The Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, one of the world’s leading global cities and financial centers, ranks first in life expectancy and first among the world’s cities in the number of tallest skyscrapers. Operates as a special economic zone. Located on the Kowloon Peninsula, washed from the west, south and east by the South China Sea, as well as on more than 260 islands, the largest of which are Hong Kong, Lantau and Lamma.