TRATIVIT
BRITISH INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN HONG KONG
WILL BE LOOKED AFTER AND PROTECTED. ACCORDING TO THE LAW. HONG KONG
HAS CLOSE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH MANY STATES AND REGIONS AND
THEIR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN HONG KONG WILL RECEIVE THE SAME PROTECT-
ION AND CONSIDERATION.
OUR BASIC POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG ARE LONG TERM POLICIES AND ARE
ABSOLUTELY NOT AN EXPEDIENT MEASURE. THESE BASIC POLICIES WILL
BE UNCHANGED FOR 50 YEARS FOLLOWING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG
KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION..TO ALLOW HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN
A CAPITALIST SYSTEM DURING A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD OF TIME WILL
NOT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF OUR COUNTRY'S SOCIALISM. WE ARE A GREAT
NATION OF ONE BILLION PEOPLE. FOR THE SEVERAL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, UNDER THE DIPECT
JURISDICTION OF THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT, TO RETAIN THE
CAPITALIST SYSTEM WILL IN NO WAY DAMAGE THE QUALITY OF OUR
SOCIALISM. INSTEAD IT WILL GIVE FULL PLAY TO FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS
IN HONG KONG, AND WILL PLAY A BENEFICIAL SUPPLEMENTARY ROLE IN
THE CAUSE OF OUR SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION.
OUR GOVERNMENT'S BASIC POLICIES TOWARDS HONG KONG ARE RECORDED IN
ARTICLE 3 OF THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ARE ELABORATED IN ANNEX 1.
THESE BASIC POLICIES WILL BE STIPULATED IN THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG
KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. OUR GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE
WILL MAKE UNREMITTING EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT THESE POLICIES ARE
COMPLETELY, CORRECTLY AND THOROUGHLY IMPLEMENTED.
2. AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROGRESS OF THE SINO-BRITISH TALKS AND A
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE AGREEMENT
IN SEPTEMBER 1982 THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, MRS THATCHER, VISITED
CHINA AT THE INVITATION OF OUR GOVERNMENT AND CONDUCTED FAR REACHING
TALKS WITH OUR LEADERS ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG. LEADERS OF THE
TWO SIDES MADE CLEAR THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS ON THIS QUESTION
AND AGREED TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS.
THIS BEGAN THE DIPLOMATIC TALKS BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND BRITISH
GOVERNMENTS ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG.
FROM OCTOBER 1982 TO JUNE 1983 THE TWO SIDES CONDUCTED DISCUSSIONS
MAINLY ON CERTAIN MATTERS DE PRINCIPLE AND REACHED AGREEMENT ON AN
OF
AGENDA FOR THE TALKS AND ON CERTAIN PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS.
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