Strategic Gateway to China

The dynamic international city of Hong Kong blends the best of East and West into a powerhouse for business and services. With a highly educated and professional workforce and close proximity to business in China, Hong Kong is the perfect hub for companies aiming at developing their activities not only in China but also in East and South-East Asia.

Hong Kong stands out as one of the few places in Asia where you can set up your business within a familiar banking, legal, linguistic and lifestyle environment.

Many foreign companies use Hong Kong companies as their management and operational centre for doing business in China and to provide a virtual firewall to protect their business interests from potential legal and financial risk exposure in China.

Advantages of Hong Kong

• Common law based legal system
• Political stability
• Business friendly tax regime and double taxation treaty with China
• Tax efficient investment holding vehicle, if properly structured
• Foreign Directors possible, liberty to appoint directors and officers;
multiple ownership possible
• The world's freest economy with few controls over businesses
• Freedom of capital movement, therefore immediate and absolute control
and flexibility over funds
• Good reputation as Hong Kong is not seen as a traditional tax haven
• Exceptional trade centre for imports and exports
• Corruption-free and efficient administration
• Direct access to China due to CEPA, the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement
between China and Hong Kong
• Opening of China office possible

Given its geographic advantage and highly developed infrastructure, Hong Kong is the ideal hub for companies to move into Greater China and a strategic base for your Asian operations.