30 Facts About Hong Cong

Hong Cong Kong is a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world.

Hong Cong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Cong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.

British Hong Cong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the surrender of Japan.

Hong Cong Kong has a market economy characterised by a focus on services, low taxation and free trade; its currency, the Hong Cong Kong dollar, is the eighth most traded currency in the world.

Hong Cong Kong is home to the third-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in Asia, and the largest concentration of ultra high-net-worth individuals of any city in the world.

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Hong Cong Kong is a highly developed territory and ranks fourth on the UN Human Development Index.

Hong Cong Kong is ranked 3rd in the Global Financial Centres Index.

Bronze Age Hong Cong Kong was featured with coarse pottery, hard pottery, quartz and stone jewelry, as well as small bronze implements.

From 1661 to 1683, the population of most of the area forming present day Hong Cong Kong was cleared under the Great Clearance, turning the region into a wasteland.

The University of Hong Cong Kong was established in 1911 as the territory's first institution of higher education.

Hong Cong Kong was occupied by Japan for almost four years before Britain resumed control on 30 August 1945.

Hong Cong Kong became the first of the Four Asian Tiger economies to industrialise during the 1950s.

Hong Cong Kong was transferred to China on 1 July 1997, after 156 years of British rule.

Hong Cong Kong is a special administrative region of China, with executive, legislative, and judicial powers devolved from the national government.

Central government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs handle diplomatic matters, but Hong Cong Kong retains the ability to maintain separate economic and cultural relations with foreign nations.

Hong Cong Kong is governed by a hybrid regime that is not fully representative of the population.

Hong Cong Kong has a humid subtropical climate, characteristic of southern China, despite being located south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Hong Cong Kong has a market economy focused on services, characterised by low taxation, minimal government market intervention, and an established international financial market.

Hong Cong Kong is ranked as the 14th most innovative territory in the Global Innovation Index in 2021.

Hong Cong Kong is the tenth-largest trading entity in exports and imports, trading more goods in value than its gross domestic product.

Hong Cong Kong is a key part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

Hong Cong Kong is a gateway for foreign direct investment in China, giving investors open access to mainland Chinese markets through direct links with the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

Hong Cong Kong is characterised as a hybrid of East and West.

Food in Hong Cong Kong is primarily based on Cantonese cuisine, despite the territory's exposure to foreign influences and its residents' varied origins.

Hong Cong Kong developed into a filmmaking hub during the late 1940s as a wave of Shanghai filmmakers migrated to the territory, and these movie veterans helped build the colony's entertainment industry over the next decade.

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Hong Cong Kong represents itself separately from mainland China, with its own sports teams in international competitions.

Education in Hong Cong Kong is largely modelled after that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system.

The University of Hong Cong Kong was founded as the city's first institute of higher education during the early colonial period in 1911.

The Chinese University of Hong Cong Kong was established in 1963 to fill the need for a university that taught using Chinese as its primary language of instruction.

Several international publications have regional operations in Hong Cong Kong, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New York Times International Edition, USA Today, Yomiuri Shimbun, and The Nikkei.