Editing Mainland China (section)

===Hong Kong and Macau===
[[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] have been territories of the PRC since 1997 and 1999 respectively. However, due to the [[One Country, Two Systems]] policy, the two regions maintain a degree of autonomy, hence they are not governed as part of mainland China.

Geographically speaking, Hong Kong and Macau are both connected to mainland China in certain areas (e.g. the north of the [[New Territories]]). Additionally, the islands contained within Hong Kong (e.g. [[Hong Kong Island]]) and Macau are much closer to mainland China than Taiwan and Hainan, and are much smaller.

In Hong Kong and Macau, the terms "mainland China" and "mainlander" are frequently used for people from PRC-governed areas (i.e. not Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau). The Chinese term ''Neidi'' ({{lang-zh|t=內地|labels=no}}), meaning the ''inland'' but still translated ''mainland'' in English, is commonly applied by [[Special administrative regions of China|SAR]] governments to represent non-SAR areas of PRC, including Hainan province and coastal regions of mainland China, such as "Constitutional and Mainland Affairs" ({{lang|zh-hant|政制及內地事務局}})<ref>Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. "[http://www.cmab.gov.hk/ Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021044209/https://www.cmab.gov.hk/ |date=2021-10-21 }}." ''Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau.'' Retrieved on 10 March 2008.</ref> and Immigration Departments.<ref>[http://www.immd.gov.hk/zhtml/facts_3_0.htm Chinese version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127190454/http://www.immd.gov.hk/zhtml/facts_3_0.htm |date=27 November 2009 }}, [http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/facts_3_0.htm English version] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204183751/http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/facts_3_0.htm |date=4 February 2009 }}, Statistics on Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents and Professionals ({{lang|zh-hant|輸入內地人才計劃數據資料}}), [[Immigration Department (Hong Kong)]].</ref> In the [[Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement]] (as well as the [[Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement]]) the CPG also uses the Chinese characters {{lang|zh-hans|内地}} "inner land", with the note that they refer to the "customs territory of China".<ref name=CEPA>[http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/cepa/files/main_e.pdf English Text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604232402/http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/cepa/files/main_e.pdf |date=4 June 2011 }} [http://www.locpg.gov.cn/big5/jmwl/cepa/cepaxy/200702/t20070225_1844.asp Chinese text] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707035638/http://www.locpg.gov.cn/big5/jmwl/cepa/cepaxy/200702/t20070225_1844.asp |date=7 July 2011 }} <!--Update this link to the 2010 annex --></ref>