Hong Kong and Zhaoqing entice Taiwan businesses

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Invest Hong Kong or InvestHK and the Zhaoqing Municipal government co-organized the seminar in Taipei yesterday entitled, "Hong Kong and Zhaoqing: Your Business Partners in Mainland China.”

InvestHK Director-General of Investment Promotion Simon Galpin highlighted Hong Kong's strengths as Asia's business capital. He also explained the enduring advantages that make Hong Kong a strategic platform from which investors, including Taiwanese companies, can access unlimited business opportunities in the Mainland and internationally.

“Hong Kong is also part of China, and a gateway through which an increasing number of Mainland companies are going global. So if you set up your business in Hong Kong, you will be connected virtually with the whole world while simultaneously gaining access to the entire Mainland market," Galpin said.

Galpin urged Taiwanese entrepreneurs to move fast to join this global trend and build a foothold in Hong Kong before their rivals do. In 2012, Taiwan was Hong Kong's fourth largest trading partner with a total trade value amounting of some HK$325 billion.

As of June 1, 2012, the number of regional headquarters, regional offices and local offices in Hong Kong representing parent companies located in Taiwan were 31, 180 and 239, respectively.