After Hong Kong became a British colony, it slowly formed a combination of Chinese and Western Hong Kong culture in a century.Since the return of Hong Kong for more than 20 years, it has become more and more continental in terms of social culture, living habits, or political systems.Some scholars warn that Hong Kong, which was originally embedded in the area and embedded in the international, is "fast islands", but some experts believe that the most important thing is that Hong Kong wants to find positioning and opportunities that suits them.
Victoria Harbor is a well -known landmark in Hong Kong. It is located between the Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. The port is wide and deep. It is known as one of the three major natural seaports in the world.On the side of Tsim Sha Tsui, walking along the Victoria Harbor Bridge, the beautiful urban skyline on the other side of the Hong Kong Island area, and the ships that shuttle in Victoria Harbor, constitute a picture that attracts eyeballs.
However, Hong Kong people who often walk around the sea in Tsim Sha Tsui will find that there have been some subtle changes in the surrounding environment of Victoria Harbor. In the past, the iconic high -rise buildings on the other side often showed advertisements for many multinational companies. In recent years, most of them have been replaced by Chinese companies.advertise.At first glance, the landscape is not much different from the cities in mainland China.In the past few months, even the mainland nets lascivious, proposed that Victoria Harbor with colonies with colors was renamed Yan'an Port, which caused a warm discussion on the Internet.
After Hong Kong became a British colony in the middle of the 19th century, Western culture began to introduce Hong Kong.In the following hundreds of years, Chinese and Western culture continued to develop and influence each other in Hong Kong, and slowly formed a unique Hong Kong culture in China and the West.Although the small storm of Victoria's rename is only online hype. As a talk of some people after meals, it has also indirectly confirmed that in the eyes of many people, Hong Kong has a tendency to gradually become mainland China.
According to data from the Hong Kong Government Statistics Office, from the end of 1997 to the end of 2021, about 1.12 million residents in mainland China moved to Hong Kong with a one -way certificate, which did not include more than 200,000 mainland talents who had been approved to Hong Kong.
After the anti -repair movement broke out in 2019, several waves of immigration appeared in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong people with 100,000 Hong Kong moved to overseas.To this end, the Hong Kong Government announced a series of "grabbing talents" plans to attract mainland talents immigration to Hong Kong to fill the Hong Kong population gap.As of the end of February this year, one of the immigration plans "Gao Cai Tong" was approved for approval, and about 44,000 people have arrived in Hong Kong to live or work.More Hong Kong immigrants have the background of the mainland
On this side, a large number of Hong Kong people leave Hong Kong; on the other side, many mainlanders go to Hong Kong to settle.After this, the changes in the population structure of Hong Kong in recent years have been accelerated and obvious.In Hong Kong, which is currently 7.5 million, the proportion of new immigrants with the background of the mainland is getting higher and higher; coupled with Hong Kong in the past few years, Hong Kong has actively integrated into the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. The life and language of Hong Kong society are slowly connecting with the mainland.
The most obvious is the catering industry.Now walking on the streets of Hong Kong, it is not difficult to find that mainland China chain catering restaurant is standing.Dining brands such as Tai Er V Chineseistan fish, farming notes, Hunan native vegetables, old ladies, grilled meat, and fish detectives have entered the flag in Hong Kong after the epidemic.The Mong Kok District is the main "battlefield". A number of mainland tea chain stores appear on the street alone, and it is often a long queue, reflecting that the catering culture of the mainland has taken root in Hong Kong society.
Earlier, a little red book user released a video, saying that there are two mainland tea shops across the streets of Mong Kok, namely tea to save planets and habits.His motivation to go to Hong Kong is getting smaller and smaller.As soon as the post was issued, it immediately caused a fierce discussion among netizens. Many people agreed with the relevant views, lamenting that "Hong Kong has become so boring today" "no their own characteristics, how to attract people", "the difference is at the price."
In fact, Hong Kong's diet consumption habits have gradually changed with the increase in new immigrants in the mainland, just part of the Hong Kong mainland.Due to the increasing "new Hong Kong people", some public facilities, government service departments and enterprises in Hong Kong have added simplified characters in recent years and the language of the use of mainland China.At the same time, Mandarin is also increasingly common in the common life of Hong Kong people.
Shao Zhiyao, a senior investor in Hong Kong, said in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post: "People in the financial industry in Hong Kong usually use Mandarin to communicate. In recent years, a large number of mainland talents have flooded in Hong Kong to engage in the financial industry. Mandarin has become one of the main languages of industry exchanges.Essence
More than 1430 land -listed market value in Hong Kong accounts for 80 % of Hong Kong stocks
Data show that on July 15, 1993, Qingdao Beer became the first mainland Chinese company listed in Hong Kong. Since then, Chinese companies have continued to expand in Hong Kong, with a scale of scale.Last year was the 30th anniversary of the listing of H -shares. As of the end of July last year, more than 1,430 mainland companies were listed in Hong Kong, accounting for 55%of the total number of listed companies in Hong Kong; the value and turnover of the Chinese stock market accounted for about 80%of the Hong Kong stock market.
Shao Zhiyao engaged in the financial industry after returning in Hong Kong in 1997 and witnessed this change.He pointed out that in the Hong Kong fund -raising market, it was dominant in the Hong Kong fund -raising market, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.To this day, Chinese -funded enterprises have reached an irreplaceable position in Hong Kong.
Shao Zhiyao said that the culture of the Chinese and Western financial industry is different, the West focuses on procedures, and Chinese capital values interpersonal relationships more.There are more and more financial industry people with mainland backgrounds, and the entire industry has gradually moved to mainlandification.For example, under the influence of Western culture, the Hong Kong people used to be used to "knowledge charges", that is, the consultant fee will be charged.However, mainland Chinese companies like "post -knowledge charges", and the project is paid before the project is successful.
But he emphasized that this is not to say that the mainland culture is not good. There are advantages and disadvantages of everything. The most important thing in Hong Kong is to find a position that suits you, and then find opportunities.
In addition to the financial industry, more and more instructors in Hong Kong's higher education community have also been in the mainland background in recent years.The Hong Kong Ming Daily reported on March 13 last year that the newspaper inquired about the nationality information of the eight public university teachers to the university education funding committee, and was provided with the nationality or original number of the eight major teachers. The number of mainland teachers continued to rise.The 1175 people increased to 1592 in the 2021/22 school year.22 people, the number of teachers of other nationality has not changed significantly.According to the ratio, the proportion of mainland scholars in the overall teachers rose from 24.4% to 32%, while local scholars in Hong Kong fell from 41.5% to 34.6%.
Report quoting many scholars' analysis that many local scholars in Hong Kong have immigrated to the "returnee" background due to political and social and environmental immigrants in recent years.Replacement team.However, there are mainland scholars acknowledged that many mainland and "returnees" scholars only regard Hong Kong as a place to work and less research on local society. If Hong Kong scholars continue to lose, it may affect the research and development of Hong Kong.
Scholars: Hong Kong is "fast islands"
Hong Kong implemented the "one country, two systems" after the return of 1997, but the people's hearts did not return, and the political turmoil was endless. In 2019, there was an unprecedented anti -repair storm.In 2020, Beijing implemented the Hong Kong National Security Law, and through the "improvement of the election system" to reshape Hong Kong's political structure and the governance of Hong Kong forces.
In the past, many Hong Kong people were accustomed to criticizing the government, irony current politics, etc., and regarded them as the basic rights of freedom of speech and freedom to express their freedom of speech."There are red lines everywhere, and Hong Kong's politics is moving towards" one country ".
As Hong Kong has formed by the stability of chaos and governance, the society has recently discussed the phenomenon of mainland China in Hong Kong.
Zheng Yongnian, a political scholar of the expert group of the Hong Kong Chief Experts Group, has previously publicly warned that Hong Kong, which was originally embedded in the area and embedded in the international, is "fast islands".The state has regarded Hong Kong as a mainland city; in the right, the city of the Greater Bay Area is watching Hong Kong's "islands", and other provinces and cities are "inside".He reminded that both the mainland government and the Hong Kong government should use the Hong Kong system and financial centers.
Following the distance from the international financial center
Chen Weiqiang, a lecturer in Hong Kong University of Technology Hong Kong Specialty College, also pointed out that in the early years, it was easy for European and American English newspapers to buy European and American English newspapers such as the Financial Times in the early years.Only a newspaper stall is sold, reflecting fewer and fewer European and American people in Hong Kong, and the distance between Hong Kong and the International Financial Center is gradually increasing.
In 2012, the folk contradictions in Hong Kong and the mainland deepened, and social protests often appeared in the Hong Kong banner and shield emblem of Hong Kong and Britain.Liu Mengxiong, then the National Committee of the Hong Kong CPPCC, spoke from time to time, criticizing that some people in Hong Kong planned "de -China".In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao more than ten years later, Liu Mengxiong said that in recent years, another extreme has appeared in Hong Kong, which is continentalization.The most obvious example was that in August 2022, Perosi, then the president of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan. The Hong Kong government and senior officials began to state in the middle of the night to protest for Perosi to visit Taiwan.
Liu Mengxiong pointed out that the diplomatic power is in the hands of Beijing. The heads of more than 30 autonomous regions in mainland China, the governor, and the mayor of the municipality directly under the Central Government did not speak at the time.Legislative power, judicial power, and foreign affairs are processed by the central government.Hong Kong Government officials issued a statement on Perosi's visit to Taiwan, violating the provisions of the Basic Law, reflecting that Hong Kong is driving a reversing, which is more continental than the mainland.
He believes that the close relationship between Hong Kong and the West is also a window for mainland China. The official approach of the Hong Kong Government and the original intention of Deng Xiaoping's "one country, two systems" will run counter to the end. This is completely unfavorable to maintaining the status of Hong Kong's international financial center and attracting foreign capital.
But Chen Weiqiang believes that the anti -repair routines in Hong Kong in 2019 reveal that foreign forces have seriously penetrated Hong Kong's politics and folk. In the past few years, Beijing has vigorously reshaped Hong Kong, which has led to mainlandification in some areas in some areas.He said that there is a good side of mainland culture. There is no problem with Hong Kong's following learning. The biggest problem at present is not the mainlandization, but that some practices are still too late.Extremely, this is not desirable. "
Chen Weiqiang also said that Hong Kong's political aspect is not a disadvantage of one side, but has its own benefits.First, the government's administrative efficiency is significantly improved than before; the other is that officials are more grounded.
He said that in the early days of Hong Kong's return, some senior officials were approved all day to sit in the air -conditioned room for decision -making, and they were unfamiliar with people's livelihood and leaving the ground.However, in the past few years, the Hong Kong -Hong Kong Office of the China United Nations Office visited the grassroots every important festival."This approach has gradually affected Hong Kong Government officials in recent years. They also started to investigate regional research and grass -roots contact. This is the good side of the mainland."
In Chen Weiqiang's view, due to historical reasons, there are many differences in Hong Kong and the mainland in terms of specific living habits, ideological concepts, and value recognition.It is not necessarily mutually exclusive.
For example, he said that in recent years, Hong Kong restaurants have learned to order on the mainland with mobile phones, which is environmentally friendly.A large number of Hong Kong people's return to the Greater Bay Area also prompted mainland cities to restore the use of paper banknotes, reflecting that Hong Kong culture also has an impact on the mainland.He believes that Hong Kong still has his own characteristics, and Hong Kong people should have confidence in themselves.
Looking forward to the future, both Liu Mengxiong and Chen Weiqiang agree that Hong Kong must maintain the characteristics of the "one country, two systems".Liu Mengxiong pointed out that officials must return to the Basic Law and re -regulate the cornerstone of the rule of law, freedom and democracy under the "one country, two systems", can return Hong Kong to the right track and regain the status of Hong Kong's international financial center.
Chen Weiqiang also believes that Hong Kong is the only region in China to implement the normal legal system, which is not available in the mainland and Macau.Ordinary law is the most unique advantage of Hong Kong. Many foreigners go to Hong Kong or the mainland to do business. They are most worried about the law of rule of law. "Hong Kong's ordinary law and Western laws are confident that they are confident to invest in China. Therefore, Hong Kong maintains its own characteristicsIt is also good for China.
