Why Hong Kong?
According to the World Economic Forum (Davos), the Heritage Foundation (USA), and even Milton Friedman, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, Hong Kong is the "world's freest economy" thanks to an alliance between a non-interventionist government and local residents issued from refugee workers made for business. We can add an efficient public administration hors pair, a solid law system (common law) and improving public services (healthcare, housing, education) from years.
Introducing Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a territory located on China's south coast, bordering Guangdong in the north and the South China Sea in the east, west and south. Along with Macau, Hong Kong is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong was a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1842 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. The Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Hong Kong stipulate that Hong Kong operate with a high degree of autonomy until 2047, fifty years after the transfer.
Hong Kong's population was about 6.94 million in mid-2005.
Chinese and English are the official languages. English is widely used in the Government and by the legal, professional and business sectors.
Hong Kong is one of the world's leading financial centres.
Hong Kong is the world's 11th largest trading economy, the world's sixth largest foreign exchange market, the world's 15th largest banking centre, and Asia's second biggest stock market.
Hong Kong advocates and practises free trade – a free and liberal investment regime, the absence of trade barriers, no discrimination against overseas investors, freedom of capital movement, well-established rule of law, transparent regulations, and low and predictable taxation.
 Hong Kong Pros
The avantages of a company incorporated in Hong Kong are:
- No tax if there is no income derived from Hong Kong sources.
- Companies based in Hong Kong are not perceived as "tax havens". That's an important point for your clients.
- Hong Kong is the best gateway to Mainland China. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) provides Hong Kong with additional and exclusive Mainland market access benefits.
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Hong Kong's legal system is separate from Mainland China's, and English common law prevails. The impartial judiciary is independent of the legislature and executive, and is drawn from several British Commonwealth jurisdictions as well as from Hong Kong itself.
- Very efficient banks with e-Banking and multi-currencies accounts.
- A company incorporated in Hong Kong can do business everywhere and there is no restriction about directors and shareholders.
Hong Kong Cons 
The disadvantages of a company incorporated in Hong Kong are:
- Accounting must be held if your business is realized in Hong Kong.
- It is necessary to go to Hong Kong in order to open a bank account in a local bank in Hong Kong.
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