100 Commerce and Industry
Chart 3 Position of Inward Direct Investment in Hong Kong at
Market Value by Major Investor Country/Territory
at end-2007
Others
9.8% ($898.4 billion)
United States of America
3.0% ($278.6 billion)
Bermuda
4.2% ($383.2 billion)
Netherlands
5.8% ($530.5 billion)
British Virgin Islands
36.6% ($3,358.5 billion)
The mainland of China
40.7% ($3,737.4 billion)
Note: British Virgin Islands and Bermuda are important offshore financial centres commonly used by investors to channel inward direct investment funds to Hong Kong
Chart 4
Number of Hong Kong Enterprise Groups (HKEGs)
with Inward Direct Investment by
Employment Size in end-2007
7.000
No. of HKEGs
6 023
6 000
5.000
4 000
3.000
2.000
1 000
2 175
694
640
103
0
Less than 20
20 - 49
50 - 99
100 - 499
500 - 999
Employment Size
59
25
1 000 - 2 999 3 000 or more