First, the domestic significance:
1 is conducive to promoting the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland and promoting China's socialist modernization.
2. It is conducive to promoting the prosperity, stability and development of Hong Kong. Over the past decade or so since Hong Kong's return to the motherland, under the principles of one country, two systems, Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong and a high degree of autonomy, the development of Hong Kong has become increasingly prosperous.
The return of Hong Kong is a successful practice of the great concept of "one country, two systems". The practice of Hong Kong's return proves that this policy put forward by Deng Xiaoping is wise and correct. At the same time, it provided a practical model for the settlement of the Macao issue and the return of Macao, and ultimately left valuable wealth for the settlement of the Taiwan Province issue and the complete reunification of China.
Second, the significance to foreign countries:
The smooth return of Hong Kong is not only a powerful counterattack against western powers, but also the successful practice of Hong Kong's return provides an example for many countries and regions in the world to solve similar problems, which is of great significance to the development of world politics.
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The Historical Background of the Return of Hong Kong
1, reason:
British colonial rule over Hong Kong began with the First Opium War. After the defeat of the Qing Dynasty, the treaty of nanking signed in 1842 ceded Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau to Britain. 1860, the Qing Dynasty was defeated by the British and French allied forces in the Second Opium War, and signed the Beijing Treaty, ceding the south of Boundary Street in Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island to British administration.
1898, the Qing dynasty and Britain signed the "Special Provisions on Expanding Hong Kong Border", and leased the New Territories (including the New Territories, New Kowloon and outlying islands) for 99 years. 1997 expired on June 30. These three treaties define the scope of Hong Kong today, and the originals of the three treaties are kept in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
2. After that:
From 1982, the British government and the China government started negotiations on the future of Hong Kong. Although both the treaty of nanking and the Beijing Treaty meant that Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau and Kowloon and Stonecutters Island south of Boundary Street were permanently ceded to Britain.
People's Republic of China (PRC) refuses to recognize all relevant unequal treaties, such as the special provisions on expanding the Hong Kong border. It only recognizes that Hong Kong is administered by Britain, not British territory, and demands that Britain return Hong Kong Island and Kowloon together with the New Territories.
In view of the fact that there is not much flat land in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, water, food and other materials are mostly supplied by the New Territories or Chinese mainland, and it is difficult to be self-sufficient, and the whole of Hong Kong has not been specially developed separately because of the three treaties, the British government decided to hand over the sovereignty of Hong Kong to China, but at the same time it tried its best to safeguard Britain's interests in Hong Kong.
Finally, China and Britain finally signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration in February 1984 19, and decided to establish the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China from 1 July, 19971,and began to exercise sovereignty and governance over Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street and the New Territories.
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