Industry Guides
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Mainland companies going global (via Hong Kong) · Master guide
The master playbook for a mainland company's first year of going global via Hong Kong: get the structure right → set up or re-domicile a Hong Kong entity → open up offshore RMB and cross-border funding → set the seat of arbitration in Hong Kong in your contracts → use Hong Kong as a springboard for market expansion (reimbursable under BUD) → land and connect (InvestHK / Qianhai and Hetao). This is the master guide, giving the doors and the order; the tech / trade / consumer / professional-services / finance volumes below drill into it scenario by scenario.
Your first year in Hong Kong · Tech founders
The first-year checklist for a tech founder landing in Hong Kong: visa → incorporate and open an account → get funding → win institutional clients → run Shenzhen and Hong Kong in parallel → join the community. Honest expectations: visa fast, account-opening slow, funding 3–6 months, closing sales six months to a year and a half. The first year's focus is fundraising + institutional clients + community, not local retail.
Your first year in Hong Kong · Trade and cross-border e-commerce
The first-year checklist for landing in Hong Kong in trade / cross-border e-commerce: incorporate → business registration → open a corporate account → get funding (BUD) → clear customs and ship → exhibit to win customers. Honest expectations: incorporation is fast, account-opening slow (2 weeks–3 months), BUD has practical thresholds, and the customs declaration system is mid-switchover. Hong Kong barely manufactures — what you do is add value as goods pass through, and use Hong Kong as a springboard into the mainland / overseas.