Relationship dossier
Hong Kong
Italy
Relationship assessment
Hong Kong and Italy maintain practical cooperation through bilateral economic and legal arrangements.
Hong Kong toward Italy
+25Hong Kong concluded bilateral tax and investment arrangements with Italy, supporting economic and legal cooperation. Hong Kong conducts such external relations as a special administrative region of China.
Italy toward Hong Kong
+25Italy concluded bilateral tax and investment arrangements with Hong Kong, providing frameworks for economic and legal cooperation.
Overall relationship
+25The enduring relationship is characterized by bilateral economic and legal arrangements, including tax and investment frameworks. These provide concrete cooperation, while the known scope of wider government engagement is limited.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Hong Kong and Italy maintain practical economic and legal cooperation through bilateral tax and investment arrangements. Hong Kong’s external economic relations are conducted within its status as a special administrative region of China, rather than as an independent foreign policy. The agreements indicate substantive cooperation, although its breadth and implementation are not fully clear.
Key developments
Hong Kong and Italy signed a comprehensive agreement for the avoidance of double taxation.
Hong Kong and Italy concluded a bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and current implementation of bilateral investment protections are unclear.
- The breadth of government cooperation beyond economic and legal arrangements is unclear.