I. Mainland-Hong Kong Trade

The mainland-Hong Kong trade volume in January-October 2016 amounted to US$245.07 billion, down 7.6% year on year, accounting for 8.2% of the mainland's total foreign trade volume. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$229.77 billion, down 7.9% year on year, and its import from Hong Kong was US$15.30 billion, up 76.8% year on year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trade partner and the 3rd largest export market of the mainland.

In October 2016, the mainland-Hong Kong trade volume was US$24.8 billion, down 11.1% year on year and down 7.7% month on month. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$24.27 billion, down 9.8% year on year and down 6.4% month on month, while its import from Hong Kong was US$520 million, down 49.1% year on year and down 44.7% month on month.

In January-October 2016, a total of 10,539 Hong Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 1.4% year on year. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$65.95 billion, down 7.5% year on year.

In October 2016, 656 Hong Kong-invested projects were approved in the mainland, down 47.8% month on month. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$6.31 billion, up 6.9% month on month.

By the end of October 2016, as many as 396,752 Hong Kong-invested projects had been approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$899.27 billion, accounting for 51.5% 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-October 2016, the non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong reached US$76.83 billion, accounting for 52.6% of the total US$145.96 billion. By the end of October 2016, the mainland's non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong had accumulated to US$482.79 billion, accounting for 53.0% of the total investment stock.

IV. Mainland-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation

In January-October 2016, the mainland had 151 contractual projects in Hong Kong with a total value of US$7.61 billion and a completed turnover of US$3.06 billion. The laborers dispatched to Hong Kong numbered 53,591. By the end of October 2016, the accumulated turnover of the mainland in Hong Kong had reached US$54.17 billion.