China News Agency, Beijing, May 8th: Mainland experts talk about Hong Kong's chief executive election: Implementing "patriots ruling Hong Kong" will help Hong Kong write a new chapter
Author Zhu He Chen Xiaoyuan
The election of the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was held on the 8th.
Qi Pengfei, Qiang Shigong and other mainland Hong Kong-related authoritative experts said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the election fully implemented the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong", and they expected the new chief executive to show new actions and lead Hong Kong to write a new chapter.
Elections under the new electoral system: the full implementation of "patriots ruling Hong Kong"
Since the electoral system was improved last year, Hong Kong has successfully completed the election of the Election Committee, the Legislative Council and the Chief Executive.
Qi Pengfei, director of the Taiwan-Hong Kong-Macao Research Center of Renmin University of China, believes that the three "big exams" show that Hong Kong is moving step by step towards the comprehensive and thorough implementation of the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".
Qi Pengfei pointed out that the election of the chief executive is of great significance. The chief executive plays a direct and positive role in ensuring the central government's overall governance over Hong Kong and implementing the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".
Qiang Shigong, head of the Department of Social Sciences of Peking University and a professor at the School of Law, pointed out that under the new election system, the election committee has added representatives to the Hong Kong National People's Congress, members of the Hong Kong National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Hong Kong members of relevant national organizations. More extensive representation and balanced participation is a manifestation of the full implementation of the principle of "patriots ruling Hong Kong".
Qiang Shigong believes that before the election system was improved, the election of the Hong Kong Legislative Council often focused on political differences, resulting in "pan-politicized" elections, while ignoring economic and people's livelihood issues.
The new election system makes up for the shortcomings, allowing candidates to focus on the economy and people's livelihood, and compare their political platforms, ideas, and contributions to form a healthy competition.
"The election has returned to rationality, and the efficiency has been greatly improved."
The chief executive under the new election system: responsible, capable and effective
Qiang Shigong believes that the candidates for the chief executive elected this time to fully implement the principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" are staunch patriots with feelings, patterns, responsibilities, skills and achievements, and have won widespread support from all walks of life in Hong Kong.
Further analyzing Li Jiachao's advantages, Qiang Shigong pointed out that since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law and the improvement of the electoral system, the relationship between the administration and the legislature of the Hong Kong SAR has improved, which is conducive to the new Chief Executive's actions.
Combined with Li Jiachao's election platform, Qi Pengfei expects Li Jiachao to solve problems such as housing difficulties and limited access for young people after taking office, so as to create a stable and harmonious development environment for Hong Kong. new act.
Qiang Shigong said that in order to solve Hong Kong's development problems, the SAR government had previously proposed measures such as developing the New Territories North and promoting the integration of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
It is believed that after Li Jiachao takes office, he will greatly promote the development of Hong Kong and achieve prosperity and stability on this basis.
Hong Kong under the new electoral system: opening a new chapter of good governance and good governance
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Experts interviewed said that the election of the chief executive further shows that the new electoral system is of great significance to the future development of Hong Kong and the stable and long-term implementation of "one country, two systems".
The world is currently undergoing profound changes unseen in a century. Facing the challenges of the new crown epidemic and the complex international situation, Qi Pengfei believes that Hong Kong should rely on the motherland and face the world to seek development. It must make good use of the advantages of the mainland and help the motherland in the same boat.
Li Jiachao mentioned in his political platform that we should take advantage of the development opportunities and advantages of the motherland to promote the development of Hong Kong.
In this regard, Qi Pengfei said that he expects that, under its promotion, Hong Kong will participate more deeply in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and achieve better development by complementing its advantages with the mainland.
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