COMPANIES IN HONG KONG WITH FOREIGN PARENT COMPANIES
IN 2NoneSince 2000, InvestHK and Census and Statistics Department have collaborating to conduct an annual survey. Hence, the most popular type is the companies have their foreign parent companies located outside Hong Kong.
The survey report helps the entrepreneurs better understand the situation of Hong Kong as a leading international business and financial centre. Moreover, Hong Kong is a destination for foreign direct investment as well.
What are the findings?
Number of Business with Foreign Parent Companies
In 2017, the number of companies with parent companies outside Hong Kong was only 8225, whereas, the number of business operations in Hong Kong with parent companies located outside Hong Kong was 9025 in 2020. By comparing to 2017 which was 8225. There is a rise in 10%. Nevertheless, the total number of regional headquarters was 1504. There is 6% increase as well.
Source of the Parent Companies
In summary, source country/territory, major sources of the parent companies Mainland China ranked the first with 1986 companies, followed by Japan (1398), the United States (1283), then the United Kingdom (665) and then Singapore (453).
What are the top 4 Major Business Sector?
The top 4 Major Lines of Business are:
- Import/Export trade, wholesale and retail
- Financing and banking
- Professional, business and education services
- Transportation, storage and courier services
What are the views on the favourable factor of Hong Kong?
The survey also collected views on the attractiveness of Hong Kong as a place for setting up business. Altogether, the top favourable factors identified include
- Simple tax system and low tax rate,
- Geographical location,
- Free flow of information, and
- Communication, transport and other infrastructure.
What is the situation of Hong Kong?
The statistic proved Hong Kong’s startup and FinTech ecosystem has skyrocketed in the last few years. Nonetheless, its renowned spirit of enterprise and its boundless energy create the perfect environment for starting a business. In fact, this is supported by a strong network of incubators and accelerators, a pool of experienced angels and venture capitalists, a host of government backed programmes and a welcoming community of startups, knit together by dozens of networking events, seminars and associations.
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什么是注册办公服务？
Center O 提供注册办公室服务，以帮助企业家。公司可以避免在香港高昂的商务办公费用，尤其是在初创阶段。
注册办事处服务包括：
注册办公地址
以电子邮件方式通知处理个人、银行和政府邮件和小包裹
本地或国际快递服务
信件处理
注册办公服务是解决企业家高昂设立成本的完美解药。 节省需要租用和翻新整个办公空间的成本和时间，并减少薪资支出，减免雇用新政人员每天上班、处理邮件和包裹的费用支出。
什么是注册办公地址？
根据《香港法例公司条例》第 658 条，每间香港公司必须要有一个本地注册地址。即，用于保存公司法定记录和接收政府确认信函的营业地址。同时，注册地址必须是本地实体的地址，而不是邮政信箱。
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2020 STARTUP PROPORTION OF EACH INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG
Undoubtedly, Hong Kong’s appeal as a startup hub extends to a wide variety of industries. In 2020, the startup proportion includes Fintech, E-commerce/supply chain management / logistics technology and professional or consultancy service had the largest numbers.
Startup Proportion Across a Wide Range of Industries
468 Financial Technology (Fintech)
385 E-commerce / Supply Chain management / Logistics Technology
357 Professional or Consultancy Services
315 Information, Computer & Technology
241 Data Analytics
234 Design
171 Education & Learning
163 Hardware (IoT, 3-D printing, prototypes, wearables)
148 Health & Medical
140 Digital Entertainment and Gaming
106 Sustainable / Green Technology
99 Smart City
67 Retail Technology
63 Social Innovation / Venture
55 Biotechnology
35 Robotics / Smart Manufacturing
32 Foodtech
276 Others
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WHAT EXACTLY ARE REGISTERED OFFICE SERVICES?
Centre O provides registered office services in order to help business owners. Companies can avoid the outrageously prohibitive cost of business accommodation in Hong Kong especially during their startup stage.
The Registered Office Services include:
- Prestigious Registered office address
- Personal, banks and Government mail and small parcels handling with email notification
- Re-direction Services via local or international courier
- Letters opened, scanned and emailed for immediate viewing
Ultimately, the Registered Office Service is a perfect antidote to the high set up cost for entrepreneur. Saving costs and energy of needing to rent and renovate a whole office space, as well as, keeping payroll low from hiring an administrative staff to report to work daily, handling any incoming posts and parcels.
What are Registered office address?
Under Section 658 of the Companies Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong, every Hong Kong Company must maintain a local registered address. That is, the business address for maintaining statutory records of the company and receipt of acknowledging government’s correspondences. Meanwhile, the Registered Address must be a local physical address, instead of a PO box.
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2020年香港各行业的启动比例
香港公司与外国母公司
自2000年以来，投资推广署与政府统计处合作进行了年度调查。得出，最受欢迎的类型是公司在香港以外的外国母公司。
调查报告有助企业家更好地了解香港作为领先的国际商业和金融中心的情况。此外，香港也是外国直接投资的目的地。
调查结果是什么？
与外国母公司的业务数量
2017年，母公司在香港以外的公司数量仅为8225家，而2020年母公司位于香港以外的公司在香港开展业务的数量为9025家。相比2017年的8225家。上涨 10%。尽管如此，地区总部总数为1504个，也增加了6%。
母公司来源
综上所述，母公司来源国/地区、主要来源地中国大陆以1986家公司排名第一，其次是日本（1398家）、美国（1283家）、英国（665家）和新加坡（453家） .
前 4 个主要业务部门是什么？
排名前四的主要业务是：
进出口贸易、批发和零售业
金融和银行业
专业、商业和教育服务业
运输、仓库和速递服务业
对香港的利好因素有何看法？
该调查还收集了有关香港作为创业地点的吸引力的意见。总而言之，确定的最有利因素包括
税制简单，税率低，
地理位置，
资源的自由流通性，以及
通讯、交通和其他基础设施。
香港的情况如何？
统计数据证明，香港的初创企业和金融科技生态系统在过去几年中飞速发展。其著名的企业精神和无限的活力为创业创造了完美的环境。事实上，这得到了强大的孵化器和加速器网络、经验丰富的天使和风险投资家、大量政府支持的项目和热情的初创企业社区的支持，这些社区由数十个社交活动、研讨会和协会组成。
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新检查制度的开始——第一阶段
七月份公司注册公报的新检查制度进一步完善。根据《公司条例》（第 622 章）对公司登记册进行新检查制度的第一阶段于 2021 年 8 月 23 日开始 。
自 2021 年 8 月 23 日起，公司可拒绝公众查阅董事的常住住址和董事的完整身份识别号码 (“IDN”)。此外，包括在公司保存的董事名册和公司秘书名册中的公司秘书。尽管如此，公司应在其自己的董事登记通讯地址以及董事和公司秘书的部分 IDN 中供公众查阅。
第一阶段常见问题
1/ 首先，对于地址有什么限制？
根据第 643(1)(a)(ii)、(2)(b) 或 (3)(b) 条（与 通讯地址有关）。以及《公司条例》第 643(5) 条。公司的董事名册 须载有其自然人董事或后备董事（“指定董事”）的通讯地址， 且该地址不得为 邮政信箱号码。
2/ 在第 1 阶段开始时，是否有任何与遵守第 643(1)(a)(ii)、(2)(b) 或 (3)(b) 条规定有关的过渡安排？新的检查制度？
是的，有过渡安排。安排如下：
(A) 在新视察制度第二阶段开始日期或之后的公司首个周年申报表日期之前，公司董事名册无须载有指明董事的通讯地址，除非 ——
(i) 某董事的资料于第二阶段开始日期或之后首次记入董事名册 ；或者
(ii) 在第 2 阶段的开始日期或之后，对载于董事名册的指定董事的详情作出任何更改 。
(B) 公司注册办事处的地址将被视为指明董事的 通讯地址，直至以下两者中的较早者 ——
(i) 公司将某董事的 通讯地址记入其董事名册的日期；
(ii) 公司在第二阶段开始日期或之后的首个周年申报表日期 。
(C) 在第 2 阶段开始前，公司无需根据 《公司条例》第 645(4) 条向公司注册处处长（以下简称“处长”）就 以下各项 ——
(i)将某董事的通讯地址记入公司的董事 名册；或者
(ii) 更改载于公司董事名册内的某董事的通讯地址 。
(D) 如果在紧接第 2 阶段开始之前，某董事的通讯地址包含在公司的董事名册中， 并且该地址不是公司注册办事处的地址。因此，该公司须在第 2 阶段开始后 15 天内，根据第 645(4) 条就某董事的通讯地址 向处长交付通知 。
3/ 是可以在公众检查中隐瞒我的公司信息吗？
是的，根据《公司条例》第 644 和 651 条，公司可不提供公众 查阅其董事名册和公司秘书名册中所载的指定董事的 URA 以及指定董事和公司秘书的 完整 IDN 。
4/ 最后，可以保留我的完整身份证号码吗？
不可以，《2021 年公司记录（查阅和提供文本）（修订）条例》 规定，对于 IDN，不得隐瞒号码的第一部分。对数字第一部分的引用是：
(a) IDN 包含偶数个字母数字字符 的序列，必须显示该序列的前半部分；或者
(b) IDN 包含一个由奇数个字母数字字符 组成的序列，必须显示以序列中的第一个字符开始并以位于序列中间的字符结束的部分 。
5/ 可以提供 IDN 第一部分的示例吗？
示例如下：
香港身份证号码
全数
号码的第一部分
A123456(7)
A123
XA123456(7)
XA123
护照号
全数
号码的第一部分
ABCD1234567
ABCD12
ABCD12345678
ABCD12
ABCD123456789
ABCD123
ABC-123-4
ABC1
#A1234567H(*)
A1234
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香港非本地创始人-初创公司的特点
投资推广署和政府统计处的年度调查还有另一个目标人群。现在我们将讨论另一项关于原籍国/地区的非本地创始人/初创公司的调查结果。
香港非本地创办人有什么特点
非本地创始人的数量
根据 2020 年的调查，共有 3360 家初创企业在运营。简而言之，它比 2017 年增加了 50%。此外，多年来初创公司数量的持续增长证明了香港作为领先的初创公司枢纽充满活力的环境。
创业就业
2020年共有3360家创业公司，创造就业。与2017年相比，增长了69%。
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地点数量：共享办公空间、孵化器和加速器
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创业社区来源
报告显示，创业社区高度国际化。69% 的创业者来自香港，5% 是香港海归。然后 26% 来自香港以外的地区。而内地（15%）、英国（12.3%）、美国（10.7%）和澳大利亚（9.1%）则是创业公司的主要来源。
香港仍然是初创企业的主要枢纽
因此，这项研究表明，来自世界不同地区的企业家和人才都被香港所吸引。过去一年，本地商界面临各种挑战。从美中贸易冲突到香港的社会动荡，以及最近的疫情。在所有困难中，世界各地的新冠肺炎病例激增对全球企业产生了负面影响。由于旅行限制和检疫要求的收紧，以及对某些地方的封锁。这些都给投资情绪和全球经济发展蒙上了阴影。尽管如此，上述两项调查的结果表明，香港的基本面和核心优势依然稳固和强劲。
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FEATURES OF NON-LOCAL FOUNDERS/STARTUPS IN HONG KONG
The annual survey from InvestHK and Census and Statistics Department has another target population. Now we are going to discuss another survey findings about the non-local founders / Startups with origin country/territory.
What is the features of Non-Local Founder in Hong Kong
Number of Non-Local Founders
According to the 2020 survey, a total of 3360 startups in operation. In short, it is representing an increase of 50% over 2017. Furthermore, the continued growth in the number of startups over the years is evidence of the vibrant environment of Hong Kong as a leading hub for startups.
Employment by Startup
The total of 3360 startups, generating employment in 2020. By comparing with 2017, there is a rise in 69%.
Number of Locations: co-work spaces, incubators and accelerators
Source of Startup Community
The report shows that the startup community is highly international. While 69% of the startup founders are from Hong Kong and 5% are Hong Kong returnees. Then 26% comes from outside Hong Kong. Whereas, the Mainland (15%), the United Kingdom (12.3%), the United States (10.7%) and Australia (9.1%) are the key origins of the startup founders.
Hong Kong Still a Leading Hub for Startups
Thus, the study demonstrating that entrepreneurs and talents from different parts of the world are attracted to Hong Kong. The local business sector has been facing various challenges over the past year. From the US-China trade conflict to social unrest in Hong Kong, and more recently the COVID-19 pandemic. Among all difficulties, the surge of COVID-19 cases in various parts of the world has negative impact on global businesses. Due to the tightening of travel restrictions and quarantine requirements, as well as lockdowns imposed on certain places. These cast a shadow over investment sentiments and global economic development. Notwithstanding the above, the fundamentals and core strengths of Hong Kong remain solid and strong as evident by the results of the above two surveys. The sustained number of foreign companies and startups in Hong Kong is attributable to our enduring business advantages such as its strategic gateway position in the region as well as its role as a global hub in the context of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area development and the Belt and Road Initiative.
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