23-35  Number of Regional Headquarters in Hong Kong by Country/Territory of the Parent Company
	(unit)
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Number of regional headquarters	1098	1167	1228	1246	1298
in Hong Kong①
Country/territory of  the parent company②
United States of America	256	262	295	298	311
Japan	198	204	212	232	238
United Kingdom	105	115	114	124	119
The mainland of China	106	107	112	93	95
Germany	67	75	76	76	77
France	47	49	55	56	59
Switzerland	39	38	42	47	53
Netherlands	46	54	48	50	50
Singapore	35	45	44	43	46
Italy	15	20	23	27	32
Taiwan, China	29	33	28	28	26
Australia	18	18	21	21	19
Korea	15	17	16	16	19
Sweden	16	18	19	20	18
Denmark	15	12	14	11	15
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.