It scored 2 in the remaining categories - wages and prices, fiscal burden of government and government intervention. Hong Kong has been rated Asia's most open market for the past five years by Asian Intelligence because it operates on a level playing field - there is no distinction between local and foreign investors. All are treated equal. According to Asian Intelligence, foreign investors are lured by a combination of factors, in addition to the degree of economic freedom present. An economy should also offer interesting growth dynamics in terms of positive rates of change and size.
Foreign investors look for assets priced to sell and they look for social stability.
Hong Kong has all these factors.