23-30    Number of Companies in Hong Kong that are Regional Headquarters
by Country/Territory of Incorporation of the Parent Company
(Number of companies in Hong Kong that are regional headquarters)
Country/territory of incorporation	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
of the parent company
The United States	219	194	205	212	221
Japan	119	109	114	127	160
United Kingdom	84	95	82	81	90
The Mainland of China	113	70	69	69	70
Germany	51	59	55	50	56
Netherlands	25	27	32	31	48
France	35	38	36	28	43
Switzerland	25	28	32	29	34
Singapore	18	17	20	21	25
Taiwan,China	28	26	28	21	22
Bermuda	20	9	11	18	12
British Virgin Islands	20	9	17	22	5
Sweden	18	14	16	15	16
Republic of Korea	19	21	14	15	13
Canada	16	13	19	21	16
Others	104	100	98	101	118
Total①	914	829	848	861	949
	(903)	(819)	(840)	(855)	(944)
Notes: Figures refer to 1 June of the year.
A regional headquarters (RHQ) is an office that has control over the operation of offices or branches in the region (i.e. Hong Kong plus one
or more other places), and manages the business in the region without frequent referrals to its parent company outside Hong Kong.
① The total number of companies that are regional headquarters by country/territory of incorporation of parent company in this table may be
greater than the actual number because some companies are  joint ventures undertaken by two or more  investors. The actual number for