Under the liberal policy of the Hong Kong government, Chinese businessmen shying away from interference and disappointed people from military and political circles gradually gathered there to avoid hardships. Hong Kong thus became south China's doorway linking trade between the continent and the outside world.
在香港政府開放統治政策下，希望不受干擾的中國商人和失意軍政界，漸次到香港聚居和避難，使香港成為南中國對外通商和內陸聯繫重要口岸。