In order to attract more overseas funds to invest in Hong Kong, Hong Kong will restart the investment immigration plan in the middle of next year. The investment threshold will be 30 million Hong Kong dollars (about S $ 5.12 million).Officially predicts that the new plan can bring new funds up to HK $ 120 billion in Hong Kong.
After the anti -repair campaign in 2019, many foreign companies and foreign capital have evacuated Hong Kong.The SAR Government announced earlier in the Government Report that the capital investor entry plan for eight years of suspension of eight years will be restarted.The Hong Kong Government announced the details of the plan on Tuesday (December 18th, stating that people who are 18 years old or above (including foreign nationals and Chinese citizenships have obtained foreign permanent residents, Macau residents and Chinese residents of Taiwan).
The applicant must prove that two years before the application is submitted, it will definitely benefit from the net assets of no less than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and to invest at least 30 million Hong Kong dollars to receive an investment asset, including the investment at least 27 million Hong Kong dollars.Financial assets and non -residential real estate, as well as the new "investment portfolio of capital investors inbound plan" investment 3 million Hong Kong dollars.
The investment portfolio will be established and managed by Hong Kong Investment Management Co., Ltd. to invest in companies / projects related to Hong Kong to support the key industries of innovation and technology industries and other key industries that help Hong Kong's economy.
Applicants who have been approved can bring their spouses and their unmarried and raised children under 18 years of age to come to Hong Kong. They can generally be allowed to stay in Hong Kong for less than two years.After the expiration of each three -year period, it can apply for extending the stay period of not more than three years.
Applicants and their adoptives If they usually live in Hong Kong for no less than seven years in Hong Kong, they can apply to become a permanent resident of Hong Kong in accordance with the law;The planned financial regulations are not less than seven years, and you can apply for unconditional restrictions in Hong Kong.If the application is approved, the applicant can freely dispose of their investment assets.
Xu Zhengyu, director of the Hong Kong Financial Affairs and Treasury Bureau, said that there were more than 15,000 net worth of super high assets in Hong Kong last year, ranking first among global cities.The official did not set up a hard indicator for the number of applicants for this plan. However, with reference to the previous plan, an average of 4,000 applications per year within 10 years, calculated at a investment amount of 30 million Hong Kong dollars. It is expected that Hong Kong will bring a new capital of HK $ 120 billion in Hong Kong.
He pointed out that the official will review the results for some time after the plan is launched, and decide whether to adjust the measures.As for the foreign exchange control in mainland China, he believes that different institutions or people should decide their capital arrangements by themselves.
There are similar investment immigration plans in Singapore and Australia.Xu Zhengyu said that different countries and regions will launch different plans in response to their own conditions and conditions. The Hong Kong government is confident that Hong Kong's plans are competitive.
He revealed that before the Hong Kong Government officially announced the plan, he carried out "soft consultation" in different places to understand the opinions of market participants or potential applicants, and found that people in Southeast Asia or other regions were interested in the plan.
Mai Caicai, an associate professor of the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance of the Hong Kong Baptist University, said that the official restarting investment category allowed this plan, most of which belong to financial aspects, including stocks, bonds, funds and insurance.Non -residential real estate such as Xia or Commercial Building is used as rent -collecting or self -use, which can cooperate with the interests and affordable risks of different applicants.Officials require that 3 million Hong Kong dollars are put in the fields of innovation technology, which will help promote the "big cake" in the local industry in Hong Kong.
Mai Cui pointed out that the threshold for investment plans in Hong Kong is similar to that of neighboring countries or regions. It is estimated that it can attract Chinese or Chinese applications with permanent foreign residents to apply for it in the future.The planned foreigners believe that it will be a person who has business with China or China.
However, Zhou Xian, the author of Hong Kong Financial column, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that applicants who previously invested immigrants were usually purchased stocks, and many people were mentally prepared to lose about 30 %.If you invest in HK $ 30 million and lose two or 30 %, I believe there are not many psychologically acceptable people.
Zhou Xian believes that officials are not as required to directly request applicants to buy Hong Kong government bonds. Although the return rate is low, there is no risk, which can attract more people to apply for plans.
