"The mainland enterprises should further leverage off this bridging role of Hong Kong for their large-scale 'going-out'. Meanwhile, Hong Kong should enhance its role as the bridge, steer clear of negative elements that are unfavorable to the city's economic development, and become more open, free and efficient."

Liao Qun, China CITIC Bank International chief economist, saying that investment and acquisition deals, especially in sectors like retail, property and banking have been rising steadily in Hong Kong.

"We expect to increase our investment in China and bring more innovative technologies to our Chinese customers in the years to come."

Li Tingwei, president of Broadcom Greater China, saying that the global leader in semiconductor products for wired and wireless communications aims to work closely with China on the country's next network transformation effort.

"To be listed is like a wedding ceremony. We choose to get married later rather than earlier."

Yu Yongfu, chief executive officer of UCWeb, a Chinese mobile Internet browser company, saying that he doesn't want to list in a rush, since UCWeb can still expand to a larger scale and get a better listing price. The company recently welcomed Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Chairman Jack Ma as a board member, and said its major destinations for its overseas expansion are emerging markets like India and Russia.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 08/30/2013 page18)