_#_Type: dependent territory of the UK; scheduled to revert to China in 1997
_#_Capital: Victoria
_#_Administrative divisions: none (dependent territory of the UK)
_#_Independence: none (dependent territory of the UK); the UK signed an agreement with China on 19 December 1984 to return Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997; in the joint declaration, China promises to respect Hong Kong's existing social and economic systems and lifestyle for 50 years after transition
_#_Constitution: unwritten; partly statutes, partly common law and practice; new Basic Law approved in March 1990 in preparation for 1997
_#_Legal system: based on English common law
_#_National holiday: Liberation Day, 29 August (1945)
_#_Executive branch: British monarch, governor, chief secretary of the Executive Council
_#_Legislative branch: Legislative Council
_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court