2019 Hong Kong Policy Act Report 20200312

2019 Hong Kong Policy Act Report    20200312

Pursuant to section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992, as amended (the “Act”), the Department submits this report on recent developments in Hong Kong from May 2018 through March 2019.

Kev Findings

• The United States continues to have deep economic and cultural interests in Hong Kong.  Cooperation between the U.S. government (USG) and the Hong Kong government remains broad and effective in many areas, providing significant benefits to the U.S. economy and homeland security.
• During the period covered by this report, the Chinese mainland central government implemented or instigated a number of actions that appeared inconsistent with China’s commitments in the Basic Law, and in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984, to allow Hong Kong to exercise a high degree of autonomy.  The tempo of mainland central government intervention in Hong Kong affairs — and actions by the Hong Kong government consistent with mainland direction — increased, accelerating negative trends seen in previous periods.

• As a general matter, Hong Kong maintains a sufficient — although diminished — degree of autonomy under the “one country, two systems” framework to justify continued special treatment by the United States for bilateral agreements and programs per the Act.

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