"CPA" professional accountants around the world

As of June 30, 1999, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) had registered CPAs (certified public accountants) about 2,700.

At the end of Dec. 2004, Hong Kong had 22,839 accountants and the members (CPAs) who could be engaged in the statutory audit amounted to 3,367.