Recently, the 2024 Shanghai Top 100 Foreign-invested Enterprises list was officially announced. Far East International Leasing Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Far East Horizon, secured dual honors for "Top 100 by Operating Revenue" and "Top 100 by Tax Contribution" by virtue of its robust operational strength and outstanding industrial contributions. In terms of tax contribution, it ranked 22nd on the Tax Contribution Top 100 list with tax payments of 2 billion yuan. Shortly before this, Far East Horizon Leasing (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. had successfully been selected as one of the 2025 Guangdong Top 100 Foreign-invested Enterprises. The receipt of these honors in both Shanghai and Guangdong not only demonstrates the comprehensive competitiveness of the company as a benchmark Hong Kong-invested enterprise but also confirms the practical effectiveness of the "Three Transformations and Two Services" strategy in empowering the real economy.

The Significance of Shanghai's Top 100 Foreign-Invested Enterprises List: A "Barometer of Strength" and "Benchmark of Contribution" for Foreign Enterprises

The recently released Shanghai Top 100 Foreign-Invested Enterprises list serves as a core indicator of high-quality development in Shanghai's foreign-invested economy. Authoritatively issued by the Shanghai Foreign Investment Association, it covers four key dimensions including operating revenue and tax contribution. The selected enterprises represent benchmark forces in the foreign-invested sector. Data shows that although the 265 listed enterprises in 2024 are limited in number, they contribute over 30% of the total operating revenue and tax payments of all foreign-invested enterprises in the city, with their import and export volume accounting for as much as 44.68%, making them the "ballast stone" of Shanghai's foreign-invested economy. Far East Horizon Leasing's inclusion in this list serves as powerful evidence of the company's professional strength and operational resilience.

Rooted in Hong Kong, Excellence Validated: Dual Rankings Highlight Robust Prowess

As a comprehensive finance and industrial group rooted in Hong Kong and established in Shanghai for 25 years, Far East Horizon has always adhered to the strategic, leveraging the unique advantages of Hong Kong-funded enterprises to build cross-border resource bridges. The listed Far East International Leasing Co., Ltd., with its impressive annual performance of over 20 billion yuan in revenue and 2 billion yuan in tax payments, stands alongside global industry giants on the list, interpreting the steady development trend of Hong Kong-funded enterprises with solid operational data.

Behind this achievement lies Far East Horizon's long-term commitment to deeply cultivating industries and fulfilling its responsibilities. Since establishing its presence in Shanghai, the company has deployed over one trillion yuan in financing to the real economy and contributed more than 50 billion yuan in cumulative tax payments, deeply integrating into the broader landscape of China's economic development. In 2025, the company further leveraged the advantages of Hong Kong's international financial center, having already introduced 1.5 billion yuan in foreign capital, with full-year overseas financing inflows projected to exceed 16 billion yuan. This will precisely channel global capital into key sectors of the real economy, infusing cross-border financial vitality into industrial upgrading.

It is worth noting that these dual Shanghai awards, following closely on the heels of the recent Guangdong Top 100 Foreign-invested Enterprises honor, form a striking pattern of mutual reinforcement between Shanghai and Guangdong. The Guangdong list, guided by the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province and selected by the Guangdong Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, uses cumulative foreign direct investment as its core metric while comprehensively considering factors such as revenue and regulatory compliance. Far East Horizon Leasing's inaugural inclusion signifies that the company's business layout and comprehensive strength in the South China region have received authoritative recognition, further confirming its important position among foreign-invested enterprises nationwide.

Strategic Leadership Drives Empowerment, Cross-Border Collaboration Writes a New Chapter

The essence of these honors reflects the deep integration of Far East Horizon's "Three Transformations" advantages—Internationalization, Marketization, and Specialization—with the "Dual Services" philosophy of "Serving Enterprises, Serving Entrepreneurs." As a Hong Kong-listed company, Far East Horizon fully leverages Hong Kong's international platform advantages to integrate global resources, providing domestic enterprises with cross-border financing, technological cooperation, market expansion, and other full-chain services, acting as a "Super Connector" linking the Mainland with global markets.

This award coincides with a period of continuous improvement in the competitiveness of foreign-invested enterprises in Shanghai and ongoing optimization of the business environment. As an important component of the foreign-invested economy, Far East Horizon has always synchronized its development with urban progress, practicing the development orientation of "stabilizing existing foreign investment, expanding new foreign investment, and enhancing its quality" through its own growth. In the future, the company will continue to leverage the cross-border resource advantages of a Hong Kong-invested enterprise, deepening the strategic practice of the "Three Transformations and Two Services." On one hand, it will continuously introduce global high-quality capital and resources to empower the high-quality development of the Mainland's real economy; on the other hand, building on its industrial practice within the Mainland, it will contribute to consolidating Hong Kong's status as an international financial center, demonstrating greater impact in serving the nation's high-level opening up.

Twin Honors Embody the Mission, Cross-Border Empowerment Writes a New Chapter. Building on this award as a new starting point, Far East Horizon will remain steadfast in its original aspiration of serving the real economy, continuously deepen the integration of industry and finance, and inject stronger momentum into the economic development of Shanghai, Guangdong, and the entire nation through the steady growth and professional services of Hong Kong-invested strength, fulfilling the responsibility and commitment of a Hong Kong-invested enterprise in advancing Chinese modernization.