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.
On February 20th, the Chinese and Portuguese governments held a handover ceremony at the Macao Cultural Center. The China government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Macao and Macao returned to the motherland. Therefore, the return dates of Hong Kong and Macau are 65438+July 1, 0997 and1February 20, 999 respectively.