However, ten years ago, that exciting moment seemed to be just around the corner. People all over the country are sitting in front of the TV, waiting for that moment. Hong Kong, ruled by the British for a century and a half, will return to the embrace of the motherland. From then on, the five-star red flag will fly high on the land of Hong Kong. "One country, two systems" was put forward for the first time. After the reunification, Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy, Hong Kong people will govern Hong Kong, and the lifestyle of Hong Kong people will remain unchanged for 50 years. Many people doubt whether this policy will enable Hong Kong to have a smooth transition. While cheering for the return to the motherland, many Hong Kong people also hold a wait-and-see attitude towards the future development of Hong Kong.
1842, Britain occupied Hong Kong Island through the Opium War. 1860, Britain occupied the south of Boundary Street in Kowloon Peninsula. 1898, Britain forcibly "leased" a large area of land in the northern part of Kowloon Peninsula and its nearby islands north of Boundary Street and south of Shenzhen River; In World War II, Britain retreated, and at the same time, Japanese invaders occupied Hong Kong. 1945, after World War II, Britain reoccupied Hong Kong, and the British royal "governor" ruled here.
After the founding of New China. The China government solemnly announced the abolition of all unequal treaties imposed by imperialism on the people of China, and insisted that Hongkong must return to the motherland. After many negotiations between China and Britain, the two governments signed a joint statement on the Hong Kong issue on 2009 10/5. Later, China promulgated the Basic Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Special Administrative Region. Thus, on July 1997 1 day, Hong Kong officially returned to the motherland. The government of China is based on "one country". A special administrative region has been established in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region enjoys a high degree of autonomy except foreign affairs and national defense affairs.
Ten years later, what we see is that Hong Kong's economy is more prosperous and people's lives are very comfortable. Different from ten years ago, Hong Kong people are now more concerned about the development of the Mainland, and people will spend more time getting to know the Mainland. In the past ten years, many Hong Kong people have realized their dreams in the Mainland, fulfilled their long-cherished wishes, and established an inseparable blood relationship with the Mainland. The rapid development of Chinese mainland's economy has also brought great opportunities for Hong Kong's economic prosperity. In the capital market alone, by the end of 2006, there were 360 Chinese mainland enterprises listed in Hong Kong, with a market value of HK$ 606,543.8+07 billion, accounting for 48% of the total market value. As one of the largest trading ports in the world, Hong Kong is now the third largest export market and the second largest source of export surplus in the Mainland.
In the past ten years, Hong Kong has experienced the Asian financial turmoil, SARS and bird flu ... Whenever Hong Kong's economy is depressed, the central government will help and introduce a series of measures to support Hong Kong's economic recovery. With the support of the motherland, Hong Kong has gone through one difficulty after another. After the signing of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between the Central Government and the SAR Government, Hong Kong products can enter the mainland market with zero tariff, thus enhancing the competitiveness of Hong Kong products in the mainland market. The central government has also opened a number of service industries in various forms, allowing all kinds of professionals, enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in Hong Kong to operate extensively in the Mainland. Since the government began to implement the "free travel" policy in 2004, the restrictions on Hong Kong have been liberalized in nearly 65,438+000 cities across the country. Every year, more than 30 million tourists come to Hong Kong from the mainland, which brings hundreds of billions of dollars in consumption to Hong Kong and plays a vital role in the recovery of Hong Kong's economy.
Ten years and the current prosperity and development of Hong Kong have demonstrated the great vitality of "one country, two systems". Facts have proved that it has become an indisputable fact that in some special areas of China, the capitalist system will develop in harmony with the whole socialist system and enhance the cohesion and international competitiveness of the whole Chinese nation.
With the full implementation of "one country, two systems" full of vigor and vitality, we firmly believe that Hong Kong's tomorrow will be even better.