The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), abbreviated as "Hong Kong" and known as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is located in the south of China, east of the Pearl River Estuary, across the sea from Macao in the west, adjacent to Shenzhen in the north, and bordered by the Wanshan Archipelago in Zhuhai in the south, with an area of 1,113.76 square kilometers and a sea area of 1,641.21 square kilometers, and a total land area of 2,754.97 square kilometers. square kilometers and 1,641.21 square kilometers of sea area, with a total area of 2,754.97 square kilometers. As at the end of 2023, it has a total population of 7,503,100, making it one of the most densely populated regions in the world, with the world's highest per capita life expectancy and the world's fourth highest Human Development Index.
Hong Kong has been a territory of China since ancient times and was under British colonial rule from 1842 to 1997. After the Second World War, Hong Kong's rapid economic and social development has made it one of the "Four Little Dragons of Asia" and one of the richest, most economically developed regions with the highest standard of living in the world. on July 1, 1997, the Chinese Government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was established. The Central Government has full authority over Hong Kong, and Hong Kong maintains its previous capitalist system unchanged in the long term, enjoys a high degree of autonomy in all matters other than foreign affairs and national defence, and participates in international organizations and conferences in the name of "Hong Kong, China". "One Country, Two Systems", "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" and a high degree of autonomy are the basic national policies of the Chinese Government.
Hong Kong is a highly prosperous free port and an international metropolis, known as the "Nuremberg" together with New York and London. It is the world's third largest financial center, an important international trade and shipping center, and an international center of innovation and technology, and has been ranked as the third largest first-tier city in the world by GaWC. Hong Kong is a place where Chinese and Western cultures meet, combining Chinese wisdom with Western social management experience, and is known as the Pearl of the Orient, Gourmet's Paradise and Shopping Paradise for its clean government, good law and order, free economic system, and sound rule of law. 2022, Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be HK$2,827 billion, and its final accounting GDP will be HK$2,818,046 billion.
