LISTING ON THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG

Hong Kong is the largest financial center in Asia and the third major international market in the world after New York and London. In terms of market capitalization ratio Hong Kong Stock Exchange (also known as HKEX) increased more than 6 times over the last decade, which is the largest increase among the world exchanges. Owing to the open policy of Hong Kong stock market for  overseas companies and investors, the overseas funds have grown 5 times in the recent 6 years. Hong Kong can accommodate issuers of different scales from less than 10—13 million to more than 10 billion US dollars. In this section, we discuss the main aspects of listing on Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, such as: advantages, common listing requirements, procedure, listing fees as well as the key features of listing of Depositary Receipts as an alternative option for IPO in Hong Kong.