Hong Kong not only craves access to the Chinese market, but has long coveted the immense pool of skilled talent there. To go some way to sating this demand for highly skilled people, in 2005 Hong Kong established special opportunities for three newly defined classes of immigrant, "professional," "elite," and "investor."
何況，在市場外，港人也垂涎大陸豐富的人才。2005 年起，本身亟需高級人才的香港，設立了「專才」、「優才」和「投資移民」等項目，藉以吸收境外、特別是中國的優秀人才。