Economic relations between Hong Kong and mainland China 1

This chapter presents an array of statistical data that place Hong Kong among the world’s leading financial, foreign trade and air cargo handling centers. The chapter’s main focus is the economic relationship with mainland China, which has grown and expanded since the change of the city’s sovereignty in 1997. Included in the presentation is a review of economic integration before and after the handover by the UK to China, the pattern of cross-border investments and foreign trade, the growth of the logistics and tourism industries and the challenges posed by changing economic relations, partly because of the rapid development of Hong Kong’s hinterland.