Su Yongan: Only by improving Hong Kong's electoral system can democracy be of better quality

　　China News Service, Hong Kong, April 7th. Title: Su Yongan: Only by perfecting Hong Kong's electoral system can democracy be of better quality

　　China News Agency reporter Suo Youwei

　　"The new method of selecting members of the Legislative Council is clearly stated in Annex II of the revised Hong Kong Basic Law. Forty members of the Legislative Council are selected from the Election Committee. This measure is important for ensuring the smooth operation of the Legislative Council and supporting Hong Kong’s implementation of the executive. Leading is very targeted, decisive, and critical." Su Yongan, the permanent honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Cross-Strait Peace and Development Federation (General Association), and the chairman of the Xuda Group, who pay close attention to the progress of improving Hong Kong’s electoral system, recently accepted China News Agency. During the interview, the reporter highly praised the amendment to Annex II of the Hong Kong Basic Law by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

　　Su Yongan, whose ancestral home is in Jinjiang, Fujian, established a general association with Hong Kong patriots such as Chen Shouren, Lu Wenduan, Lin Guangzhao, Sun Bida, Chen Jinlie, Wu Tianci and other Hong Kong patriots in 2009.

Six years later, under the unanimous recommendation of everyone, he became the chairman of the general meeting.

He is also the honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Logistics Association. He has served as a member of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for more than ten years.

　　"I think democracy is to pursue a better life, not to sow hatred. Facts show that perfecting the electoral system can truly make democracy better. There is no contradiction between democracy and patriotism. Equal sign, that is the position of the'opposition.' Under the new electoral system, true patriots who love Hong Kong can also contribute to the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong while pursuing democracy." He said.

　　Su Yongan was born in an overseas Chinese industrial and commercial family, and his family business is scattered in Singapore, the Philippines and mainland China.

"My father was frail and sickly in the last few years of his life, but he still used overseas connections to attract investment from his hometown." Su Yongan said: "When my father is dying, he has two sleeves and no wills. It is very important to only explain education. Only good education and family Only then will I go up and the country will be prosperous and strong. I need to go to my hometown to build a school."

　　Later, Su Yongan not only donated to build a school in his hometown, but also built the "Su Yuanwai Art Museum" in his hometown in his father's name.

　　Su Yongan has a deep pain for Hong Kong’s socio-economic damage caused by illegal “occupying the middle” and criminal violence. He has repeatedly stated clearly that he “supports the police and supports Hong Kong” and strongly condemns the violence of extreme radicals assaulting the police.

"In the past few years, the'opposition' has turned Hong Kong, the economic capital and commercial city, into a political arena. After the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Hong Kong society has quickly stabilized and is very happy. This is a necessary condition for Hong Kong to set off again." He said: "The most important thing after improving the electoral system is to prosper the economy. The new electoral system will allow patriots and Hong Kong patriots to let go of their hands and do their best to maintain the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong. The policies that benefit the people are passed smoothly, otherwise they will always be there. As it stops, when will the people wait? Therefore, the combination of national security laws and the improvement of the electoral system is definitely beneficial to Hong Kong."

　　Su Yongan said frankly that the generation who personally participated in the return of Hong Kong are gradually getting old, and the rapidly developing world really requires young people to face the changes in Hong Kong with new perspectives, new knowledge, new ideas, and new minds.

For example, he said that many of the descendants of Hong Kong civil servants were educated in the UK, and their future direction should be adjusted to the Mainland, so that outstanding students in Hong Kong can have a deep understanding of their motherland in the Mainland and cultivate their patriotism.

Young people with patriotic sentiments and a national perspective are more likely to properly position Hong Kong under the new electoral system. In the process of participating in politics in Hong Kong, Hong Kong will be further included in the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the younger generation should be responsible. Historical mission.

　　2021 is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan".

Su Yongan believes that Hong Kong can not only leverage its advantages as an international financial center, trade center, and shipping center, but also become China's science and technology innovation center.

"Hong Kong has 45 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, with a strong scientific research force. In the process of building the Greater Bay Area, Hong Kong can build a scientific research center, Shenzhen is an incubation base, and the Greater Bay Area can produce and manufacture, thus forming a golden industrial chain. Young people can participate. In the future, Hong Kong will have to let them take the burden." Su Yongan has high hopes for young people.

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