China News Service, Toronto, March 14 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) Recently, the National People's Congress of China made a decision on improving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region election system.
In Canada, some members of the Chinese community from Hong Kong expressed their praise and support for this decision in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency, and expressed deep confidence in the future development of Hong Kong.
"Absolutely support this lawful and reasonable decision." The Canadian Hong Kong People Concerned Hong Kong Association in Vancouver and the chairman of the "I Love Hong Kong" two committees Xie Boheng said that this is the National People's Congress to further protect national security and promote Hong Kong back on track. This important move is "definitely a good thing" for Hong Kong today and in the future.
Xie Boheng, who was born and raised in Hong Kong, believes that after the return of Hong Kong, Hong Kong enjoys democracy and freedom that it did not have before the British Hong Kong government.
Some people in the West who talk about the Hong Kong issue do not understand the development and changes of Hong Kong at all, while others have ulterior motives and intend to mess up Hong Kong.
He said that perfecting the electoral system is still "Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong" and it is by no means undermining "one country, two systems."
In fact, after the return of Hong Kong, the central authorities did not intervene in Hong Kong's daily governance.
Improving the electoral system does not violate Hong Kong's Basic Law, but makes up for shortcomings based on actual conditions, which will help Hong Kong society return to its normal track and resist external political interference.
On the contrary, if the system is not perfected, it will not only be detrimental to Hong Kong itself, but will also affect China's development.
Xie Boheng said that he is absolutely confident in the future development of Hong Kong, "it should be better than in the past 20 years."
Zhou Jinxing, chairman of the Chinese Cultural Foundation in Montreal, believes that improving the electoral system is to keep pace with the times, and is intended to better select for Hong Kong politicians who truly work for the "one country, two systems" and the well-being of Hong Kong people.
If there are no checks and "lead wolves into the house", Hong Kong will have no future.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed an electoral reform bill, and Canada will not allow members of Congress to instigate national secession.
"Why can't Hong Kong do the same thing?"
Zhou Jinxing said that before the return of Hong Kong, no country had tried to practice "one country, two systems". "Is anyone else qualified and experienced to judge whether "one country, two systems" will work?" Whether people are good or not, can they guarantee the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong?
Zhou Jinxing said that Hong Kong is a part of China, and not being patriotic means not loving Hong Kong.
"There is no one country, how come there are two systems?" He said that Hong Kong politicians can have objections, but it should be for the development of Hong Kong, not for anti-China.
Zhou Jinxing, who has lived in Quebec, Canada for about 40 years, said that Quebec’s past ups and downs of independence movements have caused political instability, which is naturally not conducive to economic and people’s livelihood development.
He believes that Hong Kong has not decolonized well in the fields of justice and education after its return.
In the future, Hong Kong people, especially young people, should learn more about the development of the motherland.
He believes that "it is not too late to mend the situation." To improve the electoral system, politicians will be held accountable to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong will surely become the "Pearl of the Orient" again.
In addition, the Headquarters of the Hongmen Democratic Party of Canada welcomes and highly praises the National People’s Congress of China’s decision to improve Hong Kong’s electoral system, and believes that this move will play a vital role in maintaining Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability, as well as for the country, Hong Kong and the general public. There is no harm in it.
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