Unless you have separately agreed to specific terms and conditions that govern the services or information provided on this website, these terms and conditions (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the websites (each a “Website”) of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and its affiliates (together “HKEX” or “we”). Please read these Terms carefully. By continuing to access and use this Website, including any information or services provided through this Website, you are deemed to have understood and agreed to these Terms.

The contents of this Website include, but are not limited to, text, data, graphics, photographs, illustrations, artwork, names, logos, trademarks, service marks and information connected with HKEX or its third-party licensors (the “Information”). 

Although the Information on this Website is obtained or compiled from sources believed to be reliable, HKEX does not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness of the Information for any particular purpose, and we shall not accept any responsibility for, or be liable for, errors, omissions or other inaccuracies in the Information or for the consequences thereof. The Information is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and may be deleted, amended or changed at HKEX’s sole discretion.

The internet is an inherently unreliable medium of communication, whether due to unpredictable traffic congestion or otherwise, and such unreliability and delays are beyond the control of HKEX. Access to this Website, the Information, or any services, may be disrupted unexpectedly, and there may be delays in the transmission and receipt of information, communication or other materials, resulting in delays in processing of information, communication or other materials submitted on this Website.

You shall ensure that all input, transmission or otherwise making available of any information, communications, instructions, or other materials submitted to this Website will be provided in a virus-free electronic format. To the extent applicable, you shall be responsible for ensuring that your Website account username and password are kept secure and not disclosed, shared or transferred to any person and are otherwise not misused.

HKEX expressly disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, including without limitation warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy, with respect to this Website, the Information, or any services. Further, HKEX does not warrant that this Website, the Information, or any services will be uninterrupted or error free or that any defects will be corrected.

HKEX does not warrant that the Website is free from malicious software, including but not limited to, viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, spyware or other harmful components (“Malicious Software”) and accepts no liability for any damage that may result from the transmission of any Malicious Software via this Website or via any files available for you to download from the Website.

HKEX expressly disclaims any and all liability howsoever arising whether in contract, tort (or deceit) or otherwise (including, but not limited to, liability for any negligent act or omissions) to any person in respect of any claims or losses of any nature, arising directly or indirectly from: (i) anything done or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done wholly or partly in reliance upon the whole or any part of this Website, the Information, or any services; (ii) the use of any Information, materials, applications or functionality on this Website or any services; (iii) any data or information you upload onto or enter into the Website; or (iv) unauthorized access to this Website, the Information, any services or otherwise.

Information on this Website is not offered as advice on any particular matter and must not be treated as a substitute for specific advice. Information on this Website does not constitute professional, legal, financial or investment advice and must not be used as a basis for making investment decisions and is in no way intended, directly or indirectly, as an attempt to market or sell any type of securities or other products. Advice from a suitably qualified professional should always be sought in relation to any particular matter or circumstances.

Information on this Website is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer, solicitation, inducement, invitation or recommendation to subscribe for, buy or sell any securities, futures and options contracts, or other products or to provide any investment advice or service of any kind. This Website is not directed at, and is not intended for distribution to or use by, any person in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation or would subject HKEX to any registration or licensing requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

You may not frame, link or deep-link this Website to any other website without HKEX’s prior written consent. HKEX is not responsible for the setup of any hyperlink from a third-party website to that of HKEX, hence any hyperlinks to the Website shall not constitute or be construed as any form of co-operation with HKEX or endorsement by HKEX of a third-party website. HKEX is not liable for any loss or damage incurred or suffered by you or any third party arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any such links.

HKEX is not responsible for any third-party website or website content (including, without limitation, any advertising appearing therein) which can be accessed through this Website. The Website contains links to other websites for information purposes only and HKEX makes no representation whatsoever about any such link, website or content. The inclusion of any link on the Website does not imply any endorsement by HKEX of the linked sites and HKEX is not liable for any loss or damage incurred or suffered by you or any third party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of any access to or interaction with any other websites via the Website.

All intellectual property rights in all the Information on this Website, including but not limited to all copyrights, database rights, trademarks, service marks and logos, in all cases whether or not registered or registrable, shall be and remain vested in HKEX or its third-party licensors.

You are permitted to download, print, store temporarily, retrieve and display Information from the Website on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper (but not photocopy them) and store such pages in electronic form on disk (but not on any server or other storage device connected to a network) for your personal use.

Unless HKEX has given you express written permission, you are not permitted to, directly or indirectly and whether or not for gain: (i) distribute, display, copy, modify, download, publish, post, transmit or otherwise make available or exploit the Information or any part of it in any format to any third parties; (ii) create or compile derivative works (including, without limitation, through framing or systematic retrieval to create collections, compilations, databases or directories) from the Information or any part of it; (iii) use any programmatic, scripted or other mechanical means to access this Website or any Information; (iv) reverse engineer, reverse assemble or reverse compile the Information or any part of it; or (v) use the Information as a benchmark or in connection with the determination of a benchmark.

You are not permitted to conduct, facilitate, enable, authorise or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to this Website or any services provided via, or in relation to, this Website for any purpose, including the development, training, fine-tuning or validation of artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems or models. This includes using, permitting, authorising or attempting the use of: (i) any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of the Website or any Information accessed via the same; and (ii) any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing text and data in digital form to generate information or develop, train, fine-tune or validate AI systems or models which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

You are not permitted to use, without HKEX’s express written permission, the Website, or any Information published by, or contained in, or accessible via the Website for any other purposes not explicitly set out in these Terms.

HKEX reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make changes to any part of this Website, the Information, any services, or these Terms. By continuing to use this Website, the Information or the services you agree to be bound by these Terms, as amended from time to time.

If these Terms or any part of them is for any reason held to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable under the laws of any jurisdiction or country in which these Terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent that they are so illegal, invalid or unenforceable, they shall in that jurisdiction or country be treated as severed and deleted from these Terms and the remaining Terms shall survive and remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable in that jurisdiction or country.

The section titles in these Terms are used solely for convenience and have no legal or contractual significance.

In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the English and Chinese versions of these Terms, the English version shall prevail.

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong, and you agree to irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.