing by more than 20 per cent
compared to last year

• H.E. Mohamed Al Hawi: Event a key platform for expanding the scope

of UAE’s trade and investment cooperation with Hong Kong

Abu Dhabi, 18 September 2025 - Under the chairmanship of H.E. Mohamed Abdulrahman Al
Hawi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Investment; and H.E. Paul Chan Mo-po, Financial
Secretary of Hong Kong, Investopia launched its first Global Dialogues session in Hong Kong.
The event shed light on modern global investment and finance trends and their role in enhancing
the growth and sustainability of economies, in addition to exploring the means to strengthen the
presence of UAE companies in Asian markets. Other key themes included the driving forces
reshaping the global economy, the fastest-growing markets in Asia and the Middle East, and the
impact of economic and geopolitical challenges on regional and international economic growth.

The event, organised by Investopia in partnership with HSBC bank and in cooperation with the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), highlighted the importance of enhancing
economic cooperation between the UAE and Hong Kong in sectors of new economy, tourism and
travel, entrepreneurship, transport, technology and innovation, logistics, and financial services. It
also focused on creating new opportunities for companies from both sides and supporting their
expansion into foreign markets.

H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism, said: “Economic and
investment cooperation between the UAE and Hong Kong is witnessing continuous growth, within
the broader framework of the thriving UAE-Chinese economic partnership, especially as the UAE
is an important strategic gateway facilitating the expansion of Chinese and Asian companies into
the Middle East and Africa. Our country’s strategic geographical location connecting East and
West, its advanced infrastructure, its economic status as a leading global hub for business and

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