The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (April 19) the April 2022 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Statistics on Innovation Activities in Hong Kong, 2016 to 2020" and "The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong".
"Statistics on Innovation Activities in Hong Kong, 2016 to 2020"
Innovation is a key impetus to economic growth and development. Innovation activities include not only research and development (R&D) but also product and business process innovation which help enhance competitiveness and business performance.
Statistics on innovation activities shed light on the prevalence of innovation activities in an economy and are useful in offering insight into potential development areas. This feature article aims at portraying the latest situation of innovation activities in Hong Kong, with separate analyses on R&D and other innovation activities.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Science and Technology Statistics Section, the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7290; email: stb1@censtatd.gov.hk).
"The Financial Services Sector in Hong Kong"
Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant international financial centres in the world. The contribution of the financial services sector to Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product increased from 14% in 2005 to 23% in 2020. This feature article presents the operating characteristics and business performance of selected industries in the sector between 2018 and 2020. It also briefly highlights the overall quarterly business performance of selected industries in the sector in 2021.
For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Business Services Statistics Section, the C&SD (Tel: 3903 7266; email: business-services@censtatd.gov.hk).
Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 140 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).
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