VCG. As of the end of last year, 1,478 Chinese mainland companies were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), making up more than 80 percen

Hong Kong’s stock exchange operator made record profits in 2024 as a stock market rally and listings revival helped put an end to a two-year slump for the financial hub.

Mainland Chinese investors are taking positions in Hong Kong’s stock market, injecting billions into the city’s equities and reducing their valuation discount to onshore counterparts. Investors are seemingly looking towards the special Asian administration’s markets to lessen the effects of an impending trade war between China and the US.