Diplomatic missions in Hong Kong
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This is a list of diplomatic missions in Hong Kong. As at January 2008, there are 57 consulates-general and 57 consulates (including those represented by honorary consuls, denoted by asterisks (*)), and 5 officially recognised bodies in the territory. [1]
Before the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in 1997, member states of the Commonwealth of Nations had commissions in the territory, headed by commissioners; but since then they are known as consuls-general or consuls.
51 consulates-general and 7 honorary consulates in Hong Kong are also accredited to Macau (as at 2006, denoted by hash signs (#)). There are 10 honorary consulates in Macau, of which 2 are subordinate to the consulates-general in Hong Kong. [2]
Due to Hong Kong's unique status, some consuls-general in Hong Kong have the rank of ambassadors, such as the consuls-general of Brazil[3], Japan[4], the Philippines[5] and Saudi Arabia[6], while some have served elsewhere as ambassadors before serving in Hong Kong, e.g., the consuls-general of Australia[7], Israel[8], the Netherlands[9] and the United States[10].
For the same reason, some consuls-general, such as the British[11] and US[12] consuls-general, report directly to their home countries instead of going through their embassies in Beijing.
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[edit] Consular posts
Contents - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- A
Albania - Consulate *
Angola - Consulate General (represented by a vice consul)
Argentina - Consulate General # [1]
Australia - Consulate General # [2]
Austria - Consulate General # [3]
- B
Bahrain - Consulate * [4]
Bangladesh - Consulate General #
Barbados - Consulate *.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png)
Belgium - Consulate General # [5]
Bhutan - Consulate * (Bhutan and the People's Republic of China have no diplomatic relations)
Brazil - Consulate General # [6]
Brunei - Consulate General
- C
Cambodia - Consulate General #
Cameroon - Consulate *
Canada - Consulate General # [7]
Chile - Consulate General #
Colombia - Consulate General #
Congo - Consulate *
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Consulate *
Côte d'Ivoire - Consulate *
Croatia - Consulate *
Cuba - Consulate *
Cyprus - Consulate *
Czech Republic - Consulate General # [8]
- D
- E
Egypt - Consulate General #
Equatorial Guinea - Consulate *
Ethiopia - Consulate *#
- F
- G
Gabon - Consulate *
Germany - Consulate General # [11]
Ghana - Consulate *
Greece - Consulate General # [12]
Grenada - Consulate * (the Honorary Consul is also Ambassador-at-Large for Grenada) [13]
Guinea - Consulate *
- H
Hungary - Consulate General #
- I
Iceland - Consulate *
India - Consulate General # (also responsible for Taiwan) [14]
Indonesia - Consulate General
Iran - Consulate General # [15]
Ireland - Consulate *
Israel - Consulate General # [16]
Italy - Consulate General # [17]
- J
- K
Kazakhstan - Consulate General # [19]
Kenya - Consulate *#
Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Consulate General
Republic of Korea - Consulate General # [20]
Kuwait - Consulate General
- L
Laos - Consulate General #
Latvia - Consulate *
Lesotho - Consulate *
Lithuania - Consulate *
Luxembourg - Consulate *
- M
Madagascar - Consulate *
Malaysia - Consulate General # [21]
Maldives - Consulate *
Mali - Consulate *
Malta - Consulate *
Mauritius - Consulate *
Mexico - Consulate General # [22]
Monaco - Consulate *
Mongolia - Consulate * [23]
Morocco - Consulate *
Mozambique - Consulate *
Myanmar - Consulate General #
- N
Namibia - Consulate *#
Nepal - Consulate General # [24]
Netherlands - Consulate General # [25]
New Zealand - Consulate General # [26]
Niger - Consulate *
Nigeria - Consulate General # [27]
- O
Oman - Consulate *
- P
Pakistan - Consulate General #
Papua New Guinea - Consulate *
Peru - Consulate General #
Philippines - Consulate General # [28]
Poland - Consulate General # [29]
Portugal - Consulate * (subordinate to the Consulate General in Macau)
- R
- S
Samoa - Consulate *
San Marino - Consulate *
Saudi Arabia - Consulate General # [31]
Seychelles - Consulate *
Singapore - Consulate General # [32]
Slovakia - Consulate *
Slovenia - Consulate *
South Africa - Consulate General # [33]
Spain - Consulate General # [34]
Sri Lanka - Consulate *#
Sudan - Consulate *
Suriname - Consulate *
Sweden - Consulate General # [35]
Switzerland - Consulate General # [36]
- T
Tanzania - Consulate *#
Thailand - Consulate General # [37]
Togo - Consulate *
Tonga - Consulate *
Trinidad and Tobago - Consulate *
Tunisia - Consulate *
Turkey - Consulate General #
- U
Uganda - Consulate *
United Arab Emirates - Consulate General
United Kingdom - Consulate-General # [38]
United States - Consulate General # [39]
Uruguay - Consulate *#
- V
- Y
[edit] Missions of recognised bodies
- European Union - Office of the European Commission # [42]
- Bank for International Settlements - Representative Office for Asia and the Pacific
- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and The International Finance Corporation - IFC Regional Office for East Asia and Pacific and the World Bank Private Sector Development Office for East Asia and Pacific
- International Monetary Fund - Hong Kong SAR Sub-Office
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Sub-Office
[edit] Former missions
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- Central African Republic (Honorary Consulate until 2006) [13]
- Estonia (Honorary Consulate until 2004) [14]
- Norway # (Consulate General until 2003, Honorary Consulate until 2004) [15][16]
- Rwanda (Honorary Consulate until 2005) [17]
- Ukraine (Honorary Consulate until 2007) [18]
[edit] See also
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices
- The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region [19]
- Chung Hwa Travel Service Hong Kong
[edit] References
- ^ Protocol Division Government Secretariat - Consular Posts and Officially Recognised Representatives
- ^ Macao Government
- ^ Hong Kong Government, The Standard, Showcasing Cantonese, 22nd November, 2006, RTÉ News
- ^ Consulate-General of Japan
- ^ Consulate General of the Philippines
- ^ Royal Consulate General of Saudi Arabia
- ^ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government, Diplomatic appointment, Diplomatic appointment
- ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
- ^ RTHK
- ^ Former Consuls General - Consulate General of the United States Hong Kong and Macau
- ^ Hong Kong Economic Journal, 3rd July, 2007, Page 34.
- ^ See Consulate General of the United States of America Hong Kong and Macau for details.
- ^ egn200610233545, page 1 @ Normalize ( MA-23-7597 )
- ^ http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20040837/egn200408375827.pdf
- ^ China Radio International, Hong Kong Yearbook 2002, Hong Kong Yearbook 2003, Hong Kong Yearbook 2004
- ^ Gazette, Gazette
- ^ http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20050920/egn200509202301.pdf
- ^ http://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20071111/egn200711111714.pdf
- ^ Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China, People's Daily Online
