#Connected

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Infrastructure & Transport |
Air, Sea & Land Traffic Hub |
Gateway to Chinese Mainland |
Caring for Global Citizens

Strategically located in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong is well-connected to the rest of the world. Within a four-hour flight from Asia's key markets and a five-hour flight from half the world's population, the city is an international centre for finance, trade, maritime and aviation.

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Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)

The Three-Runway System at Hong Kong International Airport, which commenced operation in November 2024, raises HKIA's passenger and cargo handling capacities significantly. The development, together with development projects on the Airport Island, the Hong Kong Port Island of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the adjacent land and waters, will transform HKIA into a world-leading Airport City.

Regional hub port

  • One of the world's busiest and most efficient container ports.

  • The average time an ocean-going container vessel spent in Hong Kong Port (HKP) was 1 day in 2024, much shorter than the average of the world's top 20 container ports at 1.94 days, reflecting HKP's high handling efficiency.

  • The Hong Kong Shipping Registry enjoys excellent reputation for high quality with a low Port State Control detention rate (0.69% vs world average of 3.3% in 2024).

  • Ranked No.4 globally in Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index for 6 consecutive years from 2020 to 2025.

  • Marine cargo movements with some 100 countries under the Belt and Road Initiative.

  • 13.7 million TEUs handled in 2024.

Hong Kong's prime location at the estuary of the Pearl River Delta makes it the natural gateway to the Chinese Mainland. The city's connections extend beyond infrastructure to language, culture and information. Hong Kong is an ideal gateway for companies seeking to access Chinese Mainland markets and for Mainland companies reaching out to the world.

Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI)

The B&RI promotes co-operation in multiple fields among more than 150 countries and regions by orienting towards "hard connectivity" in infrastructure, bolstering "soft connectivity" through harmonised rules and standards, and strengthening people-to-people bonds.



Hong Kong plays a unique role as the functional platform and a key link for the B&R, leveraging our distinct advantages to provide two-way connections to the Mainland and B&R regions, including international project financing, professional services support, economic and trade co-operation, and cultural exchange.

The National 14th Five-Year Plan

The National 14th Five-Year Plan sets out the blueprint and action agenda for national development from 2021 to 2025 and establishes a clear positioning and direction for Hong Kong's economic development, including support for Hong Kong to enhance, consolidate and develop its "centre" status in 8 traditional and emerging sectors:

  • Consolidate Hong Kong's competitive edge by enhancing 4 "traditional centres" – international finance, transportation, trade, and legal and dispute resolution services in the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Develop new advantages for Hong Kong by establishing 4 "emerging centres" – international aviation, international innovation and technology, regional intellectual property trading, and East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange.

The National 15th Five-Year Plan

The recommendations for the 15th Five-Year Plan adopted at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee in October 2025 will provide a top-level design and strategic blueprint for the country's development over the next five years and are of great significance and impact to Hong Kong. Hong Kong will identify and focus on its advantageous positioning in the country's development blueprint, proactively align with the chapters on Hong Kong and Macao in the 15th Five-Year Plan, seize the significant opportunities brought about by the country's development, and leverage its own unique advantages in national development.

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA)

  • 9 cities in Guangdong Province plus the 2 Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao

  • Population: over 87 million

  • GDP: over RMB14.5 trillion (over US$2 trillion) (2024)

Hong Kong can help companies capture the opportunities in the GBA:

  • Unique dual advantages under "one country, two systems".

  • An international gateway helping Mainland enterprises expand their reach to overseas markets and bringing in foreign investment.

  • Strong policy support for start-ups and talents.

* Photos courtesy of Fire Services Department

Disaster Relief Aid Outside Hong Kong

Caring for global citizens - Responding swiftly to international appeals for humanitarian aid in relief of disasters, the Hong Kong Disaster Relief Fund, since setting up in 1993, has made grants totalling of HK$2,504 million (US$321 million) for relief organisations and governments/authorities across various regions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and Oceania (as at September 2025). A fast-track mechanism has also been in place for funding projects that provide immediate food and water supplies to victims at the initial stage of a disaster.

In March 2025, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government sent a 51-strong search and rescue team to Mandalay in Myanmar, the day after a devastating earthquake hit the region. The team conducted joint operations with the China search and rescue teams for days and successfully rescued a survivor. The HKSAR team also located two bodies in the debris.