Invest Hong Kong check outs South America to promote Hong Kong as perfect platform for Asian growth (with picture)
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Partner Director-General of Investment Promotion at Invest Hong Kong Mr Arnold Lau will go to South America from today (September 22) to September 26, covering Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Lima, Peru. Throughout the go to, Mr Lau will meet agents of federal governments, leading business, and market organisations to promote Hong Kong’s function as a “super connector” and “super value-adder” in between the Chinese Mainland and Asian markets, and to deepen trade and company ties with the South American area.
“The South America market has strong growth potential, and its local enterprises are actively seeking opportunities to enter the Asian market,” stated Mr Lau. “As the freest economy in the world, Hong Kong offers an open and mature market, a highly international talent pool, and a robust legal system – making it an ideal springboard for South American enterprises to expand into Asia, especially the Chinese Mainland and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Through this visit, we aim to foster pragmatic exchanges and collaboration, strengthen bilateral ties with Argentina and Peru, and make use of our business advantages to promote the development of the Global South.”
Throughout his check out to Argentina, Mr Lau will meet the Argentine Investment and International Trade Agency to get insights into the regional organization environment and check out partnership chances. He will promote Hong Kong’s strengths in financing, guidelines, development and innovation, and as being a chosen area for establishing worldwide or local head office. In Peru, Mr Lau will hold conversations with PromPerú (the Commission for the Promotion of Peruvian Exports and Tourism), participate in the Expoalimentaria 2025 global food trade reasonable arranged by the Association of Exporters from Peru and take part in a conference. He will consult with regional food exporters to present Hong Kong’s special organization benefits and the wealth of chances readily available.
Mr Lau will likewise meet agents of a variety of South American business thinking about developing an existence in Hong Kong. These business cover sectors consisting of food trading, farming exports, innovation, e-commerce, brand name advancement, and retail, with the goal of checking out prospective organization chances and promoting cross-regional co-operation.
Hong Kong has close financial ties with both Argentina and Peru. In 2024, the overall worth of bilateral product trade in between Hong Kong and Argentina and Peru reached HK$ 3 billion and HK$ 6 billion, respectively. Peru is a taking part nation in the Belt and Road Initiative. Because 2020, bilateral trade in between Hong Kong and Peru has actually grown by almost 10 percent yearly typically. In 2024, the 2 sides signed a Free Trade Agreement, even more boosting bilateral financial investment streams to produce financial development in the 2 sides.