According to a recent report by Bloomberg Intelligence, Singapore has emerged as the preferred destination in Asia for multinational corporations, overshadowing its main rival, Hong Kong. The city-state currently hosts regional headquarters for 4,200 multinational firms, significantly surpassing Hong Kong's count of 1,336.
Even Chinese companies, seeking to mitigate geopolitical risks and expand their reach, are choosing Singapore over Hong Kong. The report highlights several factors contributing to Singapore's appeal, including its stronger relations with the West, a more diverse talent pool, a resilient and diversified economy, and attractive tax incentives. Singapore's political stability and freedom are also seen as advantages amidst elevated geopolitical tensions in the region.
While Hong Kong has solidified its position as China's finance center by effectively managing political protests and adhering to the country's zero-Covid policy during the pandemic, Singapore has positioned itself as an independent and favored location for international business offices. Additionally, Singapore offers targeted incentives for foreign companies looking to establish regional hubs.
Singapore's list of companies with regional headquarters reads like a Who's Who of multinationals, including prominent names such as FedEx, Microsoft, Google (Alphabet), Mead Johnson, Rolls-Royce, and General Motors. Even companies operating in sensitive environments, such as TikTok and online fashion giant Shein, have established business hubs in the Southeast Asian city. Chinese companies like Nio, an electric-vehicle maker, as well as tech giants Alibaba and Huawei, are also expanding their operations in Singapore.
Given Singapore's corporate critical mass and a more diversified economy, the report predicts that Singapore will attract even more global business than Hong Kong in the next five years.
新加坡在吸引全球企業方面超越特區
根據Bloomberg Intelligence最新報告，新加坡已成為亞洲跨國企業的首選目的地，超越了其主要競爭對手香港。該城市目前擁有4,200家跨國企業的區域總部，遠遠超過香港的1,336家。
甚至中國企業也選擇新加坡而非香港，以減輕地緣政治風險並擴大其影響力。報告強調了新加坡的吸引力，包括其與西方國家的較好關係、多元化的人才庫、韌性和多元化的經濟，以及有吸引力的稅收優惠。在地緣政治風險升高的環境中，企業更傾向於將新加坡視為政治穩定和自由的地方。
雖然香港通過有效控制政治抗議活動並遵守中國的零確診政策，確立了其作為中國金融中心的地位，但新加坡則成為國際企業辦事處的獨立且受青睞的地點。此外，新加坡還為外國企業設立區域中心提供有針對性的激勵措施。
新加坡的區域總部列表中包含了眾多跨國企業，其中包括FedEx、Microsoft、谷歌（Alphabet）、美赞臣、劳斯莱斯和通用汽車等知名企業。即使是在敏感環境中運營的企業，如TikTok和時尚電商巨頭Shein，也在這個東南亞城市建立了業務中心。中國的電動車製造商蔚來以及科技巨頭阿里巴巴和華為也在新加坡擴大業務。
報告預測，由於新加坡擁有企業的關鍵質量和更多元化的經濟，未來五年內新加坡將吸引比香港更多的全球企業。
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