Electronic Commerce in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

In this paper we discuss the current status and existing potential of performing efficient and reliable e-commerce in one of the principal trade and transportation hubs of Southeast Asia, namely Hong Kong. We provide an overview of a number of components that are prerequisites for e-commerce. Telecommunications , broadcasting and new digital and interactive services (iTV) form an innovative alternative to Internet-based e-commerce. We provide an overview of the Internet situation in Hong Kong and the rest of China, and discuss the existing e-commerce providers. The major explanatory factor for the favourable state of Hong Kong’s ecommerce infrastructure is the coexisting mix of private and public e-com-