Government opens route to China for small firms
28 August 2012
The British government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council are to set up a joint programme to advise small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) wanting to tap into the mainland China market.
SMEs are the kind of businesses that Hong Kong wants to attract to the former colony, which was handed back to China in 1996, according to Stephen Bradley, consul-general at the British consulate-general in Hong Kong.
Bradley, speaking at a UK Hong Kong trade forum in London, said that as China opens up, Hong Kong faces strong competition from cities in...