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TMF Group helps global companies expand and invest seamlessly across international borders. Its expert accountants and legal, HR and payroll professionals are located around the world, helping clients to operate their corporate structures, finance vehicles and investments in different locations. With operations in more than 80 countries providing global business services, TMF Group is the global expert that understands local needs

Grant Thornton is one of the leading business advisers of independent assurance, tax and advisory services that helps dynamic organisations unlock their potential for growth. Our brand is respected globally, as one of the major global accounting organisations recognised by capital markets, regulators and international standards setting bodies. As a US$4.7bn global organisation of member firms with 40,000 people in over 130 countries, we have the scale to meet your changing needs, as well as the insight and agility that helps you to stay one step ahead. Privately owned, publicly listed and public sector clients come to us for our technical skills and industry capabilities but also for our different way of working. Our partners and teams invest the time to truly understand your business, giving real insight and a fresh perspective to keep you moving. Together with our International Business Centres (IBCs), we can draw on the resources and supports from Grant Thornton’s global network, deep knowledge of the latest regulations, techniques and business practices in major jurisdictions worldwide. Whether a business has domestic or international aspirations, Grant Thornton can help you unlock your potential for growth.

PwC China/Hong Kong is the largest professional services firm in China. PwC’s network firms operate in 157 countries with more than 195,000 partners and staff including almost all of the territories under the Belt and Road Initiative. PwC provides a full range of advisory, consulting, tax and assurance services, including but not limited to valuation strategy services, financial modelling, mergers and acquisitions advisory, investment and project structuring, financial due diligence, tax planning and due diligence and strategic advice to investors in identifying and building capabilities required for this initiative. These successful developments of the Belt and Road Initiative will invariably require some or all of the professional services noted above. PwC will be able to provide local knowledge and expertise in most of the territories under the Belt and Road Initiative.

Crowe Horwath (HK) CPA Limited is a full-service CPA member firm of Crowe Horwath International and is based in Hong Kong. We provide a comprehensive range of professional services including audit, tax, risk management, merger and acquisition, trust, estate planning, data security and IT audit, ESG and sustainability consulting, business and property valuation, human resources, executive coaching and business advisory services to clients in the Greater China region.

As one of the pioneer accounting firms exploring the China market, we are accustomed to the culture, economy and business environment in Hong Kong and Mainland China. We have also built up strong connections with both the public and private sectors in China. Together with the support from member firms of the top 9 accounting network globally, we assist Chinese enterprises to access the international markets and at the same time help our international clients to establish presence in the vast China market.

BDO Limited is the Hong Kong member firm of BDO International Limited, the fifth largest worldwide accountancy network with over 1,300 offices in more than 150 countries and almost 60,000 people, including 31 offices in Mainland China as well as covering all the major countries and cities within the One Belt One Road.

BDO Limited has 50 directors and a staff of over 1,000 in Hong Kong. Our professional services include assurance, taxation, business recovery, forensic accounting, litigation support, matrimonial advisory, risk advisory and business services. Our professionals are well-versed in all accounting and auditing standards, tax and investment regulations prevailing in Hong Kong, Mainland China as well as other major countries. We conform to the highest international standards in a full range of professional services.

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is the founding member of the HSBC Group, which serves around 48 million customers through four global businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Group serves customers worldwide from over 6,100 offices in 72 countries and territories in Asia, Europe, North and Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. With assets of US$2,572bn at 30 June 2015, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations.

HSBC Commercial Banking

For 150 years we have been where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities. Today, HSBC Commercial Banking serves businesses ranging from small enterprises to large multinationals in around 55 developed and faster-growing markets around the world. Whether it is working capital, trade finance or payments and cash management solutions, we provide the tools and expertise that businesses need to thrive. With a network covering more than three quarters of global commerce, we make HSBC the world’s leading international trade and business bank.

Standard Chartered is a leading international banking group, with more than 86,000 employees and an over 150-year history in some of the world’s most dynamic markets. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Today we have a unique on-the-group presence across the Greater China region.

Corporate and Institutional Clients

Our cross-border network helps clients facilitate trade and finance across the fastest growing markets in today’s global economy. We serve clients via the Greater China Platform with our experience in the RMB business and our broad network across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. We offer a full suite of products in areas such as Financial Markets, Transaction Banking, Research Islamic Banking and Corporate Finance.

Retail Clients

Spanning more than 30 countries our retail banking business serves over 9 million clients through almost 1,200 branches and 5,000 ATMs as well as award-winning digital channels such as Breeze. We offer internet banking in 32 markets, mobile banking in 19 markets and Breeze in 13 markets.

Commercial & Private Bank

Our footprint in the Greater China markets and key geographies across Asia, Africa and the Middle East ensures that we are well placed to support mid-sized firms as they continue to grow and internationalise. As the private bank for business owners our geographic footprint coincides with some of the fastest growing wealth pools in the world.