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The Convention of Chuanbi (Chinese: 穿鼻草約; pinyin: Chuānbí Cǎoyuē) was intended to be signed in Chuanbi by Qishan, the Governor of Guangdong Province, and Captain Charles Elliot of the Royal Navy on January 1841. Under the terms of the convention, the Qing Empire would cede Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom and China would also pay an indemnity of $6 million and let the British have free access to the port of Guangzhou. However, both parties were unhappy with this convention and it was subsequently not ratified by either the British or the Qing government. Later in 1842, Hong Kong Island was formally ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Nanking.
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