Statistics

Hong Kong's inward DI up 14.8%

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-10 10:32

HONG KONG - Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department Thursday announced that the stock of the city's inward direct investment (DI) in 2009 increased by 14.8 percent from a year earlier to HK$7,262.1 billion ($934 billion) at market value.

The increase was mainly attributable to a rise in market values of Hong Kong affiliates of foreign enterprises and the positive DI inflow to these Hong Kong affiliates, the department said.

Analyzed by immediate source of investment, the Chinese mainland accounted for the largest share of the total stock at the end of 2009, at 36.4 percent, reflecting the importance of investment from the Mainland in Hong Kong.

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Mainland's investment in Hong Kong covered a wide range of economic activities, including investment holding, real estate, professional and business services; import/export, wholesale and retail trades; and transportation, storage, postal and courier services.

Other major immediate sources of investment included the British Virgin Islands and the Netherlands, accounting for 32.4 percent and 6.8 percent respectively of the total stock of Hong Kong's inward DI at the end of 2009.