New firms with up to HK$100 billion market value to set up shop in Hong Kong

Hong Kong to unveil major new corporate arrivals with valuations up to US$12.8 billion, targeting high-growth tech sectors. | Contesto: cronaca

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• New firms with up to HK$100 billion market value to set up shop in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong will announce on Monday a significant new cohort of international "strategic enterprises" establishing operations in the city, a move revealed by Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po. In his weekly blog post on Sunday, Chan confirmed the imminent arrival of several companies with market capitalizations reaching HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) each. The firms represent a targeted push into high-growth sectors, including life and health technology, the low-altitude economy, artificial intelligence, and new energy materials. The announcement forms a core part of the government's ongoing strategy to attract and anchor high-value, innovative companies to bolster Hong Kong's economic structure. The "strategic enterprises" initiative, a flagship policy, offers tailored support packages to selected firms, which can include funding, land, and regulatory facilitation. This latest batch follows earlier successes in the program, which has already drawn over 50 companies with commitments to invest billions and create thousands of jobs in the city. Financial Secretary Chan positioned the news as a direct rebuttal to persistent narratives questioning Hong Kong's competitiveness and appeal following recent geopolitical and economic challenges. "The arrival of these enterprises, with their substantial scale and cutting-edge focus, is the most powerful response to the doubts some have cast on Hong Kong's development prospects," he wrote. The blog emphasized that these investments signal strong, tangible confidence in the city's unique role as a global business hub under the "one country, two systems" framework. The specific sectors highlighted—life sciences, AI, new energy, and the novel "low-altitude economy," which encompasses drone technology and advanced air mobility—are precisely those identified by global markets and China's national policy as future growth engines. By securing major players in these fields, Hong Kong aims to accelerate its own industrial transformation, moving beyond its traditional strengths in finance and trade to build a more diversified and innovation-led economy capable of generating higher-value employment and research activity. While the...

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