Hong Kong Financial Secretary: First-quarter listed platform financing exceeded HKD 103 billion, with emerging industries such as artificial intelligence flocking to Hong Kong

MeNews · 2026-04-11T05:36:03+00:00

The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government pointed out in a blog post on April 5th that the Hong Kong market was active in the first quarter of 2026, with an average daily trading volume exceeding HKD 260 billion in the first two months, and surpassing HKD 300 billion in March. This was driven by stable mainland China's economy and the listing of high-quality companies. Additionally, the IPO market performed strongly in the first quarter of this year, raising over HKD 103 billion, and Hong Kong is becoming an important platform for the development of emerging industries.

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2026-04-11 05:36:03

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ME News report, April 5 (UTC+8). The Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published a policy essay reviewing the economy in the first quarter of 2026, noting that the Hong Kong market has been active. In the first two months of this year, the average daily trading value exceeded HKD 260 billion, up 17% year on year. Entering March, market conditions became even more active, with the average daily trading value in Hong Kong stocks exceeding HKD 300 billion, up more than 8% from the same period last year.

Investors are increasing their allocations of assets in Hong Kong. Besides seeing Hong Kong as a reliable safe haven for funds, this is also driven by the stable growth of the mainland economy and the listing in Hong Kong of large numbers of high-quality companies, which provides ample investment opportunities. At the same time, global competition in frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence has entered a white-hot stage. From breakthroughs in core technologies, to the development of the industrial chain across upstream and downstream sectors, and to the exploration of a wider range of application scenarios, substantial funding support is needed.

Hong Kong’s listed-platform ecosystem is playing a key role in this regard. In the first quarter of this year, the IPO market continued the strong momentum from last year. As of March 27, the amount raised had already exceeded HKD 103 billion, ranking first globally. Including subsequent financing and other activities, the total fund-raising scale is about HKD 237 billion. An increasing number of companies listing in Hong Kong are from emerging industries—artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, autonomous driving, biotechnology, and more. Currently, there are more than 500 listing application cases waiting in the queue. More companies view Hong Kong as an important window for both financing and developing overseas. (Source: ChainCatcher)

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