Hong Kong Official Title: Special Administration Region General Information:

Capital Population (million) 7.474n/a Total Area 1,104 km² Currency 1 CAN$=5.791 Hong Kong $ (HKD) (2020 - Annual average) National Holiday Establishment Day, 1 July 1997 Language(s) , English, increasing use of Mandarin

Political Information: Type of State Type of Government Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of (PRC). Bilateral Product trade Canada - Hong Kong 5000 4500 4000 Balance 3500 3000 Can. Head of State Head of Government Exports 2500 President Chief Executive 2000 Can. Imports XI Jinping Millions 1500 Total 1000 Trade 500 Ministers: Chief Secretary for Admin.: 0 Secretary for Finance: Paul CHAN 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Statistics Canada Secretary for Justice: Teresa CHENG

Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), Democratic Party from: Hong Kong (DP), Liberal Party (LP), , League of Social Democrats (LSD), Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People’s Livelihood (HKADPL), Hong Kong Federation of Precio us M etals/ stones Trade Unions (HKFTU), Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), Labour M ach. M ech. Elec. Party, , New People’s Party, The , Neighbourhood and Prod. Worker’s Service Centre, , (NCF), The Federation of Textiles Prod. Hong Kong and Labour Unions, , Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, HK First, New Territories Heung Yee Kuk, Federation of Public Housing Estates, Specialized Inst. Concern Group for Tseung Kwan O People's Livelihood, Democratic Alliance, Kowloon East Food Prod. Community, . Plastics, Rubber Elections: Last:n/a Sept. 2012 (Legislative Council); Nov. 2015 (District Council); Sept. 2016 Prod. (Legislative Council); March 2017 (Chief Executive). 2020 Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2020) IMF (estimates) Hong Kong Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $459.80n/a $2,162.38 to: Hong Kong GDP per capita: $61,517.71n/a $56,945.03 Precious GDP Growth rate: (%) -6.14n/a -5.40 M etals/ stones Inflation: (%) 0.33n/a 0.72 M ach. M ech. Elec. Prod. Unemployment: (%) 5.85n/a 9.60 Animal & Prod.

Product Trade and Investment: (2020) Statistics Canada Specialized Inst. Canadian Exports: $1,903,118,227n/a Veg. Prod. Canadian Imports: $571,981,532n/a M ineral Prod. 2020 Foreign Direct Investment in Canada $22,193n/a (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment in country $17,982n/a (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF Director Kathy CHAN http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad Consul General Jeff Nankivell

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