I. Mainland-Hong Kong Trade
The mainland-Hong Kong trade volume in January-September 2016 amounted to US$220.27 billion, down 4.3% year on year, accounting for 8.2% of the mainland's total foreign trade volume. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$205.5 billion, down 7.7% year on year, and its import from Hong Kong was US$14.78 billion, up 93.9% year on year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trade partner and the 3rd largest export market of the mainland.
In September 2016, the mainland-Hong Kong trade volume was US$26.87 billion, down 9.6% year on year and up 12.4% month on month. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$25.94 billion, down 10.3% year on year and up 14.3% month on month, while its import from Hong Kong was US$930 million, down 3.0% year on year and down 23.8% month on month.
II. Investment from Hong Kong
In January-September 2016, a total of 9,883 Hong Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 5.6% year on year. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$59.64 billion, down 7.8% year on year.
In September 2016, 1,257 Hong Kong-invested projects were approved in the mainland, up 6.5% month on month. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$5.90 billion, down 0.5% month on month.
By the end of September 2016, as many as 396,096 Hong Kong-invested projects had been approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$892.97 billion, accounting for 51.4% of the total capital amount of foreign investment in the mainland according to the statistics of the actual use of foreign investment.
III. Investment in Hong Kong
In January-September 2016, the non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong reached US$69.26 billion, accounting for 51.6% of the total US$134.23 billion. By the end of September 2016, the mainland's non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong had accumulated to US$475.22 billion, accounting for 52.9% of the total investment stock.
IV. Mainland-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation
In January-September 2016, the mainland had 90 contractual projects in Hong Kong with a total value of US$7.56 billion. The laborers dispatched to Hong Kong was52, 735. By the end of September 2016, the accumulated turnover of the mainland in Hong Kong had reached US$53.9 billion.