{"id":4355,"date":"2024-05-24T07:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T07:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2024-06-07T08:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T08:08:59","slug":"influx-of-mainland-chinese-workers-and-corporations-reshapes-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/influx-of-mainland-chinese-workers-and-corporations-reshapes-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Influx of Mainland Chinese Workers and Businesses Reshapes Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alice Li<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong \u2013 As the owner of a restaurant chain in mainland China, Huang Haiying always wanted to expand her business overseas. She went on business trips to the U.S., Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Eventually, she picked Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In November 2022, the government of Hong Kong announced a new talent admission scheme to attract high-income professionals and graduates from top-level universities. Huang, whose restaurant has more than 50 locations in China, quickly decided to expand her business to the city. She filed her application for the visa after the Chinese New Year break. About seven months later, she landed in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Huang\u2019s first foray to the Hong Kong business world, but she finds it a welcome change from her previous experience. In mainland China, personal relationships were a prerequisite for business success. For example, if one needs to apply for a business license, it would be smoother with the right references. Compared to the mainland, Huang finds the business\u00a0 environment in Hong Kong more orderly and transparent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEverybody is equal, you just follow the rules. The sense of order brought me inner peace,\u201d Huang said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huang is one of the more than 50,000 people who moved to the city from overseas with the new talent visa since its inception. After an exodus of professionals during the pandemic, the Hong Kong government introduced the Top Talent Pass Scheme, known as TTPS for short, at the end of 2022 to refill the ranks of the city\u2019s skilled workforce. A two year-working visa will be issued to individuals with at least HK$ 2.5 million annual income, or a degree from top ranked universities. Eligible applicants don\u2019t need a local employment offer upon application. Despite the initial intention to attract talents from around the globe, about 95% of the successful applicants of TTPS were from mainland China as of November 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The influx of mainland Chinese is changing the fabric of Hong Kong as businesses are following in the footsteps of the people, moving headquarters, and opening branches of restaurants and stores in lockstep. The number of mainland Chinese corporations has been increasing, and China replaced the U.S. to become the biggest source of companies with regional headquarters in Hong Kong in 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4358\" src=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx-300x230.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx-1024x785.png 1024w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx-1080x828.png 1080w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mainland-Chinese-corporations-influx.png 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>New tenants in town\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing up in Hunan, an inland province in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Huang stayed in Guangdong after graduation. There, she started her business, which is a restaurant named \u201cHui Jia Xiang\u201d. Just as the name implies, her restaurant serves Xiang or Hunanese food, one of eight major Chinese cuisines that originated in Huang\u2019s hometown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Huang\u2019s Xiang restaurant entered the Hong Kong market, its location used to be an Egyptian restaurant called Aziza. In 2023, however, Aziza decided to shut down due to rising rent exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on sales and foot traffic, according to a restaurant manager.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainland food and beverage brands have actively expanded their footprints in the city since the border between Hong Kong and the mainland was reopened in February 2023. A report from local property brokerage Midland IC&amp;I shows that food and beverage businesses, especially mainland Chinese ones, are becoming the major tenants in the city\u2019s four core shopping areas \u2013 Central, Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay, and Mong Kok.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter the travel restrictions between Hong Kong and the mainland were lifted, we\u2019ve seen a more active move to expand business in the city from Chinese food and beverage operators,\u201d said Andy Kong, strategic director at Midland IC&amp;I.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some companies had planned to enter the Hong Kong market even during the pandemic, Kong pointed out, which explains the influx of mainland eateries to the city after Covid restrictions were lifted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s more, Chinese catering brands are becoming more well-known among Hongkongers, as people flocked to the mainland to spend weekends and holidays after the border was reopened. As a result, mainland food providers have stronger confidence in expanding business across the border.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two foreign restaurants in Sai Ying Pun, serving Italian and Egyptian food,\u00a0 have been replaced by Chinese eateries.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4360\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4360\" class=\"wp-image-4360\" src=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries-300x192.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries-1080x692.png 1080w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Two-foreign-restaurants-in-Sai-Ying-Pun-serving-Italian-and-Egyptian-food-have-been-replaced-by-Chinese-eateries.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two foreign restaurants in Sai Ying Pun, serving Italian and Egyptian food, have been replaced by Chinese eateries. Photo by Alice Li<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bringing mainland practices to Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainland restaurant owners aren\u2019t the only group that want to explore business opportunities in the city. Large Chinese corporations also show ambition to grab a bigger share of the Hong Kong market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, Hong Kong\u2019s food delivery market used to be dominated by three foreign companies: Uber Eats, Foodpanda, and Deliveroo. But in November 2021, Uber Eats announced it would quit the market after five years of operation in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUber Eats has unfortunately not grown as expected in Hong Kong,\u201d the company said in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/society\/article\/3157857\/uber-eats-loses-appetite-hong-kong-will-exit-market-years\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with South China Morning Post on November 30, 2021. \u201cThis decision has been made independent of the global pandemic, and is in line with our broader strategy on Uber Eats.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years later, a new challenger came. Meituan, the on-demand shopping company in mainland China, launched its KeeTa food delivery service in Hong Kong in May 2023. For the first time, Meituan offered food delivery services outside of mainland China. In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/meituan-launches-food-delivery-brand-keeta-amid-hong-kong-debut-301830265.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">press release<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the company said the move was based on their observation that Hong Kong is a growing and unsaturated market in terms of food delivery service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To outcompete Foodpanda and Deliveroo, the two entrenched incumbents in Hong Kong respectively owned by German and British companies, KeeTa brought business practices from its mainland version. It duplicates functions including the exclusive \u201con-time promise\u201d. Users receive cash coupons with no threshold for future purchases if their order is delayed for more than 15 minutes beyond the original delivery estimate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheme gave KeeTa a leg up on its competitors. In the first quarter of 2024, KeeTa seized 43% of total food delivery orders, according to data from local analytics firm Measurable AI. Foodpanda and Deliveroo, which entered the market years earlier, accounted for 37% and 20%, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201cpositive results\u201d in Hong Kong have prompted\u00a0 Meituan to explore expanding into other overseas markets, Chief Executive Wang Xing said during the company\u2019s latest earnings call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mainland influx<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to Meituan, many other mainland companies are eyeing Hong Kong as international companies retreat. The shift is transforming Hong Kong\u2019s business community, thanks in part to incentive programs that are accelerating the change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In December 2022, the government established the Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises, or OASES, to lure investment from around the globe to Hong Kong. Among the 45 companies signed up with OASES to set up business in the city thus far, 35 are from mainland China, according to the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OASES was established in 2022 to attract pioneers in industries that are of \u201cstrategic importance\u201d, including biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and financial technology. The office is dedicated to reaching out to target companies and carrying out negotiations. Once they sign deals to set up or facilitate business in Hong Kong, the office offers assistance in areas such as taxation, land acquisition, and visa applications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As addressed by government officials in a signing ceremony, some of these enterprises will settle in Hong Kong shortly, while some already have footprints in the city and will expand them with assistance from OASES. Apart from Meituan, Chinese telecom giant Huawei and computer maker Lenovo have also reached partnerships with the Hong Kong government. Both <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huaweicloud.com\/intl\/en-us\/news\/20240424095659593.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huawei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.lenovo.com\/pressroom\/press-releases\/lenovo-tech-world-hong-kong\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lenovo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have said they plan to provide AI services and invest in AI ventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, international companies are largely retreating from the city. U.S. companies had the most regional headquarters in Hong Kong as of 1991, but the number has been declining since 2020 and reached its lowest in more than two decades in 2023. Companies from Japan and the UK, which were two other major players in the foreign-firm landscape in Hong Kong, are also moving out, government statistics show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome of the companies are moving out to diversify the risk as China is no longer the best cost-effective solution given the trans-Pacific tension over the years,\u201d said a spokesperson of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, or AmCham, referring to U.S.-China trade and other disputes. Some other factors, for example the implementation of National Security Law and rigid Covid restrictions, have also \u201cseverely impacted\u201d overseas perceptions of Hong Kong, said the AmCham spokesperson, who requested anonymity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enacted in 2020 after the 2019 anti-government protest, the National Security Law has prompted international concerns about freedom and human rights in Hong Kong due to its wide scope and vagueness. And the city\u2019s strict Covid-19 policies lasted almost three years, forcing inbound travelers to quarantine in hotels for up to 21 days and canceling flights to Hong Kong on a moment\u2019s notice. Thousands fled, resulting in an exodus of workers overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Hong Kong still has advantages such as low taxation, a common law system, and high-quality healthcare, according to AmCham. \u201cWhen we look into the shoes of the mainland companies, the reason why they want to set foot in Hong Kong is because they see Hong Kong as an international city and they want to internationalize themselves,\u201d said AmCham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong Kong has seen a drop in foreign companies\u2019 regional headquarters based here, but has experienced an influx of mainland Chinese firms and workers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4362\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4362\" class=\"wp-image-4362\" src=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop-1080x717.png 1080w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Hong-Kong-has-seen-a-drop.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hong Kong has seen a drop in foreign companies\u2019 regional headquarters based here, but has experienced an influx of mainland Chinese firms and workers.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Still a better choice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mainland workers are following companies\u2019 footsteps to Hong Kong, attracted by the city\u2019s higher wages and other perks. And visa programs such as the TTPS are accelerating the migration, making Hong Kong a top destination for mainland Chinese looking to move abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together with other six talent admission schemes that have been operating for years, the Hong Kong government issued more than 120,000 visas to all kinds of talents last year. Of these, 77% went to mainland Chinese applicants, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.info.gov.hk\/gia\/general\/202312\/13\/P2023121300196.htm?fontSize=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">government data shows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe salary level in Hong Kong is higher than that in the mainland. A lot of the applicants also wanted to let their kids attend schools in Hong Kong, which is another major factor that motivates many mainland residents to apply for the TTPS,\u201d said David Hui, managing director of Centaline Immigration Consultants Limited, a local agency that offers services for people who want to apply for permanent residency in Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4363\" src=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart-300x215.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart-1024x734.png 1024w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart-1080x774.png 1080w, https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/capstone2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/HK-chart.png 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huang\u2019s new Hunanese restaurant in Hong Kong has already been open for business for two months. She said she likes the sense of order and kindness of people here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before moving to Hong Kong, she was based in Zhuhai, a city bordering Macau. Due to a sluggish economy, the catering industry suffered, leading to cutthroat competition. Huang described a constant price war among restaurants. For instance, if she offered a 30% discount, a rival would launch a 40% sale to attract customers. In contrast, restaurant owners in Hong Kong seem to focus only on their own business. Although there are several competitors who also serve Hunanese cuisine near Huang\u2019s restaurant, none of them ever showed intention to price her out of business, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the mother of three boys, Huang brought all of her children with her when she moved to Hong Kong last year. As soon as the application was approved, Huang\u2019s second son started to prepare for the Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, the university entrance exam in Hong Kong. She opened the first branch near the University of Hong Kong as this is the only school her son wanted to be admitted to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huang said she hopes to stay in the city for seven years, the minimum needed to claim permanent residency in Hong Kong. Despite the convenient life with low costs back in Zhuhai, she said she hopes her children will receive a better education in Hong Kong, which she believes will benefit their future career prospects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI want to inspire my son. I told him that I opened the store near HKU for you, so you should work harder,\u201d said Huang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Advisor: Cezary Podkul<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alice Li<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-feature-writing","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Influx of Mainland Chinese Workers and Businesses Reshapes Hong Kong - 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