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Posted on October 6, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 31, 2026
Hong Kong's exposure to Evergrande is minimal, easing systemic risk fears, says finance chief Paul Chan.
(Reuters) – Hong Kong’s exposure to debt-laden developer China Evergrande Group is “very minimal” at 0.05%, or HK$14 billion ($1.79 billion), of banking assets, South China Morning Post reported on Sunday, citing the city’s finance minister.
“It is very minimal and won’t cause us any systemic risks,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan told the newspaper, adding he had arrived at the conclusion after a recent audit of the local banking sector’s exposure to the company.
Chan also said Hong Kong’s stock market was inevitably subject to some volatility amid a recent mainland crackdown on some industries, but that he believed any setback would be temporary.
With liabilities of $305 billion, Evergrande has sparked concerns its cash crunch could spread through China’s financial system and reverberate globally, a worry that has eased with the Chinese central bank’s vow this week to protect homebuyers’ interests.
Evergrande has missed two bond interest payments in the past two weeks, bondholders have said, and its offshore debt, amounting to about $20 billion, trades at distressed levels.
(Reporting by Donny Kwok; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
The article discusses Hong Kong's minimal exposure to the Evergrande debt crisis and its implications.
Hong Kong's exposure to Evergrande is 0.05% of its banking assets, amounting to HK$14 billion.
Evergrande's $305 billion liabilities have raised concerns about potential impacts on China's financial system.
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