Information about Hong Kong

Hong Kong is the one of the most important financial and shipping center in Asia. Every year many tourists travel to Hong Kong from all over the world and it's also a shopping heaven. Also it is very convenient for visitors to travel from Hong Kong to Macau, or the mainland. So Hong Kong is becoming more and more popular in the world and many would like to visit Hong Kong. Many Hong Kong people speak English, Chinese, and Cantonese, so if you are going to Hong Kong, you never have to worry about communication with local people.

 

 

 

 

Is Hong Kong part of China

The full name of Hong Kong is China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The history of Hong Kong dates back to the Qing dynasty, when Qin shi huang, the first emperor of Qing dynasty united China, conquered the south Guang xi and Guang dong of China, set up three county, and Hong Kong belonged to Pan yu (the South China Sea county). Since then Hong Kong became part of China.

 

 

 Is Hong Kong in China

Hong Kong is located at longitude 114 ° 15 ', latitude 22 ° 15, in the south China sea coast, Guang dong province. Hong Kong consists of Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories, Hong kong Island and other 262 small islands. So Hong Kong is in connection to the mainland, just the Pearl river divided it from Shenzhen, another highly developed city in China. Every day thousands of people travel from Hong Kong to Shenzhen through Luo hu port and Huang gang port in Shenzhen.

 

 

 

When did Hong Kong return to China

In 1841, after the first Opium War, Britain occupied Hong Kong Island, and the Qing government, dued to the defeat, let Britain take over Hong Kong. While in 1984, the Chinese government and Britain signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which pointed out that China will resume the full sovereignty of Hong Kong.