Hong Kong has attracted about 500 local and mainland Chinese enterprises to its first 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.
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 “Hong Kong – The Ideal Platform for Mainland Enterprises in Going Global”.
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 superconnector 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, more than 500 firms from both Hong Kong and Shanghai were interested in using the city as a platform to invest overseas and attract foreign capital and technology.
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