Hong Kong incorporated companies are required to maintain a register of significant controllers and should take reasonable steps to identify its significant controllers.

Summary -

From 1 March 2018, all Hong Kong incorporated companies (except for companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) are required to maintain a register of significant controllers (the SCR), which will be accessible to persons whose names are entered in the register or on demand made by any law enforcement officer. Even if a company does not have a significant controller, the company is still required to keep an SCR. The regime does not apply to any non-Hong Kong incorporated companies, even if they are registered as a Part 16 non-Hong Kong companies under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the Companies Ordinance).