"Hong Kong's businesspeople excel at property development," says Lin. "When demand in the mainland's domestic market began to take off, they gained an enormous new playing field." According to Lin, Hong Kong businesses have been the drivers behind everything from infrastructure projects as big as airports and highways to smaller projects such as the Shanghai Xintiandi tourist mecca so familiar to Taiwanese.
「特別是大陸內需市場啟動後，港人最擅長的不動產開發，在當地發揮的空間更大，」林祖嘉指出，大如高速公路、機場和各類公共建築，小如國人熟悉的上海「新天地」，都是港商在中國的力作。