Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, July 1 (Reporter Zhu Jichai Su Xiao) President Xi Jinping met in Hong Kong on the morning of the 1st with Li Jiachao, the newly inaugurated Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Xi Jinping congratulated Li Jiachao on his appointment as the sixth Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
He pointed out that after 25 years, both the practice of "one country, two systems" and the development of Hong Kong have reached a new historical starting point. The general public is full of expectations for you and the new SAR government.
I hope you will faithfully fulfill the constitutional responsibility of the Chief Executive, lead the SAR government to fully and accurately implement the "One Country, Two Systems" policy and the Basic Law, unite people from all walks of life in Hong Kong to be pragmatic and enterprising, and promote Hong Kong from chaos to governance to governance and prosperity. A new chapter in the practice of "One Country, Two Systems".
The central government will fully support you and the new SAR government in governing in accordance with the law.
We have full confidence in you and the new SAR government, and in the future of Hong Kong.
Li Jiachao thanked President Xi Jinping and the central government for their trust.
He said that I am fully aware of the great responsibility and will do my best to lead the SAR government to do solid work, show a new atmosphere in governance, and write a new chapter of development. President Xi please rest assured.
Later, accompanied by Li Jiachao, Xi Jinping met with the newly appointed heads of the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Ding Xuexiang, Xu Qiliang, Shen Yueyue, Wang Yi and Xia Baolong attended the meeting.