Chris Patten , Hong Kong 's new governor will arrive in the colony in 1997 and find that ten years from its reversion to Chinese sovereignty , Hong Kong is thriving . Southern China 's exceptional economic expansion has come to dominate local business sentiment . Hong Kong appears to have come to terms with its future ruler . Beijing has already begun to agitate on electoral reform; Mr Patten can expect more. Hong Kong 's business owners in the southern Chinese province employ over 2 million workers . Hong Kong supplies China with 40 % of its foreign trade and is the source of 60 % of foreign investment in China . Politics is now in full public view . On June 30 , 1997 , Hong Kong will be welcomed into China .
Chris Patten , Hong Kong 's new governor will arrive in the colony in 1997 and find that ten years from its reversion to Chinese sovereignty , Hong Kong is thriving . Southern China 's exceptional economic expansion has come to dominate local business sentiment . Hong Kong appears to have come to terms with its future ruler . Hong Kong 's business owners in the southern Chinese province employ over 2 million workers . Hong Kong supplies China with 40 % of its foreign trade and is the source of 60 % of foreign investment in China . Politics is now in full public view . On June 30 , 1997 , Hong Kong will be welcomed into China .