I. Mainland-Hong Kong Trade
The mainland-Hong Kong trade volume in January-April 2017 amounted to US$80.78 billion, with a decrease of 6.5% year on year, accounting for 6.6% of the mainland's total foreign trade volume. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$78.53 billion, down 2.7% year on year, and its import from Hong Kong was US$2.26 billion, down 60.9% year on year. Hong Kong is the 6th largest trade partner and the 4th largest export market of the mainland
In April 2017, the mainland-Hong Kong trade volume was US$21.36 billion, down 19.6% year on year and down 6.5% month on month. The mainland's export to Hong Kong was US$20.80 billion, down 15.2% year on year respectively and down 6.6% month on month; while its import from Hong Kong was US$570 million, down 72.2% year on year and down 1.7% month on month.
II. Investment from Hong Kong
In January-April 2017, a total of 4,069 Hong Kong-funded projects were approved in the mainland, up 3.9% year on year. The actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$29.79 billion, up 14.5% year on year.
By the end of April 2017, as many as 403,035 Hong Kong-invested projects had been approved in the mainland, and the actually utilized Hong Kong capital was US$944.577 billion, accounting for 52.2% of the total capital amount of foreign investment in the mainland.
III. Investment in Hong Kong
In January-April 2017, the non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong reached US$11.84 billion, accounting for 44.9% of the total US$26.37 billion. By the end of April 2017, the mainland's non-financial direct investment in Hong Kong had accumulated to US$504 billion (US$492.16 billion by the end of 2016), accounting for 52.5% of the total investment stock (US$960.8 billion, by the end of 2016 was US$934.43 billion).
IV. Mainland-Hong Kong Economic Cooperation
In January-April 2017, the mainland had 58 contractual projects in Hong Kong with a total value of US$1.65 billion and a completed turnover of US$1.55 billion. There were 46,572 laborers dispatched to Hong Kong. By the end of April 2017, the mainland's accumulated turnover in Hong Kong had reached US$63.82 billion.