Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China, operating under the slogan One country, two systems. But for all intents and purposes the Chinese government is invisible, and likely to remain so. There is plenty of socialism to go around in the forms of public health care and public schools, as you would find in many other countries around the world, but Hong Kong is first and foremost concerned with maintaining a calm, status quo, and that means making sure the wheels of business continued to run smoothly.
The currency of Hong Kong is the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD).
The legal system of Hong Kong is based on English Common law.
As a widely recognised international finance centre, Hong Kong is attractive for the following services: