China News Agency, Hong Kong, July 8 (Reporter Liu Chenyao) The unveiling ceremony of the Central People's Government's Office for the Maintenance of National Security (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was held in Hong Kong on the 8th. Dong Jianhua and Liang Zhenying, vice chairmen of the CPPCC National Committee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chairman of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Security Committee Lin Zhengyue, Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Director of the Hong Kong and China Liaison Office, Luo Huining, National Security Affairs Adviser of the National Security Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Director of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong Zheng Yanxiong jointly unveiled the announcement, proclaiming the official establishment and operation of the National Security Office in Hong Kong.
At 7 o'clock on the 8th, the five-star red flag rose slowly in the national anthem. Lin Zhengyue, Luo Huining and Zheng Yanxiong delivered speeches respectively, and jointly unveiled the card with Dong Jianhua and Liang Zhenying for the National Security Office in Hong Kong.
In his speech, Lin Zhengyue said that the unveiling ceremony on that day was a historic moment. Everyone witnessed another milestone in the establishment of a sound legal system and enforcement mechanism for the maintenance of national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. She said that the Hong Kong SAR National Security Committee will establish a coordination mechanism with the National Security Office in Hong Kong as soon as possible. Relevant agencies of the SAR Government will also establish a cooperation mechanism with the National Security Office in Hong Kong at the working level to strengthen information sharing and action coordination.
Luo Huining congratulated the National Security Office in Hong Kong on behalf of the Hong Kong and Macao Office of the State Council and the Hong Kong Liaison Office. He stated that the promulgation and implementation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Maintenance of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong National Security Law) opened a major turning point in Hong Kong from chaos to governance. The establishment of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong is a major measure taken by the central government to fulfill its fundamental responsibility for maintaining national security. "She is the'ambassador of Hong Kong security' and also the'gatekeeper of national security.'" Luo Huining emphasized that the National Security Agency in Hong Kong as the central government's The dispatched agencies will perform their duties strictly in accordance with the law in Hong Kong and accept supervision according to law, and will not infringe the legitimate rights and interests of any individual or organization. He believes that Hong Kong today has said goodbye to the history of "undefended" national security.
Zheng Yanxiong issued a speech saying that as the Central People's Government's national security agency in Hong Kong, the National Security Office in Hong Kong will resolutely perform its national security responsibilities and exercise relevant powers in accordance with the law. He pointed out that the National Security Office in Hong Kong will strengthen the working contact and coordination with the Hong Kong Central Liaison Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Commissioner’s Office in Hong Kong and the troops stationed in Hong Kong, and establish coordination and collaboration with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s National Security Council and relevant agencies according to law mechanism. The National Security Office in Hong Kong will also perform its duties in strict accordance with the law and accept supervision in accordance with the law, without infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of any individual or organization.
About 80 people attended the ceremony, including Xie Feng, the Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, Chen Daoxiang, Commander of the PLA Forces in Hong Kong, and Cai Yongzhong, Political Commissar, Member of the National Security Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Liang Junyan, and people from all walks of life in Hong Kong. Also attending the ceremony were Li Jiangzhou and Sun Qingye, deputy directors of the National Security Agency in Hong Kong.
According to the provisions of the National Security Law of Hong Kong, the Office of the National Security Agency in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall strictly perform its duties according to law and accept supervision according to law, and shall not infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of any individual or organization. In addition to abiding by national laws, personnel of the National Security Agency stationed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region should also abide by the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The personnel of the National Security Agency stationed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be subject to the supervision of the national supervisory authority according to law. (Finish)