Hong Kong 2005
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Chapter 1: Constitution and Administration*
   
 
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Introduction
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Eight years after reunification, the
principles of 'one country, two
systems', 'a high degree of autonomy'
and 'Hong Kong people running Hong
Kong' have been fully implemented.
The Government is determined to
ensure that this remains the case, and
remains committed to the full and
faithful implementation of the
Basic Law..

Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on July 1, 1997. The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) came into effect on the same day. The Basic Law prescribes the systems to be practised in the HKSAR.

Under the Basic Law, the HKSAR enjoys a high degree of autonomy except in those matters relating to defence and foreign affairs and other matters outside the limits of Hong Kong's autonomy. Under the Basic Law, the HKSAR exercises executive, legislative and independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication. The HKSAR's executive authorities and legislature are composed of permanent residents of Hong Kong. The HKSAR remains a free port, a separate customs territory and an international financial centre and may, on its own, using the name 'Hong Kong, China', maintain and develop relations and conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and regions and international organisations in the appropriate fields, including the economic, trade, financial and monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural and sports fields.
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