China News Agency, Toronto, July 8th Cong Peiwu, Chinese ambassador to Canada, said in an interview with the Toronto Star on July 7th local time that China expects Canada to proceed from its own interests and the right and wrong of the matter itself and to properly resolve China-Canada relations. Make correct decisions as soon as possible on development obstacles.
Speaking of Hong Kong's national security legislation, Cong Peiwu said that national security legislation has always belonged to the sovereignty and central authority of a country. The National People’s Congress of China, in accordance with the provisions of the Chinese Constitution and the Basic Law of Hong Kong, establishes and improves the legal system and enforcement mechanism of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security at the national level. This is necessary to plug loopholes in Hong Kong’s national security laws and effectively safeguard national security. "A stable and far-reaching policy.
Cong Peiwu said that the enactment of Hong Kong’s National Security Law fully reflects the common will of all Chinese people, including Hong Kong compatriots. In the process of drafting legislation, we have listened to the opinions and suggestions of people from all walks of life in Hong Kong through various methods and channels. In recent days, the Hong Kong stock market has stabilized. People in Hong Kong's economy and business circles all said that Hong Kong's national security legislation has boosted the confidence of the international community in Hong Kong, which is of great significance for Hong Kong to maintain a good business environment and consolidate and enhance Hong Kong's status as an international financial, trade and shipping center.
Cong Peiwu pointed out that Canada’s erroneous words and deeds related to Hong Kong in the past have ignored the basic facts that Hong Kong’s national security legislation will contribute to the “one country, two systems” stability and far-reaching behavior, severely violated international law and basic principles of international relations, and grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs. China strongly condemns this and reserves the right to make further responses. China urges Canada to immediately correct its mistakes and stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs in any way, so as not to cause further damage to China-Canada relations.
Regarding China-Canada relations, Cong Peiwu said that the Meng Wanzhou incident is the crux of the current China-Canada relations. From the beginning, China believed that the incident was not simply a judicial case, but a serious political incident concocted by the United States to suppress Chinese high-tech enterprises. The Canadian side acted as an accomplice. Recently, more and more people of insight in Canada have issued a just voice, thinking that in the Meng Wanzhou incident, Canada was used by the United States, and the United States is a troublemaker in Sino-Canadian relations. This year is the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Canada. China expects Canada to proceed from its own interests and the right and wrong of the matter itself, and make a correct decision as soon as possible to properly resolve obstacles to the development of China-Canada relations, so as to push bilateral relations back on track. (Finish)