Source document
Statistics on the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (ImmD web page, figures as at 31 December 2012; Traditional Chinese version)
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CompleteReviewed 8 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
ImmD CIES statistics page (Traditional Chinese), figures as at 31 Dec 2012: applicants by category (foreign nationals, Macao residents, Chinese nationals with overseas permanent residence, stateless persons, Taiwan residents) for applications received, approvals-in-principle and formal approvals, and the investment in formal-approval cases split into real estate and specified financial assets. All 21 numbers were already recorded and re-checked against the page; categories add up to the printed totals in all three columns and real estate plus financial assets equals the printed total.
What it supports
21 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (21)
- Applications receivedCategory: Foreign national2,618 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Macao resident417 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Chinese national overseas pr22,933 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Stateless overseas pr3 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Taiwan resident521 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications received26,492 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)Category: Foreign national80 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)Category: Macao resident15 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)Category: Chinese national overseas pr1,621 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)Category: Stateless overseas pr0 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)Category: Taiwan resident8 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)1,724 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Real estateHKD 42,255.70 million2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsRoute: Financial assetsHKD 87,562.71 million2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 129,818.41 million2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approvedCategory: Foreign national1,685 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approvedCategory: Macao resident311 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approvedCategory: Chinese national overseas pr14,568 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approvedCategory: Stateless overseas pr3 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approvedCategory: Taiwan resident348 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved16,915 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong ImmigrationFinal figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative applications received and formal approvals, and approvals-in-principle outstanding, by applicant category (foreign nationals, Macao SAR residents, Chinese nationals with permanent residence overseas, stateless persons, Taiwan residents), plus investment in formal-approval cases split real estate / specified financial assets, as at 31 December 2012.
Notes Quarterly ImmD statistics page, removed when the ImmD website was rebuilt in March 2015; this copy is the Wayback Machine snapshot of 2013-04-25. Amounts printed with 'M' (HK$ million).
Source id hkg-immd-cies-stats-2012-12 · accessed 2 Oct 2026