Hong Kong is a world-class financial, trading and business
center, and the center of rapidly-developing East Asia. Situated at the
south-eastern tip of China, with a total area of 1,104 square kilometers, Hong
Kong's territory covers Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New
Territories, which also includes 262 outlying islands.
Hong Kong's close relationship with Mainland China has built the region into the
world's most dynamic and important entrepot, and Hong Kong is the key offshore
capital-raising center for Chinese enterprises. Many international
corporations choose to set up their regional headquarters or representative
offices in Hong Kong, creating even greater economic advantages for the region.
Hong Kong is also blessed with a superb deep-water harbor, offering a safe haven
for ships in close proximity to the Pearl River Delta Region. Over the years,
Hong Kong developed into a world-class container port.
Supply Chain Management
Hong Kong is a premier logistics hub to and from the Mainland China. The port
handles approximately 80 percent of Hong Kong's total cargo throughput. The
container port is vital, not only for the region itself, but also for Southern
China - one of the fastest industrializing areas in the world, as some 78
percent of container traffic handled in Hong Kong is related to Southern China.
Transportation links with the mainland are well established and future
development of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, Shenzhen Western Corridor and
Deep Bay Link connecting Hong Kong to Shekou will all strengthen the connection
across the regions and mark Hong Kong as a major hub port in the global supply
chain, with services to over 500 destinations worldwide.
