中国已经在土地方面对香港当局作出最根本的让步,尽管中国厌恶私有财产,但仍保证土地拥有权延续至2047年。但是,中国一直坚持以最严格的条款来监督香港政府从现在直至1997年期间在土地问题上所采取的行动。协议承认,售地收入是香港财政收入的重要来源:1980—1982年房地产繁荣的高峰时,售地收人几乎相当于香港政府总收入的30％,尔后售 China has made the most fundamental concession to the Hong Kong authorities on the land. Although China is averse to private property, it promised to extend land ownership to 2047. However, China has always adhered to the most stringent provisions to oversee the Hong Kong government’s actions on land issues between now and 1997. The agreement acknowledged that sales revenue is an important source of revenue for Hong Kong. At the height of the boom in real estate in 1980-1982, sales to the land equivalent to almost 30% of Hong Kong’s total revenue,