Hong Kong has attracted about 500 local and mainland Chinese enterprises at its first large-scale major promotional event across the border through a newly established task force dedicated to helping businesses expand overseas, the city’s trade promoter has said.
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Officials went all out to promote Hong Kong’s role as a global connector in Shanghai this week, including at a conference on Thursday titled “The Ideal Platform for Mainland Enterprises in Going Global Promotion Conference”. The event was organised by the government and the Trade Development Council.
The conference took place alongside Hong Kong’s participation in the world’s largest import trade show, the China International Import Expo.
“Hong Kong’s role as a super connector is getting more important… and [helping enterprises] go global is extremely important for the country, which connects them with the world,” council chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang said on the sidelines of the conference.
According to Ma, there were more than 500 firms from both Hong Kong and Shanghai interested in using the city as a platform to invest overseas and attract foreign capital and technology.
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He added that the country’s products were “very mature and world-class”, with Hong Kong able to act as a “super-connector” to facilitate bilateral international cooperation and trade.