This day, 1 July, in 1997, at 00:00, China resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong. Often thought of as marking the definitive end of the British Empire, the handover ceremony was attended for the Chinese by President Jiang Zemin, Premier Li Peng, and Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Qian Qichen; for the British by Prince Charles (Now King Charles III), Prime Minister Tony Blair and Governor Chris Patten.
这一天，1997年7月1日00:00，中国恢复了对香港的主权。 移交仪式通常被认为是标志着大英帝国的最终终结，中国总统江泽民、李鹏总理和副总理兼外交部长钱启辰出席了交接仪式；查尔斯王子（现为国王查尔斯三世）、总理托尼·布莱尔和州长克里斯·帕滕出席了英国人。
