Editing Foreign relations of Hong Kong (section)

==Overview==
Hong Kong makes strenuous law enforcement efforts, but faces serious challenges in controlling transit of heroin and [[methamphetamine]] to regional and world markets; modern banking systems that provide a conduit for [[money laundering]]; rising indigenous use of synthetic drugs, especially among young people.

Hong Kong has its own immigration policy and administration. [[Hong Kong permanent resident|Permanent resident]]s of Hong Kong with PRC nationality hold a different type of passport, called the [[Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport]], which is different from that for PRC citizens in [[mainland China]].<ref>Article 154, [[Hong Kong Basic Law]]</ref> Hong Kong permanent residents and mainland Chinese need a passport-like document (the "[[Home Return Permit]]" for Hong Kong permanent residents and the [[Two-way Permit]] for mainland Chinese) to cross the boundary between mainland China and Hong Kong. Visitors from other countries and regions not participating in waiver programme are required to apply for visas directly to the Hong Kong Immigration Department.

According to the official data provided by the [[Hong Kong Immigration Department]] in January 2020, There are 168 countries and regions that implement visa-free policies for residents holding Hong Kong passports.