The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, released the 2026–2027 Hong Kong Budget on Wednesday, 25 February, outlining a wide range of initiatives aimed at strengthening Hong Kong’s role as a global centre for trade, investment and business. Below you can find a selection of key measures from the 2026–27 Budget, highlighting initiatives aimed at strengthening Hong Kong’s role in international trade, investment and business. Full details can be found on the Hong Kong Government’s official Budget website.
Enhancing Market Connectivity & Global Investment
Measures aimed at improving Hong Kong’s competitiveness as an international financial centre include doubling the RMB Business Facility to RMB200 billion to support wider RMB use in cross‑boundary business, issuing RMB bonds regularly and exploring an offshore RMB yield curve, considering the inclusion of REITs and an RMB trading counter under Southbound Stock Connect, introducing a licensing regime for digital‑asset dealing and custodian services, and establishing the CMU OmniClear digital‑asset platform to support the issuance and settlement of digital bonds.
Boosting Global Trade & Support for Enterprises
Measures aimed at strengthening global trade connectivity and supporting overseas expansion include enhancing Hong Kong’s role in the Belt and Road Initiative and pursuing further Investment Agreements, injecting HK$200 million into the BUD Fund and raising the Easy BUD ceiling, launching a pilot export credit insurance scheme for SMEs engaging higher‑risk buyers, offering preferential policy packages with land, subsidy and tax incentives, and earmarking HK$100 million to attract large‑scale international exhibitions with new elements.
Northern Metropolis: New Gateway for Advanced Industry & Cross‑Boundary Business
Measures aimed at accelerating the Northern Metropolis as a major I&T and advanced manufacturing base include allocating HK$10 billion each for the Hetao Hong Kong Park, San Tin Technopole and Hung Shui Kiu Industry Park to advance land and industrial development, establishing a dedicated San Tin Technopole company with HK$10 billion in initial capital, providing HK$10 billion for the initial operations of the Hung Shui Kiu Industry Park company, and encouraging joint development proposals from developers and enterprises under a Public‑Private Partnership approach.
Strengthening Logistics, Aviation & Maritime Competitiveness
Measures aimed at reinforcing Hong Kong’s position in global supply chains include advancing Airport City development such as Asia’s first aircraft parts processing and trading centre, enhancing maritime tax concessions and providing port‑dues and green‑vessel incentives totalling around HK$34 million, developing the Port Community System for real‑time cargo information exchange, and launching the Future Innovative Logistics Acceleration Scheme to drive smart‑logistics transformation.
Full budget documents, annexes and figures can be found on the official Budget website:
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