ENG-2008 — Page 144

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