Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, July 1. The celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inauguration ceremony of the sixth government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were grandly held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on the morning of the 1st.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, State President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered an important speech.
Xi Jinping said, first of all, I would like to extend my sincere greetings to all Hong Kong residents!
I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the newly-appointed sixth Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr. Li Jiachao, and to the principal officials of the sixth government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and members of the Executive Council!
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to my compatriots at home and abroad and international friends who have supported the cause of "One Country, Two Systems" and the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong!
Xi Jinping pointed out that the civilization history of the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years records the hard work of the Chinese ancestors in the land of Lingnan.
The modern history of China after the Opium War records the humiliation of Hong Kong's forced cession, and also records the struggle of the sons and daughters of China to save their lives.
The magnificent century-old struggle of the Chinese Communist Party united and led the people records the unique and important contributions made by the Hong Kong compatriots.
Throughout history, Hong Kong compatriots have always stood together with the motherland through thick and thin, and are connected by blood.