Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China

中華人民共和國香港特別行政區
(Chinese in Traditional characters)
Jūng'wàh Yàhnmàhn Guhng'wòhgwok Hēunggóng Dahkbiht Hàhngjingkēui
(Hong Kong Cantonese in Yale romanisation)
• British occupation
26 January 1841
• Treaty of Nanking
29 August 1842
• Convention of Peking
18 October 1860
• Extension of Hong Kong Territory Convention
9 June 1898
• Imperial Japanese military occupation
25 December 1941
to 30 August 1945
Transfer of sovereignty
from the United Kingdom

1 July 1997