In his weekly blog published on 17 May, Financial Secretary **Paul Chan Mo-po** announced the start of a week-long trip to **Paris, Brussels and Zurich** aimed at convincing European financiers, family offices and technology firms to use Hong Kong as their Asian springboard. Chan argued that recent top-level dialogue between Beijing and Washington has injected a measure of certainty into global markets, offering “the perfect moment for Hong Kong to deepen external connections.”
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For organisations inspired by this outreach, VisaHQ can help smooth the practicalities. The firm’s dedicated Hong Kong portal (https://www.visahq.com/hong-kong/) provides end-to-end assistance with business visas, dependent passes and fast-track schemes such as QMAS, ensuring that investment decisions are not delayed by paperwork bottlenecks.
During the mission Chan will attend a ministerial conference on counter-terrorism financing hosted by the OECD, meet the European Banking Federation and hold roundtables with venture-capital leaders focused on green technology. InvestHK and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will run parallel talent-recruitment booths highlighting fast-track visa products—the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS), FinTech Talent Admission Scheme and expanded e-Channel enrolment for frequent business travellers. Chan’s office says the delegation targets **€5 billion in new asset-management mandates** and at least **ten global-family-office commitments** to set up in Hong Kong. The government will update potential investors on the forthcoming “Northbound” Wealth Management Connect 2.0 and on relaxed foreign-ownership caps in the city’s insurance sector. Analysts note the symbolism of the itinerary. France, Belgium and Switzerland collectively house more than 1,400 European headquarters of multinational corporations; convincing even a fraction to route Asia expansion through Hong Kong could offset talent losses seen during the pandemic. For HR and mobility teams the visit underscores the government’s push to couple capital attraction with people strategies—streamlined dependent-visa approvals, recognition of overseas professional qualifications and tax concessions for imported specialists are likely to feature prominently in Chan’s pitches.
For organisations inspired by this outreach, VisaHQ can help smooth the practicalities. The firm’s dedicated Hong Kong portal (https://www.visahq.com/hong-kong/) provides end-to-end assistance with business visas, dependent passes and fast-track schemes such as QMAS, ensuring that investment decisions are not delayed by paperwork bottlenecks.
During the mission Chan will attend a ministerial conference on counter-terrorism financing hosted by the OECD, meet the European Banking Federation and hold roundtables with venture-capital leaders focused on green technology. InvestHK and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority will run parallel talent-recruitment booths highlighting fast-track visa products—the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS), FinTech Talent Admission Scheme and expanded e-Channel enrolment for frequent business travellers. Chan’s office says the delegation targets **€5 billion in new asset-management mandates** and at least **ten global-family-office commitments** to set up in Hong Kong. The government will update potential investors on the forthcoming “Northbound” Wealth Management Connect 2.0 and on relaxed foreign-ownership caps in the city’s insurance sector. Analysts note the symbolism of the itinerary. France, Belgium and Switzerland collectively house more than 1,400 European headquarters of multinational corporations; convincing even a fraction to route Asia expansion through Hong Kong could offset talent losses seen during the pandemic. For HR and mobility teams the visit underscores the government’s push to couple capital attraction with people strategies—streamlined dependent-visa approvals, recognition of overseas professional qualifications and tax concessions for imported specialists are likely to feature prominently in Chan’s pitches.
