Companies Registry

Companies Registry
公司註冊處
Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
Headquarters14th floor, High Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong
Minister responsible
  • Ms. Ada Chung Lai Ling, J.P., Registrar of Companies
Parent agencyFinancial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Websitecr.gov.hk
Companies Registry
Traditional Chinese公司註冊處
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingGung1 si1 zyu3 caak3 cyu3

The Companies Registry (CR; Chinese: 公司註冊處) is a government department under the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong. Its responsibilities include the registration of Hong Kong companies and non-Hong Kong companies under the Companies Ordinance, open-ended fund companies under the Securities and Futures Ordinance and limited partnership funds under the Limited Partnerships Funds Ordinance. It administers the licensing regime for trust and corporate service providers under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance as well as the licensing regime for money lenders under the Money Lenders Ordinance.

Its headquarters is located at Queensway Government Offices in Hong Kong Island.

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