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

2026-04-11 10:41:48

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ME News report: On April 5 (UTC+8), the Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government published a policy essay reviewing the economy in the first quarter of 2026, noting that trading activity in the Hong Kong market remains strong. In the first two months of this year, average daily trading value exceeded HKD 260 billion, up 17% year on year. As March got underway, market conditions became even more active, with Hong Kong stock daily average trading value exceeding HKD 300 billion, an increase of more than 8% compared with the same period last year.

Investors are increasing their asset allocations in Hong Kong. Besides viewing Hong Kong as a reliable safe haven for capital, this is also because the mainland economy is growing steadily and a large number of high-quality enterprises are listing in Hong Kong, 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 on core technologies, to the development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain, to the exploration of more widely applicable scenarios, all of this requires substantial funding support.

Hong Kong’s listing platform is playing a key role in this regard. In the first quarter of this year, the IPO market continued the strong momentum seen last year. As of March 27, the amount raised had already exceeded HKD 103 billion, ranking first globally. Together with subsequent financing and other funding, the total fund-raising scale is approximately HKD 237 billion.

More and more companies listing in Hong Kong are from emerging industries—such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, autonomous driving, biotechnology, and more. Currently, the number of listing applications pending review for Hong Kong has exceeded 500 cases. More companies consider Hong Kong an important window for financing and expanding overseas.

(Source: ChainCatcher)

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