Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Hong Kong
Hong Kong 香港 | |||||
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
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_(%2Ball_claims_hatched).svg) Location of Hong Kong within China | |||||
| Sovereign state | People's Republic of China | ||||
| British possession | 26 January 1841 | ||||
| Treaty of Nanking | 29 August 1842 | ||||
| Convention of Peking | 24 October 1860 | ||||
| New Territories lease | 9 June 1898 | ||||
| Imperial Japanese occupation | 25 December 1941 to 30 August 1945 | ||||
| Sino-British Joint Declaration | 19 December 1984 | ||||
| Handover to China | 1 July 1997 | ||||
| Official languages | |||||
| Cantonese[a] | |||||
| Traditional Chinese[b] English alphabet | |||||
| Ethnic groups (2016) | 92.0% Han Chinese 2.5% Filipino 2.1% Indonesian 0.8% White 0.5% Indian 0.3% Nepalese 1.6% Others[6] | ||||
| Demonym(s) | Hong Konger Hong Kongese | ||||
| Government | Devolved executive-led system within a unitary Marxist–Leninist[7] one-party socialist republic[8] | ||||
| Carrie Lam | |||||
| John Lee | |||||
| Andrew Leung | |||||
| Andrew Cheung | |||||
| Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||
| National representation | |||||
| 36 deputies | |||||
| 203 delegates[9] | |||||
| Area | |||||
• Total | 2,754.97[10] km2 (1,063.70 sq mi) (168th) | ||||
• Water (%) | 59.70% (1644.79 km2; 635.05 sq mi)[10] | ||||
• Land | 1,110.18 km2 (428.64 sq mi)[10] | ||||
| Highest elevation | 957 m (3,140 ft) | ||||
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Population | |||||
• 2019 estimate | 7,500,700 [11] (103rd) | ||||
• Density | 6,777[12]/km2 (17,552.3/sq mi) (4th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate | ||||
• Total |  $472.395 billion[13] (46th) | ||||
• Per capita | $62,839[13] (10th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate | ||||
• Total | $368.633 billion[13] (39th) | ||||
• Per capita | $49,036[13] (20th) | ||||
| Gini (2016) |  53.9[14]high | ||||
| HDI (2019) | 0.949[15] very high · 4th | ||||
| Currency | Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (HKT) | ||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy yyyy年mm月dd日 | ||||
| Mains electricity | 220 V–50 Hz | ||||
| Driving side | left[c] | ||||
| Calling code | +852 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | |||||
| Internet TLD | |||||
| License plate prefixes | None for local vehicles, 粤Z for cross-boundary vehicles | ||||
| Abbreviation | HK / 港 | ||||
Hong Kong
Hong Kong, officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With over 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also one of the most developed cities in the world.