I. Mainland-Hong Kong Trade

The mainland-Hong Kong trade volume in January-March 2017 amounted to US$59.42 billion, with a decrease of 2.5% year on year, accounting for 6.6% of the mainland's total foreign trade volume. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$57.73 billion, up 0.9% year on year, and its import from Hong Kong was US$1.69 billion, down 54.6% year on year. Hong Kong is the 6th largest trade partner and the 4th largest export market of the mainland.

In March 2017, the mainland-Hong Kong trade volume was US$22.85 billion, down 8.8% year on year and up 36.3% month on month. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$22.27 billion, down 5.3% year on year respectively and up 37.3% month on month; while its import from Hong Kong was US$580 million, down 62.6% year on year and down 5.2% month on month.

II. Investment from Hong Kong

In January-March 2017, a total of 2,954 Hong Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 4.3% year on year. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$23.51 billion, up 19.6% year on year.

By the end of March 2017, as many as 401,920 Hong Kong-invested projects had been approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$938.3 billion, accounting for 52.1% 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-March 2017, the non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong reached US$9.21 billion, accounting for 44.8% of the total US$20.54 billion. By the end of March 2017, the mainland's non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong had accumulated to US$501.37 billion (US$492.16 billion by the end of 2016), accounting for 52.5% of the total investment stock (US$954.97 billion, by the end of 2016 was US$934.43 billion).

IV. Mainland-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation

In January-March 2017, the mainland had 41 contractual projects in Hong Kong with a total value of US$1.16 billion and a completed turnover of US$990 million. There were 46,496 laborers dispatched to Hong Kong. By the end of March 2017, the mainland's accumulated turnover in Hong Kong had reached US$63.26 billion.