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Commerce and Industry

Chart 2

Position of Inward Direct Investment in

Hong Kong at Market Value by

Major Investor Country/Territory at the end of 2013

United States of America

3.3% ($347.5 billion)

Bermuda

5.9% ($613.8 billion)

Netherlands

6.6% ($696.6 billion)

Others countries/territories

18.6% ($1,946.5 billion)

British Virgin Islands 33.7% ($3,537 billion)

The mainland of China

31.9% ($3,341.6 billion)

Chart 3

Position of Inward Direct Investment in

Hong Kong at Market Value by Major Economic Activity of Hong Kong Enterprise Groups at the end of 2013

Financing (except banking,

Transportation, storage, postal and courier services

1.9% ($200.1 billion)

investment and holding companies)

2.6% ($271.5 billion)

Import/export, wholesale

and retail trades

10% ($1,052.5 billion)

Banking

11.8% ($1,235 billion)

Other activities

5.4% ($570.8 billion)

Investment and holding, real estate, professional and business services 68.2% ($7,153 billion)

The Institutional Framework

Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch

The Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau formulates and co-ordinates policies and strategies in relation to Hong Kong's external commercial relations, tourism, inward investment promotion, convention and exhibition services, intellectual property protection, industry and business support, trade facilitation, consumer protection, promotion of competition, postal services and meteorological services. It also oversees the development of policies and programmes for the industrial and trade sectors, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the promotion of services industries. The branch is assisted by the Trade and Industry Department, Invest Hong Kong, the Customs and Excise Department, the Intellectual Property Department, Hongkong Post and the Hong Kong Observatory. It is also supported by the overseas Economic and Trade Offices (ETOs).

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