In the mainland, when it comes to islands, the first thing that comes to mind is the three major islands of the mainland: Taiwan Island, Hainan Island, and Chongming Island. These islands are known for their vast area. People can rarely think of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Island is very small, belonging to Hong Kong, so what kind of mystery does he have?
Hong Kong, in the south of China's territory, in the east of the Pearl River estuary, which means that Hong Kong is in the Pearl River Delta region, Macau in the west is across the sea from Hong Kong, and in the north by Shenzhen, one of China's four super cities, the geographical location is very superior.
Covering an area of 1106.66 square kilometers, Hong Kong is made up of multiple areas, including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and numerous scattered islands. Hong Kong's population density is also very dense, even better than the four cities in the north, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. The total population is about 7.5 million people.
Hong Kong has many islands, the main terrain is hilly, and the altitude is around 300-400 meters. With less flat land, Hong Kong Island is now the most prosperous area in Hong Kong, and most of these areas have been reclaimed from the mountains.
Located in the south of the mainland, with a low latitude and built by the sea, Hong Kong is an oceanic subtropical monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, with a pleasant climate and suitable for living. Precipitation is mainly distributed in summer, and there is abundant rainfall.
Similarly, Hong Kong is also a tourist destination, the most famous of which is Hong Kong Disneyland, Hong Kong Ocean Park, Victoria Harbour and so on.
Speaking of Hong Kong, we have to mention the richest place in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is the second largest island in Hong Kong, and the origin of Hong Kong's name is hong kong island.
Most of the most prosperous places on Hong Kong Island today are reclaimed from the sea, so the land resources of Hong Kong Island are very scarce, and the housing prices on Hong Kong Island are also the existence of land, which is also a paradise for tourism and shopping.
Hong Kong Island is small and mountainous, and it is not an inland rival in terms of resources, economic hinterland comparison, market and world influence, and the internal market is needless to say, but it is one of the richest islands in the world.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government implemented the policy of closing the country to the outside world, leaving only the thirteen lines of Guangzhou as a place for foreign trade, the Opium War, the opening of Hong Kong ports, and the injection and operation of British capitalism, and the speed of Hong Kong's development was much higher than that of other cities in China.
When Japan launched the war of aggression against China, Shanghai, as the city with the largest number of foreign and domestic capital in China at that time, fled and transferred into Hong Kong, which greatly promoted the development of Hong Kong's economy, coupled with the development of the British capitalist management system and light industry, Hong Kong had capital and technical support, and the development was not unpleasant.
After the outbreak of the Korean War, although the economic and trade exchanges between New China and the Western world were blocked, the funds and technology provided by the Soviet Union did not require the mainland to introduce Western economic resources.
However, with the rupture of Sino-Soviet relations, China was blocked by the world, but China's economic construction has been technological development has had to introduce a new round of external resources, so it will target Hong Kong.
Hong Kong is strategically located as a window to the West. So Hong Kong has become the only place for Chinese mainland to trade with the Western world, and the image is a transit station for China and the West, and since it is a transit station, it is indispensable to extract a certain commission, after all, this is the only port for foreign trade. Therefore, Hong Kong's economy has further developed rapidly in the early stage of reform and opening up.
After the reform and opening up, Hong Kong still has an extraordinary position, Shenzhen is the pioneer of reform and opening up, which is also affected by Hong Kong, Hong Kong is the window facing the world, Shenzhen is the closest to Hong Kong, and then become the link between the mainland and Hong Kong. It is precisely because of this that the Pearl River Delta region has become one of the centers of gravity of China's development in a short period of time.
In 1997, when Hong Kong was returned to China, China adopted the principle of "one country, two systems" for Hong Kong, which made Hong Kong not practice the same socialist system as the mainland, but still maintained the capitalist system, which did not affect the way of life of the Hong Kong people.
Hong Kong also has a high degree of autonomy, and the principle of "Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong and a high degree of autonomy" has been implemented very comprehensively. It is precisely because of the implementation of the "one country, two systems" principle and the vast domestic market that Hong Kong's economy has developed rapidly.
Nowadays, some people say that after more than ten years of development of China's reform and opening up, Hong Kong has no previous leading position, and Hong Kong will gradually decline over time.
China successfully joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, and in just a few short years, China's GDP went from a few hundred billion yuan a year to a trillion yuan per year. Hong Kong is also not the only port for foreign trade, and Shanghai, with more and better deep-water ports, has quickly replaced Hong Kong's position.
Chinese mainland because it has better resources, a larger inland market, more talents, and deeper development potential. It is precisely because of this that the gap between Chinese mainland and Hong Kong is gradually narrowing.
This does not mean that Hong Kong is about to go and decline, but that more cities are rising. But at present, Hong Kong is also facing many problems, and there is also a great crisis under the appearance of Hong Kong's prosperity.
Hong Kong implements the principle of "one country, two systems", and it is precisely because of this that Hong Kong is essentially a new capitalist system, and the biggest problem of capitalism is that it is easy to produce excess capital in a cyclical manner.
Therefore, under the impact of several financial crises, Hong Kong is facing many difficulties, but the mainland implements a socialist system, and the impact of the financial crisis on the mainland may be minimal.
From the above aspects, the problem of Hong Kong's political constitution, that is, the obstacle of the capitalist system to Hong Kong's economic development, is very serious, and Hong Kong's transformation has a long way to go.