INITIATIVES OF COMPANIES REGISTERY ("CR") TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON 27 DECEMBER 2023

New initiatives Situation from 27 Dec 2023
Unique Business Identifier

Company number currently allocated by CR to companies registered or incorporated in Hong Kong will be replaced by Business Registration number.

Revamped Integrated Companies Registry Information System

Online company search and electronic services currently offered by CR will be integrated into one system.

Phase 3 of New Inspection Regime

Data subjects (such as directors) can apply to CR for protecting from public inspection their Protected Information (namely residential address and full identification numbers) contained in documents already registered with CR – replacing such information with their correspondence addresses and partial identification numbers.




Frances Chan
3 October 2023