内地以中国特色社会主义理论为主流意识形态,香港将自由主义视为主流意识形态,它们都具有多元、异质的特点,都注重发挥其合法性功能和培育其经济价值观念。内地与香港主流意识形态的不同点在于主流意识形态的指导思想不同,对主流意识形态功能与作用的看法不同,主流意识形态与其它社会思潮的关系不同。
The mainland of China takes “Socialism with China' s Characteristics”as its mainstream ideology;Hong Kong, in contrast, advocates liberalism. Both ideologies share the characteristics of being multiple and heterogeneous, with emphasis on exerting their legal functions and cultivating economic values. The main distinction on mainstream ideologies between mainland and Hong Kong lies on their different guiding thoughts, different viewpoints on their functions and effects, and different relations with other social trends of thought.