Facts and figures

PwC has more than 236,000 people in 158 countries.

PwC people in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore as of 1 July 2017

Territory	Partners	Client service & practice support staff	Total
Mainland China	396	11,638	12,034
Hong Kong	217	3,711	3,928
Macau	1	61	62
Taiwan	106	2,470	2,576
Singapore	135	2,708	2,843

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 and China merge and then combine with the Hong Kong and China practices of Andersen.
2008	The collaboration of the China, Hong Kong and Singapore firms.
2010	The collaboration of the China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan firms.

Additional facts

PwC leads the professional services sector as one of the top 50 brands world-wide in the 2018 Brand Finance Global 500
In 2017, PwC firms provided services to 419 companies in the Fortune Global 500
PwC was named China Best Financial Service Provider of PE and VC industry in 2015
PwC was named Consulting Service Provider of the Year at the Asia Pacific Leasing Awards 2014
PwC China was ranked #1 in the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) Top China Accounting Firms 2017 for the 14th consecutive year
In August 2014, PwC China was named as the official Financial Advisory Services Company for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games (WOG) Bid Committee
In 2017, PwC ranked Top 5 most attractive employer for business students by Universum