presentation by swedish consul general hong kong

Hongkong – business opportunities for Swedish companies Göteborg, 21 augusti 2013

Jörgen Halldin

Cityscape

Cityscape

Escape

Hongkong /Sweden

• ”Stepping stone” to China• Important market in its own right, Sw exports 4,8 b SEK 2012• CEPA – the free trade agreement with mainland China and Macau• Further integration with the Pearl River Delta

• About 160 Swedish companies – all different sectors• Main exports: trucks and buses, telecom, machinery

• 1200 + Swedes• Lars Nittve, M+, Madeleine Onne, Hong Kong Ballet• Keen interest for Swedish sustainable solutions, transportation solutions,

telecom/ICT, higher education/university cooperation• HK in Sweden: MTR – Stockholm subway, Hutchison: ”3” and the container terminal

in the harbour of Stockholm• Free trade friends!

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Why HK is an important business hub

International BusinessEnvironment

Low and Simple Tax

Strategically Location

Gateway to Mainland China

World Class Infrastruc-ture

Efficient and Skilled Workforce

Business opportunities

• Banking and finance• Sourcing• Logistics-related businesses• Telecom/ICT• Real estate/buildings-related technologies• Business consulting

• Forward focus:• Cleantech• Food and beverages• Design

Environmental policy / cleantech

HK environmental policy / cleantech

• Waste management: today 50% landfill. Gov aims to invest 31 b HKD in entirely new waste management infrastructure.

• Clean air: Gov aims for major reduction in roadside pollution and air pollution from the port. 10 b HKD to retire 88 000 pre-Euro-IV vehicles. 3000 new buses until 2017.

• Energy efficiency in buildings: buildings consume 89% of electricity used in HK

Business opportunities – waste management

• Major business opportunities:• Technologies for waste management,

separation, collection and incineration• Sludge and organic waste treatment facilities • Landfill gas and bio gas utilization• Public education and reach-out on

environmental awareness• Consultancy services on efficient waste

management systems

Business opportunities – air quality / clean transportation

• Major business opportunities:• Euro V and Euro IV vehicles and buses• Technologies for improved indoor and outdoor air

quality • Transport infrastructure • Fuel switch and fuel mix solutions • Electric transport systems • Remote sensing systems• Consulting and testing services

Business opportunities – energy efficiency in buildings

• Major business opportunities:• Upgrading technologies for existing buildings, including

cooling/heating, ventilation, insulation, etc• New technologies for optimizing energy and electricity

usage in buildings• District cooling/heating systems• Revamping the fuel-mix for electricity generation • Consulting services on increased energy efficiency in

buildings • New energy efficient buildings (and other clean

technologies) in major government investment programs.

Food and beverages

• Visit by Eskil Erlandsson, November 2012• Open market• Big market (US no 7 worldwide)• Major hotel, restaurant & retail chains• Purchasing delegations to Sweden• Swedish F&B network in Hong Kong• F&B fairs• Swedish food events at hotels, etc• Continued policy work for market opening

Visit by Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for ICT and Energy, to Hong Kong and Canton, October 8-10, with business delegation

Eco Expo Asia, October 28-31, Swedish pavilion/booth and speakers

Prel visit by Stefan Attefall, Minister for Housing and Civil Affairs, end-November

Major design event, second half of 2014

Upcoming events

TACK!Generalkonsulatet Hongkongwww.swedenabroad.com/hongkonggeneralkonsulat.hongkong@gov.se

Business Sweden Hong Kongwww.business-sweden.seMargaret.Leung@business-sweden.se

Svenska Handelskammaren Hongkongwww.swedcham.com.hkchamber@swedcham.com.hk