Hong Kong

Official Name:	The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Sovereign Status:	Special Administrative Region of China
Government Type:	Presidential Limited Democracy
Official Name (Local Language):	Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu
ISO Country Codes:	HK : HKG
Internet Domain:	.hk
Government Web Site:	https://www.gov.hk/

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Capital:	Victoria	Main Airports:	Hong Kong International Airport
Language(s):	Chinese (Cantonese); English	Population:	7,276,588
Currency:	Hong Kong Dollar	ISO Currency Code:	HKD
Telephone Dial In:	+852	ID Prefix:	001

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Commisceo Global; Country Code; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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HK01;

Hong Kong Free Press;

Newspaper

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Headline Daily ;

Hong Kong Commercial Daily;

Hong Kong Economic Journal;

Hong Kong Economic Times;

Ming Pao;

Sing Tao Daily;

South China Morning Post;

Ta Kung Pao;

The Standard;

Tung Fang Jih Pao (Oriental Daily);

Wall Street Journal;

Wen Wei Po;

Radio

Show

Commercial Radio Hong Kong;

Metro Broadcast;

Radios.hk;

RTHK;

Hong Kong

Government Website:	https://www.gov.hk/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/hong-kong
Central Bank:	Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	7.75225 Hong Kong dollars (HKD) per US dollar (2020 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	2.93% (2019 est.)
Population below poverty line:	19.9% (2016 est.)
Inflation Rate:	2.8% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	5% (Jan-21 - TradingEconomics)
GDP:	$444.624 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$60,000 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	Hong Kong Dollar
Currency Code:	HKD
World Bank Classification:	High-Income Economy

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	0.1%	fresh vegetables and fruit; poultry, pork; fish
Industry:	7.2%	textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks
Services:	92.8%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation; Asian Development Bank; Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia the Pacific; UNIDO;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; IMF; UNDP Human Development;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ;

National Statistics Office:

Census and Statistics Department;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Hong Kong

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

Business Language(s):	Cantonese; English
Customs & Excise:	Customs and Excise Department
Development Bank(s):	Asian Development Bank; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Innovation and Technology Commission

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 3/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 12/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 3/136 (2016)
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