23-35  Number of Regional Headquarters in Hong Kong by Country/Territory of the Parent Company
	(unit)
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Number of regional headquarters	966	1098	1167	1228	1246
in Hong Kong①
Country/territory of  the parent company②
United States of America	242	256	262	295	298
Japan	168	198	204	212	232
United Kingdom	86	105	115	114	124
The mainland of China	84	106	107	112	93
Germany	56	67	75	76	76
France	44	47	49	55	56
Netherlands	38	46	54	48	50
Switzerland	40	39	38	42	47
Singapore	22	35	45	44	43
Taiwan, China	18	29	33	28	28
Italy	7	15	20	23	27
Australia	22	18	18	21	21
Sweden	16	16	18	19	20
Korea	15	15	17	16	16
Canada	19	15	16	15	14
Notes : Figures refer to the first working day of June of the year. A regional headquarters is an office that has managerial control over offices in the
region (i.e. Hong Kong plus one or more other places) on behalf of its parent company located outside Hong Kong. In the case of a joint-ventured
regional headquarters in Hong Kong, there may be more than one country/territory of its parent company/companies.
①Definition of regional headquarters has been revised from 2006 onwards.  Figures for regional headquarters for 2006 and onwards
presented above may not be strictly comparable with those before 2006.
②Prior to 2005, figures refer to the country/territory where parent companies are incorporated.  As from 2005, figures refer to the
country/territory where parent companies are located.