Public | |
Founded | 1972 |
Headquarters | Hong Kong |
Key people
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Gordon Wu |
Subsidiaries | Hopewell China Development (Superhighway) Limited |
Website | www |
Hopewell Holdings Limited (Chinese: 合和實業有限公司) : 0054,OTC Pink: , established on 17 October 1972, is a Hong Kong-listed infrastructure and property firm headed by Sir Gordon Wu.
It was listed on the in 1972.
Hopewell Holding is a holding company for investments in infrastructure projects, property letting, property agency and management, hotel operations and management, restaurant operation and food catering, construction and project management.
Its primary businesses are in Guangdong province of People's Republic of China and Hong Kong. It is one of the first foreign companies to invest in infrastructure projects in the China and a pioneer of infrastructure developments across Asia, including the failed Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System (BERTS) project in Bangkok.
It holds 68 percent of Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd, which is spun off by Hopewell Holdings and listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in early August, 2003. As one of the founders of Hopewell Holdings, Wu has been the managing director since 1972. He retired as the managing director of Hopewell Holdings but remains as the chairman of the board in January 2002.
Hopewell is participating in the investment of five toll road projects with a total length of 360 kilometres (220 mi), all of which are located in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong Province in mainland China. Four toll road projects are in operation while construction of the 15 km (9.3 mi) Phase I of the Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Superhighway (Guangzhou to Shunde section) commenced in December 2001. All of the projects are in the form of co-operative joint ventures between Hopewell and China partners.