Hong Kong · 香港
Where the world’s gold
meets Hong Kong
让世界的黄金，在香港交汇。
The Belt & Road International Gold Association is a Hong Kong-based platform for the international gold industry — connecting global gold resources with world markets through Hong Kong’s free-port status, financial infrastructure and the refining capacity of the Greater Bay Area.
Gold travels a long way from origin to market — across distance, standards and trust.
We make that path shorter, steadier and more credible —
and we set its destination in Hong Kong.
Belt & Road International Gold Association · BRIG
Connectivity
Connectivity
A single compliant channel between resource nations along the Belt & Road and established international markets, so dispersed supply can reach mature market infrastructure.
Refining & Assurance
Refining & Assurance
Refining and assay capacity in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area brings material to international delivery standards, and certifies it for global circulation.
Custody & Settlement
Custody & Settlement
Secure custody, clearing and settlement under Hong Kong’s common-law framework and financial infrastructure — assets stay verifiable, transferable and liquid.
A gold network
converging on Hong Kong
Drag to rotate
Resource nations often hold reserves, yet lack the refining capacity, assurance framework and settlement arrangements needed to reach international markets. Distance is not the obstacle — standards and trust are.
Hong Kong combines free-port access, the certainty of common law and the liquidity of an international financial centre. We use it as the point of convergence — joining the resource side and the market side into one complete, compliant and traceable path.
The complete path from origin to market
Five interlocking stages, each verifiable and traceable, together forming a route recognised by regulators and markets alike.
Origination
OriginationLong-term relationships with resource-nation governments, mining entities and traders, ensuring lawful provenance and clear title.
Corridor
CorridorStable, secure and controlled logistics and clearance built on Hong Kong’s free port and Greater Bay Area arrangements.
Refining
RefiningInternationally accredited refining capacity brings material to the delivery standards recognised by global markets.
Assurance
AssuranceAuthoritative assay and certification, issued to internationally aligned formats, qualifying output for global circulation.
Custody & Liquidity
Custody & LiquidityCustody, clearing and settlement completed in Hong Kong, giving physical holdings full conditions to circulate internationally.
Turning material into something the world will accept
Purity alone is not enough. What makes gold tradable across borders is a chain of evidence — measured, tested, documented and recognised by parties who never meet each other.
An irreplaceable
combination of four strengths
Free port and trading hub
Goods move freely under a simple tax regime and precious metals circulate without burdensome restriction. Few jurisdictions combine such openness with equal rigour.
Financial centre and rule of law
Mature banking, clearing and arbitration, with the certainty of common law, give cross-border title and performance international credibility.
A century-old gold market
Hong Kong’s gold trading tradition dates to 1910, with an established membership system, trading conventions and vaulting network, now advancing into digital infrastructure.
Greater Bay Area industrial base
The adjacent Greater Bay Area supplies refining and assay capacity at scale, closing the loop between financial function and real industrial capability.
Core services of the platform
Trade & Corridor
Trade & Corridor
We hold qualifications and regulatory interfaces on behalf of participants: connect once and use an established channel, without building your own licensing team.
Membership →ⅡRefining & Processing
Refining & Processing
Access to internationally accredited refining capacity, executed to global delivery standards with a fully traceable record.
Learn more →ⅢAssay & Certification
Assay & Certification
Authoritative testing with electronically sealed reports, mapped to internationally recognised formats to support cross-market acceptance.
Standards →ⅣCustody & Settlement
Custody & Settlement
Secure custody, cross-border clearing and associated financial arrangements give physical assets full circulation and financing conditions in Hong Kong.
The platform →金通 · GoldConnect™
The digital backbone beneath the service chain — unifying qualifications, documentation, workflow, assay and settlement in a single system that both regulators and the market can trust.
Enter the GoldConnect platform
Enterprise workspace · regulatory view · end-to-end traceability.
Held where the world can trust it
Ownership means little without a place that guarantees it. Hong Kong offers custody backed by common law, mature clearing and an established vaulting tradition — so holdings remain verifiable and ready to move.
Trust, built on standards
As an industry body we set and maintain unified operating norms and compliance requirements, so all participants work to one standard.
Standard setting
Proven operating practice is codified into unified industry norms covering process, measurement, assay and reporting.
Compliance & risk
Provenance review, anti-money-laundering screening and beneficial-ownership verification keep every transaction clearly sourced and accountable.
Data sovereignty
Data is retained within its own jurisdiction, keys are managed by domain, and a full audit trail meets cross-border compliance requirements.
International alignment
We stay aligned with prevailing international standards for accreditation, assay and delivery, so results are recognised in global markets.
Who we work with
Governments & Resource Nations
Governments & Resource Nations
Helping build domestic processing, certification and distribution capability — turning resource endowment into durable industrial value and access to international markets.
Industry & Trading Members
Industry & Trading Members
A single compliant channel and shared operating platform for traders, refiners and exchange members, lowering the cost and threshold of participation.
Financial Institutions & Investors
Financial Institutions & Investors
Verifiable asset status and a complete transaction data trail, establishing a credible basis for clearing, financing and long-term capital partnership.
Research and perspective
The eastward shift in gold pricing: a window for industrial infrastructure
Trading, clearing, vaulting and processing infrastructure across the global gold chain is undergoing accelerating regional reconstruction.
Read more →Digital transformation of the Hong Kong gold market
A century-old market is accelerating its digital infrastructure, opening new technical foundations for cross-border gold business.
Read more →Belt & Road gold industry cooperation research
Systematic research across three tracks: institutional design, platform construction and international cooperation.
Read more →Get in touch
We welcome enquiries from resource-nation governments, industry participants, exchange members, financial institutions and strategic investors.
一带一路国际黄金协会