Business and Professional Services

94.    Hong Kong has one of the most advanced services industry in the world.  Professional services and other producer services contribute 13 per cent of GDP and employ about 500 000 people.  The professional services industry in particular recorded high growth in recent years, contributing nearly five per cent of GDP.  Government will continue to strengthen G2G ties with its Mainland and overseas counterparts, secure more liberalisation measures and forge more free trade agreements to help Hong Kong service industries access external markets, especially the Mainland market, under more favourable conditions.