China News Service, Hong Kong, August 8th. The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Chen Maobo, delivered a video speech at the "Hong Kong: Seize New Investment Opportunities? Explore New Overseas Business Opportunities" Anhui-Hong Kong Exchange Conference on the 8th, saying that Anhui Province is part of the Yangtze River Delta region. One of the important members, it has frequent economic and trade exchanges with Hong Kong and is an important economic and trade cooperation and investment partner. Anhui Province and all mainland enterprises are welcome to use Hong Kong as a platform to connect the world and explore the global market.
In his speech, Chen Maobo said that the country is the most solid backing for Hong Kong. With the advantages of the "one country, two systems" system, Hong Kong has been giving full play to its own strengths and contributing to the reform and opening up of the mainland, especially in helping mainland enterprises to "go global" and to attract foreign capital "into". to play an important bridge and intermediary role.
Chen Maobo said that Hong Kong is the preferred international financing platform for mainland enterprises, providing channels for listing funds and diversified funds.
In the past 13 years, Hong Kong has ranked first in the world for the total amount of initial public offerings (IPOs) raised seven times.
Hong Kong implemented a new listing system in 2018, which facilitates the listing of emerging and innovative industry companies with “same share and different rights”, biotech companies that have no profit or even no income, and mainland companies that have been listed overseas to Hong Kong for secondary listing.
He continued that Hong Kong's bond market is booming, and it is the world's largest center for arranging international bond issuance in Asia, accounting for 34% of international bond issuance in Asia in 2021.
Hong Kong is also a green and sustainable financial center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and it is suitable as the headquarters for mainland enterprises to manage international business. There are a large number of experienced and international talents who can help mainland enterprises to coordinate and manage overseas business.
He said that under the national "14th Five-Year Plan", Hong Kong is also striving to promote technological innovation, making good use of its own scientific research advantages, and cooperating with sister cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to make joint efforts to develop the entire Bay Area into a world-class innovation. Technology Center.
Against this backdrop, we very much welcome I&T companies from other mainland provinces and cities to set up in Hong Kong and make full use of the synergies of our I&T development.
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