Advantages of doing business in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Advantage Knowledgeable, experienced and well-connected, Hong Kong has
a unique combination of advantages to partner with investors, intermediaries and project
owners worldwide to take advantage of Belt and Road opportunities.

Hong Kong is an ideal place to invest or to do business. It is characterized by its:

 Free trade and investment policy

 Rule of law
 Complete freedom of capital movement
 Clean and efficient government
 Low and simple taxation
 Close proximity to markets in Asia
 Highly skilled workforce

QUALITY and DIVERSITY of services

 The World's most services-oriented economy with services accounting for more than 90 per
cent of GDP
 Vibrant capital market offering diversified fundraising channels
 Global offshore renminbi trade settlement, financing and asset management service centre
connecting regions along the Belt and Road
 Experienced in assisting Chinese mainland enterprises, project sponsors, lenders and
private equity funds in structuring and financing public-private partnership projects such as
ports, highways and power plants

Belt and Road Initiative

The Belt and Road Initiative refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century
Maritime Silk Road. It is a visionary, long-term initiative launched by the Chinese
Government to foster closer economic, political, cultural and social links across Asia ti
the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The Initiative features “five areas of connectivity”:
policy co-ordination, facilities connectivity; unimpeded trade: financial integration; and,
people-to-people bonds.

Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)

The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) is the first
free trade agreement between Mainland China and Hong Kong. It opens up huge markets for
Hong Kong goods and services, greatly enhancing the existing close economic cooperation and
integration. In brief, the Mainland applies zero import tariffs for exports from Hong Kong meeting
CEPA origin rules for goods and preferential market access for Hong Kong companies in 47
service sectors, including banking, logistics, legal, audio-visual, transport and mining. Overseas
companies can also benefit from CEPA in various ways.
EFFICIENCY and FLEXBILITY

 Ranked the world's freest economy2 and the fifth-easiest place in the world to do business3;
 Efficient business environment supported by a stable and fully convertible currency, the
absence of exchange controls, low tax rates and a simple tax structure, and the free flow of
information, capital and talents

SYNERGY

 Asia's second-largest private equity center managing about 20 per cent of the total
capital pool in the region
 Largest source of foreign direct investment for the Chinese mainland and the world's
second-largest source of foreign direct investment
 Regional fund and asset management Centre with a high concentration of international
fund managers and collective investment schemes
 One-stop shop for professional services, logistics, shipping, telecommunications,
construction and engineering to meet project needs.