Hong Kong has maintained third place globally and continued to rank first in the Asia-Pacific in the Global Financial Centres Index 37 Report published today by the UK’s Z/Yen and the China Development Institute.
Hong Kong’s overall rating in the report increased 11 points to 760, slightly closing the gap with the first place rating.
The city’s rankings in human capital, infrastructure, and financial sector development rose to second in the world, while rankings in business environment, and reputational and general rose to third globally.
Hong Kong also ranked among the top in various financial industry sectors, ranking first globally in investment management, insurance, and finance, and third in banking.
In the report’s assessment of financial centres’ fintech offering, Hong Kong’s ranking leapt further by five places to fourth in the world.
The Government said the report fully recognises Hong Kong’s leading status and strengths as an international financial centre, noting that with the country’s staunch support, it will leverage the advantages under “one country, two systems”, actively integrate into the national development and deepen international co-operation to fulfil its roles as a “super connector” and “super value-adder”.
With finance as an important tool to support the real economy, the Government added that the policy initiatives announced in the 2025-26 Budget press ahead with the high-quality development of Hong Kong’s international financial market to create more new growth areas.