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A magnet for foreign firms
Overseas and Mainland
Overseas and Mainland
companies in Hong Kong
companies in Hong Kong
Total number
Total number
of operations
of operations
9,040
8,754 (2018) (2019)
Regional headquarters
1,541 (2019) Regional offices
6.4%
Local offices
Staff engaged
8,225 (2017) 5,009 (2019)
2,490 (2019)
professional, business and education services
v Major sources of parent companies: Mainland China, Japan, the US, the UK, Singapore
493,000 (2019) v Sectors: Import/export trade, wholesale and retail; financing and banking;
Start-up hub
v StartmeupHK is an initiative by Invest
Hong Kong to attract entrepreneurial talent and innovative ventures from around the world to use Hong Kong as their global launch pad;
v The city hosts over 3,180 start-ups; v Support for start-ups:
- Excellent package of advantages - Incubators and accelerators
- Government funding support
- Private venture capital
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