Natural profile
The regional scope of the hksar includes hong kong, kowloon, new territories and the surrounding 262 islands. The total land area is 1106. 34 square kilometres, comprising 80. 68 square kilometres for the hong kong islands, 46. 94 square kilometres for the kowloon islands and 978. 72 square kilometres for the new territories. It covers an area of 1648. 69 square kilometres。
In mid-2019, the temporary population of hong kong was approximately 7. 52 million, of which 45. 6 per cent were men and 54. 4 per cent women. 7. 31 million “residents”, 214,000 “mobile residents”
Historical profile
Hong kong has been the territory of china since ancient times, and qin han has been under the jurisdiction of tsang, boang, dong jing and xin an counties. After the 1840 opium war, when the united kingdom seized hong kong, and after the nanjing treaty (1842), the beijing treaty (1860), the hong kong site special act (1898), three unequal treaties, hong kong island, kowloon and the new territories were “licensed” or “leased” to the united kingdom
Economic profile
Hong kong is a well-developed international financial, shipping and trading centre. In 2019, GDP at market prices was hk$ 2. 9 trillion, a 1. 2 per cent decrease in real terms over the same period, and per capita GDP was hk$ 382,000. The basic inflation rate is 2. 9 per cent and prices are at moderate growth ..
Institutional framework
The hong kong special administrative region is a local administrative area of the people's republic of china under the central people's government. The national people's congress authorizes the hksar to exercise a high degree of self-government in accordance with the provisions of the basic law, with executive, legislative, independent judiciary and final adjudication
Sociocultural
The official languages of hong kong are chinese and english. Hong kong residents speak mainly cantonese. The special administrative region government, the legislature and the judiciary may use english in addition to chinese. There are 22 local degree institutions of higher education in hong kong. Hong kong residents enjoy freedom of religion in accordance with the law. Existing religions in hong kong include buddhism, taoism, kongism, christianity, catholicism, sikhism and judaism
Tour sites
Every year, hong kong hosts various types of culture, recreation, sports activities, hong kong international film festival, international co-friendship, six-six-six-pixers and influential international races..
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