Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, June 30 (Reporter Zhu Jichai and Chen Jianxing) General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong on the afternoon of the 30th by special train to attend the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland to be held on July 1. The inauguration ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and inspection of Hong Kong.

  At about 15:10, Xi Jinping's special train slowly entered the Hong Kong West Kowloon Station of the high-speed rail.

Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan stepped out of the carriage, and the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, and her husband, Lin Zhaobo, stepped forward to greet them.

At the welcoming ceremony, the Hong Kong Police Band played a warm welcome song, and the energetic lion dance jumped with joy. Hundreds of Hong Kong youths and representatives from all walks of life waved the national flag, the special administrative region flag and flowers to express their warm welcome.

Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan waved to the welcoming crowd.

  Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong this time has attracted high attention at home and abroad, and Chinese and foreign journalists are waiting at the scene.

Xi Jinping walked to the interview area and said hello to the reporters present.

He said that tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and people of all ethnic groups in the country will celebrate this happy event with their Hong Kong compatriots.

I extend warm congratulations and best wishes to my compatriots in Hong Kong.

  Xi Jinping pointed out that I have always been concerned about Hong Kong, thinking of Hong Kong, and my heart and the heart of the central government are always with the Hong Kong compatriots.

In the past period, Hong Kong has endured severe tests again and again, overcoming risks and challenges one by one.

Facts have proved that "one country, two systems" has strong vitality and is a good system to ensure the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and safeguard the well-being of Hong Kong compatriots.

  Xi Jinping emphasized that the future can be expected if we keep going.

As long as we unswervingly adhere to the "one country, two systems" principle, Hong Kong's future will be even brighter, and Hong Kong will surely make new and greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

  Ding Xuexiang, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Xu Qiliang, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission; Shen Yueyue, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress; Vice Chairman and Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Xia Baolong and other accompanying persons arrived together.

  Leung Chun-ying, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Lee Ka-chao, Chief Executive-designate of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Cheung Chun-neng, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Financial Secretary Chan Mo-po, Secretary for Justice Cheng Yeuk-wah, Legislative Council President Leung Kwan-yin, and the convener of non-official members of the Executive Council Chen Zhisi and others went to the station to greet him.

  Luo Huining, Director of the Liaison Office of the Central Government in Hong Kong, Zheng Yanxiong, Director of the Central Government Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong, Liu Guangyuan, Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, Peng Jingtang, Commander of the Hong Kong Garrison of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and Lai Ruxin, Political Commissar of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, also greeted them at the station. .