Print Reports
Hong Kong industries and the path to new media (Eng)
The Internet and its growing mobility are radically changing the ways consumers and companies talk. This report looks at the challenges and opportunities in new media for some of Hong Kong’s creative and traditional industries, including printing, publishing and manufacturing.
Hong Kong as Asia’s Central Business District (Eng)
Hong Kong plays a leading role in regional business and as Asia’s Central Business District (CBD). Its primacy lies in its capabilities as a fundraising centre, management hub and sourcing platform, all mentioned by senior executives based in Asia as they responded to this latest HKTDC survey.
Tapping China’s lucrative online market (Chi)
Online shopping is exploding on the Chinese mainland, with 38% of the country’s 500 million Internet users making purchases last year. Tellingly, some 68% of online retailers used online advertising as a form of promotion. This trend is backed by a supportive Chinese government which aims to more than double last year’s online sales as a percentage of retail to 9% in 2015. This report explores how Hong Kong companies can tap the Mainland’s hugely lucrative market online.
Small can be beautiful: Gearing towards a new export paradigm (Eng)
The seismic shudders in world trade see hard-up consumers in traditional markets making smaller orders. Emerging markets offer better prospects, but their size and purchasing power are still limited, again, to small orders. Struggling Hong Kong exporters should appreciate that taking small orders is becoming the creed for survival.
Rising to the challenge: survey findings on business environment for Hong Kong exporters (Eng)
Higher-cost mainland production and slower global demand have Hong Kong exporters in a vice. This HKTDC Research survey examines both the worst problems and best strategies available to different industries. Emerging markets, particularly on the Chinese mainland, are very much in focus for development.
Kenya: the launch pad to East Africa (Eng)
With sea and air connections, Kenya is not only the largest economy in East Africa, but an ideal regional gateway. Its accommodating trade regime is in tandem with steady growth and an English-speaking environment. In fact, it’s increasingly the “darling” of Hong Kong traders on the continent, holding the greatest promise for electronics, electricals, textiles and garment suppliers.
On-line Articles in HKTDC Economic Forum
- Hong Kong’s maritime sector: sailing in choppy seas
- New media – a value proposition for Hong Kong’s book industry
- New media – a game changing challenge for Hong Kong’s newspaper
- Hong Kong broadcasters get connected to the new media
- How the new media grabbed Hong Kong advertising and marketing
- CEPA’s measures are a Hong Kong takeaway
- Urbanisation and retail in the YRD
- Urbanisation and retail in the Bohai Region
- Changes in automobile supply chain in China
- HKTDC's top 30 cities for entering the Mainland market
- Medium-term prospects for Hong Kong exports: an uneasy rebound
- Sino-US trade relations in the run-up to American presidential election
- Market and product outlook in overseas markets: survey findings of HKTDC gifts and premium fair
- Market and product outlook in overseas markets: survey findings of HKTDC houseware fair
