China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 22 (Xinhua) According to the information of the Information Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the 22nd, the decision of the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress to consider the decision of the National People's Congress to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to maintain national security "Draft" "(" Decision "), the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lin Zhengyue, who attended the opening meeting of the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing, issued a statement stating that the Hong Kong SAR Government supports the National People's Congress to consider the establishment of a sound Hong Kong Special Administrative Region at the national level to safeguard national security The "Decision" of the legal system and the implementation mechanism of the law. After the "Decision" is passed, the SAR Government will fully cooperate with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to complete the relevant legislation as soon as possible and perform the duties of maintaining national security.
Lin Zhengyue said that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inseparable part of the People's Republic of China and is a local administrative region directly under the Central People's Government with a high degree of autonomy. Safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests is a constitutional requirement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is the responsibility of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and is a matter of vital interest for all Hong Kong residents. In view of the increasingly serious national security situation faced by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the difficulty of the SAR ’s executive legislature to complete its own national security-related legislation within a visible period of time, the SAR Government supports the National People ’s Congress to consider the establishment of a law to safeguard the national security of the Hong Kong SAR from the national level "Decision" of the system and the implementation mechanism.
Lin Zhengyue said that national security legislation belongs to the central authority and is beyond doubt. For any country in the world, national security legislation belongs to national legislative power. The National People's Congress is the highest authority in the country, and its decisions have the highest authority and legal effect. The "Decision" improves the system and mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region concerning the implementation of the "Constitution of the People's Republic of China" and the "Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" (Hong Kong Basic Law) on national security; the "Decision" does not modify the Hong Kong Basic Law, nor does it replace or exclude it Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall legislate to prohibit constitutional responsibilities and legal obligations that endanger national security. In other words, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region still has the responsibility to complete the legislative provisions of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law as soon as possible.
Lin Zhengyue said that the SAR Government has noticed that the "Decision" is aimed only at activities that split the country, subvert the regime, organize terrorist activities, and foreign and foreign forces intervene in the affairs of the Hong Kong SAR. These are precisely the situations that many Hong Kong political and business circles and the general public are extremely worried about in the past year. They also give everyone a deeper understanding of the importance of national security and require the SAR Government to actively respond. The violence involved in the “revision storm” from June last year to the present has escalated, and there have been multiple incidents of explosives and firearms, posing a risk of terrorist activities and seriously endangering public safety. During this period, organizations advocating "Hong Kong independence" and "democratic self-determination" incite demonstrators, especially young people, to flagrantly insult and burn the national flag, deface the national emblem, attack the central institutions in Hong Kong, and plan to mobilize so-called "international support" and intervene Hong Kong affairs defamed the practice of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and openly challenged the authority of the central government and the SAR government. On the other hand, some political parties have repeatedly threatened to paralyze the SAR government. Some people begged for foreign intervention in Hong Kong affairs, and even imposed sanctions on Hong Kong. These actions have seriously touched the bottom line of the "one country" principle, undermining the relationship between the central government and the special economic zone, jeopardizing national sovereignty and security, and challenging central authority and the authority of Hong Kong's Basic Law.
Lin Zhengyue said that the fundamental purpose of the National People's Congress in making the "Decision" is to safeguard national security and safeguard Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, so as to better protect the legitimate rights and freedoms of Hong Kong citizens. I firmly believe that the national laws formulated by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress later are aimed at effectively preventing and curbing actions and activities that seriously endanger national security, and punish "Hong Kong independence" elements and violent elements that seriously endanger national security. The "Decision" and the formulation of relevant national laws will establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security. It will not affect the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents in accordance with the law, nor will it affect the exercise of independence by the Hong Kong judiciary. Judicial power and final adjudication.
She pointed out that after the adoption of the "Decision", the Hong Kong SAR Government will fully cooperate with the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to complete the relevant legislation as soon as possible, perform the duties of maintaining national security, and ensure Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability under the "one country, two systems" principle. (Finish)