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Hong Kong’s Companies Registry announced on January 16 that 195,343 local and re-domiciled companies were newly established in 2025. By year-end, the total reached 1,557,103, a record high increase of 96,609. The new re-domiciliation regime introduced in May 2025 has been well-received, with six non-Hong Kong corporations successfully relocating to Hong Kong.

Shenzhen's Longgang District has introduced a special industrial fund management policy, focusing on strategic emerging industries and high-quality development to support innovation in areas like advanced manufacturing and digital transformation, helping Hong Kong businesses capitalize on policy benefits and expand into the mainland market.

Guangdong's 2026 special fund for the new-generation IT industry targets the electronics sector, strongly supporting Greater Bay Area manufacturing. This offers clear policy benefits for Hong Kong entrepreneurs returning to the region, enabling them to tap into digital economy opportunities and integrate into the innovation ecosystem through funding and industry collaboration.

In 2025, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge handled over RMB 325.8 billion in foreign trade, with its efficient logistics and improved connectivity providing vital support. This offers Hong Kong entrepreneurs a competitive edge in cross-border e-commerce, high-tech, and supply chain management in the Greater Bay Area.

The launch of Hong Kong's permanent Government Chinese Medicine Testing Centre marks a push for an internationally recognized standardization and research system, providing a premier platform for Hong Kong businesses in the Greater Bay Area to engage in R&D, testing, and global commercialization of traditional Chinese medicine.

With its substantial financial resources and steady credit growth, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area provides ample liquidity and continuously optimizes funding allocation towards tech innovation, green transition, and inclusive finance, creating an adaptable financing environment and strategic opportunities for Hong Kong businesses expanding in the region.

The Shenzhen Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong S&T Innovation Cooperation Zone implements a special tax policy, exempting eligible entities from import duties on R&D goods from Hong Kong under an efficient customs model. This significantly lowers compliance costs, providing a competitive environment for Hong Kong businesses and institutions in high-tech innovation.

The 2026 Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme is now open year-round. Eligible companies with cross-border operations can hire Hong Kong graduates (bachelor's degree minimum salary: HKD 18,000) for mainland postings, receiving up to HKD 12,000/month in wage subsidies for up to 18 months, and can also hire an equal number of mainland youth for Hong Kong roles, fostering talent exchange.

On January 13, Hong Kong and the National Health Commission signed two major agreements to advance traditional Chinese medicine development and cancer prevention cooperation in the Greater Bay Area, aligning with Hong Kong's TCM development blueprint and deepening national collaboration in cancer control.

Zhuhai's 2026 Q1 economic action plan, featuring incentives for industrial growth, investment, consumption, and employment, creates a supportive business environment. This provides concrete opportunities and policy support for Hong Kong entrepreneurs returning to invest and participate in Greater Bay Area development.

The Ministry of Commerce has issued the 2026 Catalog of Goods Subject to Export License Administration, covering 43 categories. Hong Kong businesses exporting these goods from the Greater Bay Area must comply with quota management (e.g., for agricultural products to Hong Kong and Macao) and procedures like the "single-use license" system, and may apply for licenses through authorized local commerce departments (e.g., in Guangzhou).

Hengqin Cooperation Zone’s new financial support policy offers Hong Kong businesses incentives for setting up operations, cross-border services, fintech, and office space, while encouraging Macao collaboration and support for innovative firms—a key opportunity to expand and benefit from financial innovation dividends.

In 2025, the nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area recorded a foreign trade volume of 9.15 trillion yuan, up 4.7% year-on-year, creating a broad platform. The region handles nearly half of the country's tablet computer exports and over 80% of 3D printer exports, with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Port also seeing rapid growth in import-export value. This provides Hong Kong businesses with a mature trade ecosystem, logistics advantages, and significant market opportunities for entrepreneurship in the Greater Bay Area.

On January 9, the Department of Justice of the Hong Kong SAR Government established the Offshore Professional Services Expert Committee. It will advise on strategies to promote Hong Kong's legal and other professional services in supporting mainland enterprises going global, and support the recently launched "Hong Kong Professional Services Offshore Platform," marking a new phase of collaborative support.

The inauguration of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Hospital and the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Centre marks a new milestone. These flagship institutions will implement the TCM Development Blueprint, integrate into the Greater Bay Area's TCM hub, promote service enhancement, innovation, talent development, and leverage Hong Kong's global connectivity to advance TCM internationally.