Hong Kong Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu rarely disclosed a set of data when he attended an event recently.Li Jiachao revealed that currently more than 500 companies are queuing up to list in Hong Kong. An increasing proportion of these quasi-listed companies come from strategic fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, robotics, and autonomous driving.
Li Jiachao said that the average daily trading volume of Hong Kong stocks in March this year was close to US$39 billion, an increase of 8% compared with the same period last year.
As of the end of March this year, Hong Kong's total new stock financing has exceeded US$14 billion (approximately HK$109.2 billion), ranking first in the world, with total financing increasing by 504%.
Today, more and more Chinese AI and semiconductor companies are flocking to Hong Kong to list.
In the first quarter of 2026, domestic GPU leaders Biren Technology and Tianshu Smart Chip were listed on the market one after another, filling the gap in the GPU field of Hong Kong stocks.
Large models Xinxing Zhipu and MiniMax both landed on the Hong Kong stock market, and the latter set a new record for the fastest global AI company from establishment to listing.
According to publicly disclosed data, a total of 24 companies in the semiconductor, hardware equipment, software services and other industries were listed in Hong Kong in the first quarter, accounting for 60%, and the amount of funds raised was as high as HK$73.495 billion.