Hong Kong official report assisted more than 300 companies to set up business in Hong Kong in the first half of this year, and introduced nearly 40 billion yuan (Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong dollars, the same, about 7 billion yuan) to invest in the Hong Kong economy.

According to the Hong Kong government communiqué, the Hong Kong Investment and Promotion Department announced on Tuesday (July 2) that the Department has assisted 322 mainland China and overseas companies in Hong Kong in the first half of this year to open or expand its business in Hong Kong.The number of assisted companies increased by 43%compared with the same period of 2023. These companies brought more than 3,500 new positions to Hong Kong economy, creating more than 3,500 new positions, an increase of 6%and 44%compared with the same period last year.

Liu Kaixuan, director of the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Department, said: "I am glad to see the number of corporate numbers we assisted in continuous growth.Hong Kong's continuous support, etc., accelerates the pace of corporate expansion of Hong Kong business.In the second half of this year, the Department will continue to promote the advantages of Hong Kong at an established goal.Financial services, innovation technology and family office will be a more popular industry.The Department will also strengthen the promotion of strategic markets around the world, including Asian'an, the Middle East and North Africa regions, and use Hong Kong to play the advantages of Hong Kong as super contacts and super -value -added people.

According to reports, the 322 companies assisted by the Hong Kong Investment and Promotion Agency in the first half of this year are from 33 economies. Mainland China is still the largest source market, with a total of 150 companies.

distributed by the industry, these companies come from financial services and fintech (77), innovation and technology (61), family office (52), business and professional services (33) and consumption consumption and consumptionProducts (29).

Of the 322 supporting companies, 47 are economically (excluding the mainland) economies along the “Belt and Road”.