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What is the Doing Business project about? The Doing Business project from the World Bank provides objective and quantitative measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional levels, which serves as an important indicator for multinational companies when choosing potentialContinue reading “Introduction of useful indicators : Doing Business Project from World Bank”

Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports Errors extensively exist in most of the survey results, whose sources vary from nonresponse error, measurement error, framing error, etc. When reading statistics from a survey, we need  to recognize all sorts of potential errors behind it, in order to avoid beingContinue reading “Understanding common errors in surveys and statistical reports”

Cautionary remarks of interpreting the survey results There are a few cautionary remarks worth paying attention to when reading the number of Regional Headquarters(RHQs) /Regional Offices(ROs)/Local Offices(LOs) in the report of “Annual survey of companies in Hong Kong with Parent Companies Located outside Hong Kong” ( called the Survey hereafter),Continue reading “Cautionary remarks for the statistics of Regional Headquarters, Regional Offices and Local Offices by C&SD”

Executive summary: The number of RHQs in Hong Kong grew steadily in the long run, despite dropping for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. The number of RHQs from mainland China rose exceptionally in recent years, narrowing the share gap with the US, the head in the list. OverContinue reading “The development of regional headquarters in Hong Kong in recent decades”

On 3 September 2021, the Belt & Road Global Forum Annual Roundtable 2021 was held by Belt and Road Global Forum in Hong Kong. Prof SHENG Liugang participated in the event with a presentation on “Driving Growth through Connectivity—Harnessing the new momentum of the GBA（Greater Bay Area）and RCEP（Regional Comprehensive EconomicContinue reading “The Belt & Road Global Forum Annual Roundtable 2021”