Special administrative regions of China

Special Administrative Region (SAR), political subdivision of the People's Republic of China. China at present has two SARs: Hong Kong and Macau. SARs are provided by the Chinese constitution with a large degree of internal autonomy, a seperate (semi-democratic) politicial system and a capitalist economy.

The SARs of China are members of the WTO, even though they are not soverign states, because they form their own customs areas and hence have their own international trade policies.