Resident employees with overseas work experience commonly worked in Mainland China, Among resident employees with overseas work experience, close to one in five (18.3%) worked in Mainland China in their latest overseas stint, most commonly in the Manufacturing sector. Another 13.6% worked in the United States, typically in growth sectors such as Professional Services Information & Communications and Financial & Insurance Services. Neighbouring Malaysia (10.1%) commonly in Manufacturing and Construction. In 2025, 3.1% (76,000) of residents in the labour force ever had overseas work experience, with such exposure most common among mid-career workers in their 40s and 50s, managers (7.7%), and top- were primarily in professional roles (45.2%), within outward-oriented sectors, and concentrated in key markets such as Mainland China, the United States, and Malaysia. These patterns underscore that