PwC has over 364,000 people in 151 countries.
PwC people in Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan region and Singapore as of 30 September 2023
Territory |
Partners |
Client service & practice support staff |
Total |
Chinese Mainland |
781 |
18,636 |
19,417 |
Hong Kong SAR |
267 |
4,176 |
4,443 |
Macau SAR |
1 |
87 |
88 |
Taiwan region |
132 |
3,603 |
3,735 |
Singapore |
154 |
3,830 |
3,984 |
Our history
1902 |
Arthur Lowe registers on 2 June as Hong Kong's first professional accountant. |
1903 |
Joseph Bingham joins Lowe. |
1906 |
Lowe & Bingham opens a Shanghai office on Museum Road. |
1909 |
Frederick Matthews of Shanghai becomes a partner of the firm, now called Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. |
1935 |
Hong Kong partners buy out Matthews' share of Hong Kong practice. Hong Kong and Shanghai become "separate but parallel practices". |
1946 |
Lowe, Bingham & Thomsons is formed in Shanghai, works closely with Price Waterhouse & Co. Hong Kong firm becomes correspondent for PW. |
1962 |
Sanford Y.T. Yung registers Sanford Yung & Co on 1 March. |
1965 |
Sanford Yung & Co. becomes a member of Coopers & Lybrand. |
1974 |
LB&M becomes a member of PW International. |
1979-1992 |
Both PW and C&L enter the PRC under the Open Door Policy. PW reopens in Shanghai. |
1998 |
International merger between PW and C&L results in formation of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong. |
2002 |
PwC firms in Hong Kong SAR and Chinese Mainland merge and then combine with the Hong Kong SAR and Chinese Mainland practices of Andersen. |
2008 |
The collaboration of the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Singapore firms. |
2010 |
The collaboration of the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and Taiwan region firms. |
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