The 50th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland is a few years from 1 July 19971day.

Hong Kong returned to the motherland on July 1997, which will be 50 years from July 1 2047.

The return of Hong Kong refers to a historical event in which the people of China * * and the government of China decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July, 1997, and the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland returned Hong Kong to the people of China * * * and China on 1 July, 1997.

Britain began to colonize Hong Kong from the First Opium War. The Qing government was defeated by the treaty of nanking signed with Britain on August 29th, 842, and Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau were ceded to Britain.

1860 10. During the Second Opium War, the Qing government was defeated again and was forced to sign the Beijing Treaty, which handed over the south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island (locally known as Kowloon Division) of Kowloon Peninsula to Britain.

After two years and as many as 22 rounds of negotiations, China and Britain finally signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration at 1984 12 19, and decided to establish a special administrative region in Hong Kong from 1997 7 1, and began to exercise Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street and the New Territories again.