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Companies in Hong Kong that are Regional Headquarters by Country/Territory of
the Parent Company | | | | | | | | | | | Item | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | | | | | | | | | | Number of companies in Hong
Kong | 944 | 948 | 966 | 1 098 | 1 167 | | | that are regional headquarters | | | | Country/territory of the parent company① | | | | United States of America | 221 | 233 | 242 | 256 | 262 | | | Japan | 160 | 159 | 168 | 198 | 204 | | | United Kingdom | 90 | 80 | 86 | 105 | 115 | | | The mainland of China | 70 | 96 | 84 | 106 | 107 | | | Germany | 56 | 52 | 56 | 67 | 75 | | | Netherlands | 48 | 39 | 38 | 46 | 54 | | | France | 43 | 35 | 44 | 47 | 49 | | | Singapore | 25 | 26 | 22 | 35 | 45 | | | Switzerland | 34 | 36 | 40 | 39 | 38 | | | Taiwan,China | 22 | 21 | 18 | 29 | 33 | | | Italy | 7 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 20 | | | Australia | 15 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 18 | | | Sweden | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | | | Korea | 13 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | | | Canada | 16 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | Notes
: Figures refer to the first working day of June of the year. | | A regional headquarters is an office that has control over the
operations of offices in the region (i.e. Hong Kong plus one or more other | | places), and manages the business without frequent referrals to its
parent company outside Hong Kong. | | In the case of a joint-ventured regional headquarters in Hong Kong,
there may be more than one country/territory | | of its parent company/companies. | | | ① Prior to 2005,
figures refer to the country/territory where parent companies are
incorporated. As from 2005,
figures refer to the | | country/territory where parent companies are located. |
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