Publication Title FREE Download Version Print Version * Salient Features of Hong Kong’s International Investment Position for the period 2001 to 2010 International Investment Position (IIP) is a balance sheet showing an economy’s stock of external financial assets and liabilities at a particular time point. Being a highly externally oriented economy, Hong Kong is very actively engaged in activities involving cross-territory investment. ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 19 January 2012 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong for 2010, based on data obtained from the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented with data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 19 January 2012 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2010 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided annually. In 2010, Hong Kong residents ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 August 2011 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2010 In 2010, Hong Kong residents made a total of 72.7 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 33% and personal travel for 67%. Analyses of consumption expenditure of Hong Kong ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2011 Download Now - Salient Features of Hong Kong's Balance of Payments Account for 2001 to 2010 Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics are important for monetary and financial monitoring and policy deliberations in different areas in both local and international contexts. Such data also provide an objective basis for gauging the economic situation and in assessing the financial soundness of an ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 June 2011 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2009 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong’s economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment. A feature ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 April 2011 Download Now - The Situation of the Six Industries in Hong Kong in 2008 and 2009 In the 2009-10 Policy Address, the Government identified Six Industries where Hong Kong enjoys clear advantages and has great potential for further development. The Six Industries are cultural and creative industries, medical services, education services, innovation and technology, testing and ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 23 February 2011 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2009, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2011 Download Now - Inward and Outward Portfolio Investment of Hong Kong, 2000 to 2009 Amid the rapidly changing financial environment, Portfolio Investment (PI) statistics provide an objective basis for decisions on financial monitoring and policy deliberation in the public sector. In addition, PI statistics also offer information support for business decisions and investment ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 October 2010 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2009 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided annually. In 2008, Hong Kong residents ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 September 2010 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2009 In 2009, Hong Kong residents made 70.6 million person-trips to the Mainland for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the Mainland, business travel accounted for 31% (or 21.6 million person-trips) and personal travel for 69% (or 49.0 million person-trips). Analyses of consumption ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2010 Download Now - Analysis of Current Account Statistics in the Balance of Payments Account of Hong Kong, 2000 to 2009 A Balance of Payments (BoP) Account is an integrated statistical statement that systematically summarises, for a specific time period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world. A complete BoP Account comprises two broad accounts: (a) the Current Account; and (b) the ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 May 2010 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2008 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment. A feature article ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2010 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2008, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2010 Download Now - Interpreting the Overall Balance of Payments and Reserve Assets of Hong Kong Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics are important for monetary and financial monitoring and policy deliberations in different areas in both local and international contexts. In analysing the BoP account, the first glance is often at the overall balance of payments (or overall BoP balance). The ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2010 Download Now - Salient Features of Hong Kong's International Investment Position for the period 2000 to 2008 International Investment Position (IIP) is a balance sheet showing an economy's stock of external financial assets and liabilities at a particular time point. This article describes salient features of Hong Kong's IIP for the period 2000 to 2008. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 December 2009 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2008 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided annually. In 2008, Hong Kong residents made ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 September 2009 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2008 In 2008, Hong Kong residents made a total of 70.3 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 34% (or 23.8 million person-trips) and personal travel for 66% (or 46.5 million ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2009 Download Now - Salient Features of Hong Kong' s Balance of Payments Account for 1999 to 2008 Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics are important for monetary and financial monitoring and policy deliberations in different areas in both local and international contexts. Such data also provide an objective basis for gauging the economic situation and in assessing the financial soundness of an ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 June 2009 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2007 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment. A feature article ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2009 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics (Release on 20/1/2009) This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2007, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2009 Download Now - Salient Features of Hong Kong's External Debt for 2002 to 2007 External Debt (ED) statistics provide useful information for international financial surveillance. Reliable, comprehensive and timely ED data allow users to monitor the development of an economy's external liabilities and hence its debt servicing obligations over time. It can also provide early ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 October 2008 Download Now - Inward and Outward Portfolio Investment of Hong Kong, 1998 to 2007 Amid the rapidly changing financial environment, Portfolio Investment (PI) statistics provide an objective basis for decisions on financial monitoring and policy deliberation in the public sector. In addition, PI statistics also support informed business decisions formulation and investment ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 September 2008 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2007 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided annually. In 2007, Hong Kong residents ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 September 2008 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2007 In 2007, Hong Kong residents made a total of 69.7 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 33% (or 22.9 million person-trips) and personal travel for 67% (or 46.8 million ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 July 2008 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2006 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment. A feature ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2008 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics (Released on 21/1/2008) This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2006, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 January 2008 Download Now - Comparing Hong Kong's International Investment Position with Selected Economies, 2006 This article compares the International Investment Position statistics of Hong Kong for the year 2006 with those of selected economies, which include Australia, Canada, the mainland of China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 October 2007 Download Now - Chain Volume Measures of Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product The change in the volume of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is widely used as an important macro-economic indicator of the real growth of the aggregate economic activity of an economy. The Census and Statistics Department released for the first time the chain volume measures of GDP to replace the ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 October 2007 Download Now - Salient Features of Hong Kong's Balance of Payments Account for 1998 to 2006 Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics are important for monetary and financial monitoring and policy deliberations in different areas in both local and international contexts. Such data also provide an objective basis for gauging the economic situation and in assessing the financial soundness of an ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 August 2007 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2006 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided annually. In 2006, Hong Kong residents ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 June 2007 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2006 In 2006, Hong Kong residents made a total of 65.8 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 34% (or 22.4 million person-trips) and personal travel for 66% (or 43.4 million ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 May 2007 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2005 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating employment. A feature ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2007 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics (Released on 22/1/2007) This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2005, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 January 2007 Download Now - Statistics on Hong Kong's External Transactions and Positions of Financial Derivatives The volume and importance of transactions in derivative instruments have grown rapidly in Hong Kong in recent years, in particular the remarkable development of the derivative warrants market. This feature article briefly describes financial derivative instruments and ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 November 2006 Download Now - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Economic Activity (Released on 20/9/2006) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an important indicator for measuring the economic performance of an economy. GDP is widely used in macroeconomic analysis and comparative studies of the social and economic situations among different economies. This article presents the ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 September 2006 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2005 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of the Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 July 2006 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2005 In 2005, Hong Kong residents made a total of 62.8 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 36% (or 22.7 million person-trips) and personal travel for 64% ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 May 2006 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2004 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors and creating ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 March 2006 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics (Released on 20/1/2006) This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2004, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2006 Download Now - Comparing Hong Kong's International Investment Position with Selected Economies, 2004 This article compares the International Investment Position statistics of Hong Kong for the year 2004 with those of selected economies, which include Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 October 2005 Download Now - Implementation of the Latest International Guidelines on the Compilation of Financial Intermediation Services Statistics in National Accounts of Hong Kong The Census and Statistics Department has recently completed an exercise to implement the latest international guidelines on dealing with financial intermediation services provided by banks in the estimation of national accounts statistics. The latest guidelines enable ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 19 August 2005 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2004 Analyses of the social and economic characteristics of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China (the Mainland) were first introduced in a feature article in the May 2002 issue of this Digest. Updates of the analyses are provided ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 July 2005 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2004 In 2004, Hong Kong residents made a total of 59.7 million person-trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 35% (or 21.1 million person-trips) and personal travel for 65% ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 May 2005 Download Now - The Situation of the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong Economy in 2003 Financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services are the Four Key Industries in the Hong Kong economy. They have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, providing impetus to growth of other sectors, and creating ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 March 2005 Download Now - External Direct Investment Statistics (Released on 20/1/2005) This feature article presents an analysis of inward and outward direct investment of Hong Kong in 2003, based on the findings of the Survey of External Claims, Liabilities and Income conducted by the Census and Statistics Department, supplemented by data from other sources. Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 January 2005 Download Now - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Economic Activity (Released on 20/10/2004) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an important indicator for measuring the economic performance of an economy. GDP is widely used in macroeconomic analysis and comparative studies of the social and economic situations among different economies. This article presents the concepts of the GDP and ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 October 2004 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China, 2003 The mainland of China has all along been a popular destination of Hong Kong residents' outbound travel. Statistics on consumption expenditure of Hong Kong residents making personal travel to the mainland of China were published in a feature article in the May 2004 issue of this digest. ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 June 2004 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China, 2000-2003 In 2003, Hong Kong residents made a total of 52.6 million trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 35% (or 18.6 million person-trips) and personal travel for 65% (or 34.0 million ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 May 2004 Download Now - A Comparison of the Structural and Operating Characteristics of Major Economic Sectors The Census and Statistics Department compiles annual statistics on the structural and operating characteristics of the various economic sectors. The statistics compiled are very useful to both the government and the private sector in formulating policies and making decisions. This article first ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 May 2004 Download Now - External Debt Statistics of Hong Kong and Selected Economies Gross external debt (ED), at any point in time, is the outstanding amount of those actual current, and not contingent, liabilities that require payment(s) of principal and/or interest by the debtor at some point(s) in time in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 20 May 2004 Download Now - External direct investment statistics (Released on 22/3/2004) External investment activities have been playing an important part in shaping the economic development of Hong Kong. At the end of 2002, the position of Hong Kong’s inward direct investment and outward direct investment at market value continued to be substantial, amounting to $2,622.3 billion ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2004 Download Now - The four pillar industries in the Hong Kong economy for 2002 An article analysing the economic contribution and employment situation in respect of the Four Pillar Industries for 2001 was published in the December 2003 issue of the report Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics. The present article is an updated version of the feature article published in ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 March 2004 Download Now - The Four Pillar Industries in the Hong Kong Economy (Released on 23/12/2003) In the 2002/03 Budget Speech, the Government identified financial services, trading and logistics, tourism, and producer and professional services as the Four Pillar Industries in the Hong Kong economy. The Four Pillar Industries have been the driving force of Hong Kong's economic growth, ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 23 December 2003 Download Now - Comparing Hong Kong's International Investment Position with Selected Economies, 2002 International investment position (IIP) is a balance sheet showing an economy’s stock of external financial assets and liabilities at a particular time point. This article compares the IIP statistics of Hong Kong for the year 2002 with those of selected economies, which include ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 22 October 2003 Download Now - Hong Kong's International Investment Position for 2002 The Census and Statistics Department published in June this year statistics on International Investment Position (IIP) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for the reference year of 2002. IIP is a balance sheet showing an economy’s stock of external financial assets ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 July 2003 Download Now - Socio-economic Characteristics of Hong Kong Residents Making Personal Travel to the Mainland of China (Released on 21/7/2003) In 2002, Hong Kong residents made a total of 38.4 million personal trips to the mainland of China. Among these, 45.4% (or 17.4 million person-trips) were destined for Shenzhen, 48.2% (or 18.5 million person-trips) for other places in the Guangdong Province and the remaining 6.4% (or 2.5 ... More Ad hoc publication     Release Date: 21 July 2003 Download Now - Consumption Expenditure of Hong Kong Residents Travelling to the Mainland of China (Released on 21/5/2003) In 2002, Hong Kong residents made a total of 55.6 million trips to the mainland of China for business and personal purposes. Of all the trips to the mainland of China, business travel accounted for 31% (or 17.2 million person-trips) and personal travel for 69% (or 38.4 million ... 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