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Seoul Journal of Economics
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Seoul Journal of Economics - Vol. 24, No. 2, pp.125-150
ISSN: 1225-0279 (Print)
Print publication date 30 May 2011
Received 27 Oct 2010 Revised 09 Mar 2011 Accepted 16 Mar 2011

Hong Kong’s Position in Guangdong under “One Country, Two Systems”

Roger C. K. Chan
Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Tel: +852-2859-2721, Fax: +852-2559-0468 hrxucck@hkucc.hku.hk

JEL Classification: R58

Abstract

Hong Kong and south China have been undergoing a rapid process of economic integration since the 1980s. The model of “front shop and back factory” is known as the most typical in transborder cooperation utilising economic complementarity across the border. Economic integration of Hong Kong into the Pearl River Delta region is now becoming inseparable from transborder governance. The policymaking process is now an intriguing process of capital flow over a subregional economic space in southern China. This paper will revisit the economic restructuring process of Hong Kong in Guangdong under the “One Country, Two Systems” dictum.

Keywords:

Economic restructuring, Economic integration, Hong Kong, Pearl River Delta region

Acknowledgments

This paper is supported by the Mrs. Li Ka Shing Fund and Strategic Research Theme in Contemporary China Studies of the University of Hong Kong. Xian Shi, Dingxi Huang, and Jonah Tang assisted in the data collection. The author would like to thank the referees for the useful comments on the paper. The usual disclaimers apply.

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