Asia's financial centre
	International business experience
	Familiar and strong legal system

Hong Kong's open and internationally-focused economy has a range and quality of business and legal services unmatched in the region. Hong Kong-based firms have been instrumental in supporting Asia's major growth areas with capital, procurement, logistical services, management expertise and quality assurance.

Hong Kong's financial sector, which includes offices of nearly three quarters of the world's top 100 banks, assists multinationals and SMEs alike with setting up deals throughout China and the Asia-Pacific.

	China's largest external investor
	Experienced China risk managers
	Preferential access to China's markets

Hong Kong is the largest single investor in the Chinese mainland. Close to 45 per cent of outside investment in China's main cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, comes from Hong Kong companies. In Southern China's Pearl River Delta region, Hong Kong companies have been key drivers for almost 25 years, with 60,000-plus companies employing over 10 million people.

For smaller companies with limited time and resources for lengthy market development and frequent business trips to China, partnering with a Hong Kong company gives instant China expertise and peace of mind. In addition, the recently signed free trade arrangement ('Cepa') between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, now gives Hong Kong companies and their international partners faster and easier access to mainland markets.

	Asia's best international trade fairs
	Easy access to factories in the Pearl River Delta
	Successful in selling to China

Hong Kong has an unrivalled position as Asia's trade fair capital. Each year, more than 60 international events attract hundreds of thousands of exhibitors and buyers from around the world. Hong Kong's popularity with mainland Chinese exhibitors is a key attraction for international firms, that value meeting companies from across China under one roof.

For international companies looking to source products, or explore new markets, Hong Kong is ideally placed within China's fastest growing economic region, the Pearl River Delta. Hong Kong managed companies have made this region the world's strongest exporter of many light consumer goods. With its growing middle class, fast modernising companies and business-friendly environment, this region offers international companies an easy route into China. Expanding transport networks also make this an ideal distribution hub for the wider southern China region.

	Strong familiar institutions
	Entrepreneurial culture
	Cosmopolitan lifestyle

With its open and transparent legal system, world-class business institutions and level playing field, Hong Kong is an easy place for companies, of all sizes and nationalities, to do business. English is widely spoken and commercial practices are familiar to international business people.

Hong Kong is already home to thousands of international companies, large and small. They enjoy the same business benefits as local companies: low taxes (17.5 per cent corporate tax; 16 per cent income tax; no tax on capital gains, dividends, or foreign-sourced income), and the same access to the mainland under the 'Cepa' free trade agreement.