Facts and figures

PwC has over 284,000 people in 155 countries.

PwC people in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, Taiwan and Singapore as of 31 October 2020

Territory	Partners	Client service & practice support staff	Total
Mainland China	569	15,412	15,981
Hong Kong	258	4,432	4,690
Macau	2	76	78
Taiwan	112	3,175	3,287
Singapore	141	3,203	3,344

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

At 30 June 2020, PwC's global revenues rise to US$43 billion
PwC leads the professional services sector as one of the top 50 brands world-wide in the 2018 Brand Finance Global 500
In 2020, PwC firms provided services to 420 (84%) of the Global Fortune 500 companies
PwC China was ranked #1 in the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) Top China Accounting Firms 2019 for the 17th consecutive year
PwC has been named one of the "Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For" since 2003
In 2018, PwC ranked Top 5 most attractive employer for business students by Universum

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