This year marks the twenty-ninth anniversary of hong kong's return. Over the past 29 years, hong kong has been actively integrated into the national development landscape and, thanks to its unique advantages of “one country, two systems”, has become the third largest financial centre and the largest offshore currency hub in the world. Hong kong is located at the heart of the bay, a natural bridge between the mainland and the global market, with free port status, zero tariffs on imports and exports, easy customs clearance and irreplaceable hub value for cross-border trade and two-way investment。
In the east china-hong kong international air terminal, workers are conducting a piloting operation for cargo to be shipped to hong kong international airport
According to the guangdong division of customs, hong kong's trade in hong kong has grown from rmb 27,985 million in 1997 to rmb 12,7 trillion in 2025, an average annual increase of 5. 6 per cent. In the first five months of the year, guangdong exports and imports to hong kong of $6,572,700 million, an increase of 40. 9 per cent compared with the same period last year, which was faster than the overall increase of 22. 1 percentage points. Out of this, exports increased by 29 per cent to 56. 666 billion yuan; imports increased by 2. 5 times to 87. 610 billion yuan。
The trade in hong kong is closely linked. In the first five months, guangdong was the first province and city to have a stable presence in the mainland of china and hong kong, accounting for 47. 3 per cent of the total value of mainland exports to hong kong, while hong kong was the second largest trading partner in guangdong, accounting for 14. 8 per cent of the total value of guangdong imports and exports。
The share of processed trade has increased. In the first five months, guangdong exported and imported 28. 465 billion yuan in processed trade to hong kong, an increase of 47. 5 per cent, or 43. 3 per cent of the total value of guangdong's exports and imports to hong kong, an increase of 2 percentage points compared with the same period last year; $21. 479 billion in bonded logistics exports and imports, an increase of 54. 7 per cent, or 32. 7 per cent, an increase of 2. 9 percentage points; and $15. 567 billion in general trade imports and exports, an increase of 17. 4 per cent, or 23. 7 per cent。
A remote video inspection of a group of live pigs prepared for port is carried out by the customs officers of the city of shincheng under huang po customs through the territorial inspection system
The import and export of private enterprises increased significantly by 7 per cent. In the previous five months, private enterprises in guangdong had imported and exported 3,83. 94 billion yuan to hong kong, an increase of 70. 9 per cent, which was 30 percentage points faster than guangdong's overall increase of 10. 3 percentage points to 58. 4 per cent; foreign investment enterprises had imported and exported 25. 362 billion yuan, an increase of 15. 7 per cent, or 38. 6 per cent; and state-owned enterprises had increased by 10. 8 per cent, or 2. 5 per cent。
Foreign-trade dynamism is moving towards a new development. In the first five months, guangdong exported 4,36. 65 billion yuan to hong kong, an increase of 31. 1 per cent, representing 76. 7 per cent of guangdong's total exports to hong kong. Of these, exports of integrated circuits amounted to $16. 373 billion, or 86. 3 per cent; computers and their spare parts to $7. 414 billion, or 11 per cent; and electrical appliances to $26. 680 billion, or 25. 2 per cent. In addition, exports of electric vehicles, digital control beds, drones, etc. Showed remarkable growth of 3. 9, 3. 8 and 75. 9 per cent, respectively. During the same period, imports of consumer goods such as jewellery, clocks, etc. Increased by one and 2. 6 times respectively。
