Decision of the National People's Congress on the
Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Adopted by the Seventh National
People's Congress at its Third Session on 4 April 1990
In accordance with the provisions of Article 31 and sub-paragraph
13 of Article 62 of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China,
the Seventh National People's Congress decides at its Third Session:
1. that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is to
be established as of 1 July 1997; and
2. that the area of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region covers the Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon
Peninsula, and the islands and adjacent waters under its jurisdiction.
The map of the administrative division of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region will be published by the State Council separately.