I. Mainland-Hong Kong Trade
The mainland-Hong Kong trade volume in January-September 2015 amounted to US$231.92 billion, down 11.5% year on year, accounting for 7.9% of the mainland’s total foreign trade volume. The mainland’s export to Hong Kong was US$224.29 billion, down 11.5% year on year, and the mainland’s import from Hong Kong was US$7.62 billion, down 13.1% year on year. Hong Kong is the mainland’s 4th largest trade partner and the 3rd largest export market.
In September 2015, the mainland-Hong Kong trade volume was US$29.36 billion, down 24.8% year on year and 0.2% month on month. The mainland’s export to Hong Kong was US$28.39 billion, down 24.5% year on year and up 0.4% month on month, and the mainland’s import from Hong Kong was US$0.97 billion, down 33.1% year on year and 13.4% month on month.
II. Investment from Hong Kong
In January-September 2015, a total of 9,355 Hong Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 8.1% year on year, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$64.72 billion, up 10.9% year on year.
In September 2015, a total of 1,067 Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, down 4.7% month on month and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$6.67 billion, up 13.7% month on month.
By the end of September 2015, as many as 382,422 Hong Kong-invested projects were approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$811.66 billion, accounting for 50.3% of the total capital amount of foreign investment in the mainland.
III. Mainland-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation
In January-September 2015, the mainland had 112 contracted projects in Hong Kong with a total value of US$4.26 billion. The turnover amounted to US$3.09 billion and the number of laborers dispatched to Hong Kong was 52,343. By the end of September 2015, the accumulated turnover of the mainland in Hong Kong had amounted to US$50.16 billion.
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