Hong Kong is a prosperous international metropolis, a famous dynamic city, the third largest financial center in the world after new york and London, and also known as "Newland Port" with new york and London in the United States. Enjoy the reputation of "Pearl of the Orient", "Gourmet Paradise" and "Shopping Paradise".
Hong Kong is located in the east of the Pearl River Estuary, with its back to Chinese mainland and facing the South China Sea. It is the traffic throat between the inland river of the Pearl River and the South China Sea and the gateway to South China. It is also located in the southeast of Eurasia, at the junction of the South China Sea and Shenwan Strait, and is the waterway hub of Asia and the world.
The territory of Hong Kong generally includes the sea and land south of Shenzhen River, which is above 2 2 degrees 0 9 minutes north latitude, between 1 1 352 minutes east longitude and11/438+030 minutes east longitude. It is divided into four parts: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Territories and outlying islands. Due to the continuous reclamation, the land area is constantly changing. According to the statistics of 1 9 8 1, the whole land area is 1 0 6 1. 7 2 square kilometers, of which Hong Kong Island and surrounding islands are 78. 1.2 square kilometers, and Kowloon (including New Kowloon) is 3 7. 7 4 square kilometers, while the New Territories mainland is 735.338. By 1 9 9 3, the land area of the whole territory increased to 1 0 7 8 square kilometers.
Hong Kong is a place where Chinese and Western cultures blend, and it is also one of the safest, richest, most prosperous and high-standard cities in the world. Hong Kong combines the wisdom of China people with the advantages of western social system, and is famous for its clean government, good public order, free economic system and perfect rule of law. The index of economic freedom ranks first in the world.