Simon Galpin, Director General of Invest HK talks at the China Lunch Club Melbourne on how to carry the business over to Hong Kong and what the advantages are. www.abf.events
Australian Business Forum helps Australian SMEs and businesses to understand the Chinese market and refine their China strategy.
http://abf.events/
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION BELOW
Hong Kong is your gateway to China. Though small, Hong Kong is Asia's centre for business and professional services, with over 92% of its GDP generated by this sector. This makes Hong Kong ideal for B2B, B2C and business growth with many Australian companies making their first foray into greater China via Hong Kong.
Originally presented by Luca de Leonardis, Head of Australia and NZ from InvestHK, at the Australia-China BusinessWeek series.
mHealth Israel conference_Michel Hivert_MATIMOP_Dec 15, 2014Levi Shapiro
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Simon Galpin, Director General of Invest HK talks at the China Lunch Club Melbourne on how to carry the business over to Hong Kong and what the advantages are. www.abf.events
Australian Business Forum helps Australian SMEs and businesses to understand the Chinese market and refine their China strategy.
http://abf.events/
ABOUT THE PRESENTATION BELOW
Hong Kong is your gateway to China. Though small, Hong Kong is Asia's centre for business and professional services, with over 92% of its GDP generated by this sector. This makes Hong Kong ideal for B2B, B2C and business growth with many Australian companies making their first foray into greater China via Hong Kong.
Originally presented by Luca de Leonardis, Head of Australia and NZ from InvestHK, at the Australia-China BusinessWeek series.
mHealth Israel conference_Michel Hivert_MATIMOP_Dec 15, 2014Levi Shapiro
Michel Hivert, CEO of MATIMOP, presents to Israeli digital health community about programs for encouraging exports of Israeli companies to foreign markets, mHealth Israel conference, Dec 15, 2014, Tel Aviv
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Should you have questions or comments, feel free to post them in the comment box below or drop us a note to relations@eurosia.eu.
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8. Co-working spaces
9. Venture Capital
10. Resources
11. References
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Asia represents substantial opportunities (business development, sourcing, investments...). However, Asian countries are deeply different from each other, probably as much as European countries are.
Our team prepared a series of Asian Country Briefings to help our visitors, friends, and partners better understand those different countries from a business prospective. In this short report, you will find an overview of the Asian countries we will cover. We hope you will find it useful and then be in a strong(er) position to benefit from the substantial opportunities the Asian markets offer, be it for investments, disribution, outsourcing (IT services, Engineering services), or European sourcing purposes.
Should you have questions or comments, feel free to post them in the comment box below or drop us a note to relations@eurosia.eu.
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Malaysia is a rather small country in populous South-East Asia, with 29 million inhabitants, North of Singapore and south of Thailand, with a "peninsular" part and half the island of Borneo (shared with Indonesia).
Malaysia has been early to invest a lot in high technology and has a Silicon Valley of its own since 1997. Is infrastructure enough to create conditions for innovation?
In this presentation, we share the milestones of Malaysia as an innovation ecosystem, we identify their best practices (in particular the neat organization of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Kuala Lumpur) and assess their strengths and weaknesses.
Read more about us as we roam the world to explore the emerging markets startups scenes, from Iran to Chile, from China to Nigeria.
Reach us at: martin@innovationiseverywhere
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2. Startups in Hong Kong
3. Community builders
4. Government support & Universities
5. Incubator and Accelerator Programs
6. Competitions, events
7. Talent's corner
8. Co-working spaces
9. Venture Capital
10. Resources
11. References
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- Gap in funding
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- Government support, universities, co-working spaces, incubators and accelerators
- Resources (talent corner, competitions and events)
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3. Greater Pearl River Delta
• Population 55.3 mn > Canada
• Exports US$387 bn > UK, Canada (more than 27% of China’s exports)
• GDP US$665 bn > Sweden, Belgium
• Land area 56,000 sq km < Panama (less than 1% of China)
5. Low and Simple Tax System
Source: Forbes Tax Misery Index 2009, Inland Revenue
• VAT/GST/Sales tax
• Capital Gains Tax
• Withholding tax on investments
• Estate duty
• Global taxation
• Wine duty
6. World Class ICT - Connecting People
• 8th in the Global Innovation Index Report
(INSEAD 2012)
• 6th most advanced ICT economy
(ITU Sept 2011)
• 2nd in Asia Cloud Readiness Index
(Asia Cloud Computing Association, Sept 2011)
• The safest place in Asia for setting up
data centres (Data Centre Risk Index, Cushman $
Wakefield, 2012)
• Mobile phone penetration rate >220%
7. Human Capital - Quality Education
• Two universities in the world’s top 100
(Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012/13)
• HKUST MBA - 1st in Asia and 10th in the world
(Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2012)
• World’s Top EMBA in 2011: Kellogg - HKUST EMBA
Programme
(Financial Times 2012)
• 48 international schools
• 3rd in the Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational
Attainment (Economic Intelligence Unit 2012)
• Hong Kong people have the highest average IQ in the world – 107
(IQ and the Wealth of Nations)
8.
9. Rapidly Growing Wealth in Asia
Source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2011
l Gateway to 3.7 million HNWIs in
Asia Pacific with wealth totaling
US$12 tn
l Wealth growth the strongest in
Asia Pacific at 12%
l Hong Kong – HNWIs up 36%
l Asia Pacific expected to lead
robust global HNWI wealth
growth. HNWI wealth expected to
reach US$16 tn by 2015
l Source: Capgemini World Wealth Report 2013
11. Total retail sales US$52 billion; +25%
Per capita retail spending >USD8,900
84%of the world’s leading luxury and fashion retailers
and 41%of all international retail brands are in Hong Kong
11 shops in London;17 in Hong Kong
6 shops in Milan;13 in Hong Kong
4 shops in Milan;10 in Hong Kong
12. %
of
mainland
companies
%
of
market
capitalisation
18%
27%
47%
57%2000 2012 • 721 listed Mainland enterprises
on the HKEx; total market cap
US$1.61 tn (as of Dec 2012)
• 1,086 new investment projects
approved; investment amount
US$35 bn (MOFCOM, 2011)
• RMB deposits in Hong Kong of
RMB558 bn (~US$88 bn) (as of
June 2012)
Springboard for Mainland Companies
13. Markus Kramer
President, Dispersions
and Pigments Division
(Global headquarters)
Global Operations in Hong Kong
John Rice
Vice Chairman
(Global operations)
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Global CEO
Johan de Nysschen
President
(Global headquarters)
Michael Andrew
Global Chairman
Jeff Urwin
Global Head of
Investment Banking
Wiebo Vaartjes
EVP & GM
(Global headquarters of
Philips Consumer LifeStyle)
16. Committed to Attracting and
Supporting Innovative, High Impact
Ventures Israeli startup FreightOS
wins StartmeupHK 2014
Competition
17. Why entrepreneurs come to Hong Kong
Connectivity–heartofAsia; halftheworld’spopulationwithin5hours’flighttime
ProfitCentre–lowandsimpletaxregime
Law-independentjudicialpower;acommonlawjurisdictionwithinChina
Resources–Globalfinancialcentre;largepoolofHNWIsandtalentedpeople
Culture-multiculturalcommunity;bestofEastandWest
Innovation-ranked1st inAsiaintheGlobalInnovationIndex(GII)2013
Efficiency–registeracompanywithonedirectorandHK$1inonehour
World’sfreesteconomy–lowbarrierstoentry;idealplacetocommercialiseinnovativeideas
Asia strategy – Western business culture meets Eastern
opportunities, best platform for global supply chain and
test market.
21. A Vibrant Community
• and – Empowering Young Entrepreneurs
Programme
• and – Accelerator Support
Programme
• Open Data Hong Kong
• HK$500 million Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Development Fund (launched in 2013)
22. Notable Hong Kong VC Deals
Post-GFC
funded by Fresco funded by First Round
Capital, True Ventures,
Greycroft, etc
funded by Arbor
admitted to
500Startups admitted to Techstar x Nike
funded by
Ambient
Sound
funded by IPV
invested by
Sumitomo, EMC,
Stanford, Sierra
and Mission
invested by Mandra, AXA
and Mitsui, business plan
now fully funded by
Neiman Marcus
23. Opportunities in Hong Kong
• Serve as the laboratory/Asian POC site for a smart city solutions,
Fintech
• Scale your Asia business and manage channels out of HK
• Rising demand for industries to enhance quality of life, e.g.,
creative/content industries, green business, medical and health
tech/ICT and other technologies
25. How InvestHK Helps Entrepreneurs
Facilitation of
visa
applications,
schooling
PR and
marketing
support for
launch /
expansion
Networking
events,
introduction
to service
providers
Information to
aid planning
and evaluation
26. For more information,
please contact:
Jonathan Sternberg, Israel Office
www.investhk.gov.hk
Email: jsternberg@investhk.com.hk
Tel: (972) 25710199
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