The “Special Topics Report No. 42” on social statistics is published by the Census and Statistics Department of HKSARG on 29.11.2005. The report contains the findings of a special enquiry on “Hong Kong residents working in the mainland of China” which was conducted by the Census and Statistics Department via the General Household Survey from January to March 2005. This enquiry targeted people in the Hong Kong Resident Population who had ever worked on the Mainland during the year before enumeration. Information was collected on their socio-economic characteristics and their working conditions on the Mainland. Summary of survey findings is as follows：

Some 237 500 Hong Kong residents had worked in the mainland of China （the Mainland） during the 12 months before enumeration .

85.1% of them had worked in the Mainland because of the requirement of the present job. Other commonly cited reasons for working in the Mainland included “better career prospect in the Mainland” and “easier to seek jobs in the Mainland”。

The great majority of them （228 900 persons or 96.4%） were still required to work in the Mainland in their present job at the time of enumeration.

The rate of having worked in the Mainland was higher for male persons， persons aged 30 and over and persons with tertiary educational attainment.

15.3% of them were employers in their latest job while working in the Mainland， and 77.9% were employees.

Most of them were engaged in the manufacturing sector and the wholesale， retail and import/export trades， restaurants and hotels sector while working in the Mainland， and worked as managers and administrators as well as professionals and associate professionals while working there.

87.3% of them usually worked in the Guangdong Province while working in the Mainland. Shenzhen and Dongguan were the most commonly cited usual places of work within the Guangdong Province， while Shanghai and Beijing were the most commonly cited usual places of work outside the Guangdong Province.

On the whole， their median frequency of travel to work in the Mainland during the 12 months before enumeration was 36 times， and the median of their average duration of each stay was 3 days.

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[1] For the purpose of the enquiry "Hong Kong residents working in the mainland of China", Hong Kong residents working in the mainland of China (the Mainland) referred to persons in the Hong Kong Resident Population who had worked in the Mainland during the 12 months before enumeration, irrespective of the number of times they had travelled to work in the Mainland during the 12-month period and the duration of each stay.  However, persons who went to the Mainland only to conduct business negotiations and inspection of business, and/or to attend trade fairs, meetings and business-related entertainment were not regarded as "working in the Mainland".  Transport workers commuting between Hong Kong and the Mainland, and fishermen or seamen working within the waters of the Mainland were also excluded.  Please see Sections II and III of this report for a full description of the concepts and data limitations in respect of "Hong Kong residents working in the Mainland".