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HONG KONG-PRC ECONOMIC RELATIONS
CHINA HAS SUBSTANTIAL INTERESTS AND COMPELLING INCENTIVES
TO RESPECT ITS OBLIGATIONS AND SEEK TO PRESERVE THE CONDITIONS
THAT HAVE ENABLED HONG KONG TO PROSPER.
CHINA HAS A CLEAR AND GROWING ECONOMIC STAKE IN HONG
KONG'S CONTINUING PROSPERITY. THE PRC IS THE LARGEST
FOREIGN INVESTOR IN HONG KONG; HONG KONG IS THE LARGEST
SOURCE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CHINA; AND THE TERRITORY IS
AN IMPORTANT ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ENTREPOT FOR CHINA TO
THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF SOUTH CHINA WITH HONG KONG
HAS BEEN KEY TO THE REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE SPECIAL
ECONOMIC ZONES (SEZ) ADJACENT TO HONG KONG AND THE PEARL RIVER DELTA; AND THIS INTEGRATION HAS MADE SOUTH CHINA AN
ENGINE OF CHINESE ECONOMIC GROWTH.
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CHINA VIEWS ITS SUCCESS IN HONG KONG AS SOMETHING THAT
MAY HAVE A BEARING ON ITS FUTURE RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN.
THE SYMBIOTIC ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOUTHERN CHINA
AND HONG KONG GREW OUT OF CHINA'S POLICIES AFTER 1979 OF
THIS REGIONAL
MODERNIZATION AND OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
INTEGRATION ACCELERATED DRAMATICALLY AFTER THE 1984 JOINT
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