Sino-British Joint Declaration

The Sino - British Joint Declaration (Chinese中 英 联合 声明/中 英 联合 声明, Pinyin Zhong -ying Lianhe Shengming, Audio? / I ), formally known as the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People 's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong (中華人民共和國政府和大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國政府關於香港問題的聯合聲明 /中华人民共和国政府和大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国政府关于香港问题的联合声明, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Zhengfu hé Da Búlièdiàn jí at Ài'ěrlán Lianhe Wangguo Zhengfu Guanyu Xiānggǎng wenti de Lianhe Shengming, Audio? / I ), was signed by the Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom on 19 December 1984 in Beijing.

History

The statement came on 27 May 1985 with the surrender of the ratification documents in force and was registered by the governments of the People's Republic of China and the UK on 12 June 1985 at the United Nations. In the statement, the Chinese government announced that it would again take control of the sovereignty of Hong Kong ( including Hong Kong Iceland, Kowloon, New Territories ) with effect from 1 July 1997, and the British government declared the same time the handover of Hong Kong to the people's Republic of China with effect from 1 July 1997. Moreover, the Chinese government declared its political approach with regard to Hong Kong in this contract.

According to the principle of one country, two systems, which was concluded between Great Britain and the People's Republic of China, the socialist system, which stands for the People's Republic of China, will not apply to Hong Kong, but Hong Kong is a special administrative region in which for the next 50 years, the will remain with previous capitalist system of the city and the " way of life" of residents of Hong Kong.

The Joint Declaration ensures that this political approach is contractually fixed in the Basic Law of Hong Kong.

• Policy ( Hong Kong)
• Policy ( People's Republic of China)
• History of Law (China)
• Policy in 1984