The world's first fully electric racing series charged into the city in October for the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship Hong Kong ePrix.

Mr Zhang Dejiang, a member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, visited the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Tseung Kwan O Aged Care Complex in March accompanied by the Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung.

The Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched in December.

The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, officiated at the dedication of the West Kowloon Cultural District's M+ Pavilion in July.

The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, attended the launch of a new Chinese-language television channel, ViuTV, in April.

AsiaWorld-Expo hosted the vote-counting of September's Legislative Council Election, for which the turnout was a record 58.28 per cent.

The end of the year saw the opening of the South Island Line.

The end of the year saw the opening of the MTR Academy in Hung Hom.

Hong Kong International Airport's five-storey Midfield Concourse opened in March.

The Hong Kong Institute of Education in Tai Po was retitled The Education University of Hong Kong in May.

The 'Appreciate Hong Kong' campaign took its message to the Hong Kong Flower Show at Victoria Park in March.

The GPS-based mobile game, Pokemon Go, drew crowds to Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin in August.