Under the Basic Law,the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is exclusively in charge of its internal affairs and external relations,whilst the central government of China is responsible for its foreign affairs and defence. As a separate customs territory,Hong Kong maintains and develops relations with foreign states and regions,and plays an active role in such international organisations as World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in its own right under the name of Hong Kong,China. Hong Kong participates in 16 projects of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Christopher Francis Patten,Baron Patten of Barnes,is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.
Sir Percy Cradock was a British diplomat,civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1983,playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984.
James Lyall Sharp is a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan 2002–2005. Since July 2019,he has been the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Azerbaijan.
Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021,notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2007 and British Ambassador to Russia from 2016 to 2020. He is now President of Hughes Hall,Cambridge.
Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI is a British intelligence officer,diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Sir William Charters Patey,KCMG is a British retired diplomat. He was British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012,and previously served as Ambassador to Sudan,to Iraq and to Saudi Arabia.
Sir Julian Beresford King is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as the final British European Commissioner from 2016 to 2019,having previously served as the British ambassador to Ireland (2009–2012) and France (2016).
Crawford Murray MacLehose,Baron MacLehose of Beoch,,was a British politician,diplomat and the 25th Governor of Hong Kong,from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony,with four successive terms in office.
Sir Dominick John Chilcott is a British diplomat who is Ambassador to Turkey.
Sir Richard Mark Evans was a British diplomat who was the ambassador to the People's Republic of China from January 1984 to May 1988,during which he and Zhou Nan,the Chinese representative,initialed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on 26 September 1984.
Sir Timothy Earle Barrow is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser.
Sir Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips,is a diplomat who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.
Christine Isobel "Kirsty" Hayes is a British diplomat and civil servant. She was British Ambassador to Portugal from 2014 to 2018.
Alison Mary Blake is a British diplomat who is currently serving as Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. She previously served as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Julia Longbottom is a British diplomat and the current Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan since March 2021. She is the first woman ambassador to represent the United Kingdom in Tokyo.
