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Chart 3
Position of Inward Direct Investment in
Hong Kong at Market Value by
Major Investor Country/Territory at end-2010
Others
13.3% ($1,126.8 billion)
United States of America
3.6% ($307.0 billion)
Bermuda
6.5% ($554.5 billion)
Netherlands
7.1% ($605.1 billion)
British Virgin Islands
32.5% ($2,752.4 billion)
The mainland of China
36.9% ($3,127.3 billion)
Chart 4
Position of Inward Direct Investment in
Hong Kong at Market Value by Major Economic Activity of Hong Kong Enterprise Groups at end-2010
Insurance
Other activities
2.4% ($199.6 billion) 6.7% ($570.1 billion)
Financing (except banking,
Investment and holding companies)
2.6% ($217.0 billion)
Import/export, wholesale
and retail trades
9.7% ($825.7 billion)
Banking
12.1% ($1,026.8 billion)
Investment and holding,
real estate, professional and business services 66.5% ($5,633.8 billion)
Hong Kong was host to 6 948 overseas, Mainland and Taiwan companies representing parent companies located outside Hong Kong, as at June 1, 2011. Of these companies, 3 752 served as regional headquarters or regional offices. This reflects investors' confidence in Hong Kong's enduring advantages and their preference for Hong Kong as a base in Asia from which to oversee their regional or global operations.
The Institutional Framework
Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch
The Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) is responsible for the formulation and co-ordination of policies and strategies in relation to Hong Kong's external commercial relations,