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Hongkong – business opportunities for Swedish companies Göteborg, 21 augusti 2013 Jörgen Halldin
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Business advantages for Swedish Companies in Hong Kong
Transcript of Presentation by Swedish Consul General Hong Kong
Hongkong – business opportunities for Swedish companies Göteborg, 21 augusti 2013
Jörgen Halldin
Cityscape
Cityscape
Escape
Hongkong /Sweden
• ”Stepping stone” to China• Important market in its own right, Sw exports 4,8 b SEK 2012• CEPA – the free trade agreement with mainland China and Macau• Further integration with the Pearl River Delta
• About 160 Swedish companies – all different sectors• Main exports: trucks and buses, telecom, machinery
• 1200 + Swedes• Lars Nittve, M+, Madeleine Onne, Hong Kong Ballet• Keen interest for Swedish sustainable solutions, transportation solutions,
telecom/ICT, higher education/university cooperation• HK in Sweden: MTR – Stockholm subway, Hutchison: ”3” and the container terminal
in the harbour of Stockholm• Free trade friends!
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Why HK is an important business hub
International BusinessEnvironment
Low and Simple Tax
Strategically Location
Gateway to Mainland China
World Class Infrastruc-ture
Efficient and Skilled Workforce
Business opportunities
• Banking and finance• Sourcing• Logistics-related businesses• Telecom/ICT• Real estate/buildings-related technologies• Business consulting
• Forward focus:• Cleantech• Food and beverages• Design
Environmental policy / cleantech
HK environmental policy / cleantech
• Waste management: today 50% landfill. Gov aims to invest 31 b HKD in entirely new waste management infrastructure.
• Clean air: Gov aims for major reduction in roadside pollution and air pollution from the port. 10 b HKD to retire 88 000 pre-Euro-IV vehicles. 3000 new buses until 2017.
• Energy efficiency in buildings: buildings consume 89% of electricity used in HK
Business opportunities – waste management
• Major business opportunities:• Technologies for waste management,
separation, collection and incineration• Sludge and organic waste treatment facilities • Landfill gas and bio gas utilization• Public education and reach-out on
environmental awareness• Consultancy services on efficient waste
management systems
Business opportunities – air quality / clean transportation
• Major business opportunities:• Euro V and Euro IV vehicles and buses• Technologies for improved indoor and outdoor air
quality • Transport infrastructure • Fuel switch and fuel mix solutions • Electric transport systems • Remote sensing systems• Consulting and testing services
Business opportunities – energy efficiency in buildings
• Major business opportunities:• Upgrading technologies for existing buildings, including
cooling/heating, ventilation, insulation, etc• New technologies for optimizing energy and electricity
usage in buildings• District cooling/heating systems• Revamping the fuel-mix for electricity generation • Consulting services on increased energy efficiency in
buildings • New energy efficient buildings (and other clean
technologies) in major government investment programs.
Food and beverages
• Visit by Eskil Erlandsson, November 2012• Open market• Big market (US no 7 worldwide)• Major hotel, restaurant & retail chains• Purchasing delegations to Sweden• Swedish F&B network in Hong Kong• F&B fairs• Swedish food events at hotels, etc• Continued policy work for market opening
Visit by Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for ICT and Energy, to Hong Kong and Canton, October 8-10, with business delegation
Eco Expo Asia, October 28-31, Swedish pavilion/booth and speakers
Prel visit by Stefan Attefall, Minister for Housing and Civil Affairs, end-November
Major design event, second half of 2014
Upcoming events
TACK!Generalkonsulatet Hongkongwww.swedenabroad.com/[email protected]
Business Sweden Hong [email protected]
Svenska Handelskammaren [email protected]
