[Explanation] Tung Chee-hwa, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency a few days ago that he is full of confidence that "one country, two systems" will give Hong Kong the most powerful institutional advantage.
[Explanation] Dong Jianhua accepted an exclusive interview before going to Beijing to participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.
As the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, he believes that the series of turmoil in Hong Kong in recent years has had a great impact on the rule of law and people's livelihood, and has also exacerbated social tears.
[Explanation] Tung Chee-hwa said that in addition to the deep-rooted social contradictions of Hong Kong’s microclimate, it is also inseparable from the global climate of geopolitical changes in the new era, the hidden dangers left by the British Hong Kong government, and the intervention of external forces. The challenges Hong Kong has encountered in the past two years have been Beyond the processing capacity of the SAR government.
If it were not for the central government to clear the source and act decisively, Hong Kong might face a deteriorating crisis.
At the critical moment of right and wrong, the central government is determined to maintain the "one country, two systems" constitutional order, based on the concept of governing for the people, and based on the purpose of safeguarding the well-being of Hong Kong citizens, making research, judgments and deployments from a strategic and overall perspective.
[Explanation] Tung Chee-hwa pointed out that the central government first used the National Security Law to stop violence and control chaos, and then improved the electoral system to ensure that patriots rule Hong Kong, providing a solid foundation for Hong Kong’s long-term peace and order, and enabling Hong Kong to move from chaos to governance, from governance to governance. Xing Lu.
[Explanation] Tung Chee-hwa believes that the international community will eventually understand that the Hong Kong issue is purely China's internal affairs, and respect and appreciate the necessary measures and good intentions of the Chinese government for the stability and long-term development of "One Country, Two Systems".
[Explanation] In 2019, Dong Jianhua was awarded the National Honorary Medal of "One Country, Two Systems" Outstanding Contributor.
As a practitioner and defender of "One Country, Two Systems", Tung Chee-hwa has full confidence in Hong Kong.
He told reporters that "One Country, Two Systems" gives Hong Kong the most powerful institutional advantage. It not only protects Hong Kong’s capitalist system, safeguards Hong Kong’s status as an international financial center, and an international business center, but also allows Hong Kong to catch the national economic express and fully integrate into the development of the Greater Bay Area. , Integrate into the overall situation of national development, expand the prospect of science and technology innovation center, and complement and develop coordinated development with the mainland's advantages.
[Explanation] Speaking of young people in Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa said that in the past, young people in Hong Kong always "looked up" to the West unconsciously, and did not have a thorough understanding of their own national culture and national development.
Now, he wants to borrow the words of President Xi to tell the young people in Hong Kong that China can already "look up to the world."
Young people should look up, look at the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland, look at the historical achievements of an all-round well-off, look at the perseverance epic of fighting the epidemic, look at the Martian photos of "Tianwen No. 1", look at the 1.4 billion ordinary And the moving Chinese dream.
[Concurrent] Dong Jianhua, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
My father always reminds me, don't forget that you are Chinese, as long as you don't forget that you are Chinese, you can do everything that day.
In fact, there are many things that (Hong Kong youth) can do, and the opportunities are incredible.
The country really gives young people many opportunities, but Hong Kong must do better.
[Explanation] Dong Jianhua said that today's young people should be proud to be participants, contributors and fulfillers of the Chinese Dream in their own positions.
Reporter Zeng Jia Liu Chenyao Fan Siyi Liang Yuan reports from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Sun Jingbo]