Companies from mainland China make up almost half of listing at Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Beijing. June 28. Silkroadnews - Companies from mainland China make up almost half of the listing of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, People’s Daily reports.
According to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, 254 companies with a market value of 7.2 trillion Hong Kong dollars are registered at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
The number of companies from mainland China makes up 49% of the total.
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange opening. The first company registered on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 15, 1993, was the brewing company of Tsingtao, commencing trading in Hong Kong. Since then, Hong Kong has become the main offshore market for the listings of mainland companies.