Presentation by Ms. Jenny Koo, Director Service Promotion Hong Kong Trade Development Council

1. Hong Kong:
Your Best Business Partner and
Risk Manager in China
Jenny Koo
Director, Service Promotion
4 September 2012

2. The China Opportunity
2002 – 2011
GDP : 10.7% growth per annum
Trade : 22.6% growth per annum

3. Economic Model (Products)
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4. Economic Model (Investment)
Old Economic Model (Investment flow)
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5. New Economic Model (Products)
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6. New Economic Model (Investment)
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7. The China Opportunity
No longer ―just‖ a production base:
• Growing middle class –230 million
• Rising consumption –↑17.1% in 2011
• Urban population – 1 billion by 2030

8. The China Opportunity
Growing consumer market
• 1 billion+ mobile phone users
• 500 millions+ internet users
• World’s Largest car market
• Purchase 44% of world’s luxury goods by 2020
• 100 million Chinese tourists expected by 2020

9. The China Opportunity
Moving Up the Value Chain
● 9 million mainland private enterprises
● Growing demand for business services
● Require technologies to go green

10. Hong Kong Advantages
Ideal Location
Sound Fundamentals
Dynamic People

11. Why Hong Kong?
Ideal Location
Harbin
Changchun
Shenyang
Shijiazhuang Beijing
Dalian
Tianjin Seoul
Taiyuan
Jinan Tokyo
Zhengzhou Nanjing
Xian Hefei Osaka
Chengdu Wuhan Fukuoka
Shanghai
Chongqing Hangzhou
Changsha
Nanchang
Delhi
Kunming
Guilin
Guiyang Fuzhou
Guangzhou All of Asia’s key
markets within
Dhaka Taipei
Haikou Hong Kong
Hanoi
Mumbai
Bangkok Manila
Chennai
Bangalore Ho Chi Minh City
Colombo
4 hours
Kuala Lumpur
from half the
Singapore
5 hours world’s population
Jakarta

12. Why Hong Kong?
Ideal Location
Economic integration with China
• 45% of overseas-funded
projects in China tied to Hong Kong
• 56% of China’s outbound FDI goes
through Hong Kong
• Largest overseas investor in most
Chinese cities

13. Why Hong Kong?
Ideal Location
Immediate market — the Pearl River Delta
●56 million people
●24% of China’s imports/exports
Bohai
●9.9% real GDP growth
Yangtze
Delta
● 50,000 Hong Kong companies

14. Why Hong Kong?
Strong Fundamentals
● World’s freest economy
● 1st in the World Economic Forum’s
Financial Development Index 2011
● 1st in IPO equity funding
● 1st in EIU’s Globalization Index 2010
● Well-regulated banking system
● Low, simple tax system

15. Why Hong Kong?
Strong Fundamentals
Rule of Law
• Strong, independent legal system
• Intellectual property rights protection
• Free flows of information, people, goods & capital
• Open & transparent government

16. Why Hong Kong?
Dynamic People
Hong Kong is the
Chinese city that speaks
your language …
Generations of entrepreneurial spirit
Unrivalled China market and international
business experience
Diverse international workforce
... the language of
international business!

17. HongKong: Asia’s Lifestyle Trendsetter and
Hong Kong: Lifestyle Trendsetter and
Marketing Hub
Marketing Hub
• ―Shop Window‖ for China and Rest of Asia
• Distribution Hub & Testing Ground for New
Products & Services

18. Hong Kong Design x International Brand
The Ferrari with the Dragon Tattoo

19. Hong Kong: A hub of Technology
Technology marketplace
- Selling and sourcing high-tech products
- International experience in technology trade
- A partner for foreign companies in meeting China’s demand

20. HKTDC Stands Ready to Help
Creating opportunities in international trade
• Established in 1966 as the marketing arm of
Hong Kong products and services
• Create opportunities for Hong Kong companies
by connecting the world’s SMEs through the
Hong Kong business platform

21. HKTDC Stands Ready to Help
11 offices in China, more than 40 worldwide
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Beijing
Tokyo New York
Dubai
Hong Kong
Bangkok

22. HKTDC Stands Ready to Help
30+ International Trade Fairs
Three Fairs – the largest in the world
Nine Fairs – the largest in Asia
All Fairs – Connecting Buyers and Sellers

23. HKTDC Stands Ready to Help

24. Platforms for Design and
Creativity

25. Platforms for Technology
Inno Design Tech Expo World SME Expo
Solution-Focused
Business
of Design
Week
ECO Expo Asia
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26. Contact Stockholm Office
Madelene Kornfehl, Consultant
Tel: (46)-8-4115-690
Email: stockholm.consultant@hk-sweden.org