Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, July 1 (Xinhua) -- General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping said in Hong Kong on the 1st that the return of Hong Kong to the motherland has ushered in a new era in Hong Kong's history.

Over the past 25 years, with the full support of the motherland and the joint efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and all sectors of society, the practice of "one country, two systems" has achieved universally recognized success in Hong Kong.