China News Service, Hong Kong, December 30 (Reporter Liu Dawei) The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a political group in Hong Kong, announced the results of the "Hong Kong Annual Chinese Character Selection 2022" on the 30th, and the word "tong" was selected as Hong Kong's 2022 Chinese Character of the Year.
The picture shows the Chinese character "Tong" of the year in Hong Kong.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The "Hong Kong Annual Chinese Character Selection 2022" voting was held from November 19 to December 22, attracting a total of 2,749 participants.
Among the 10 candidate Chinese characters for "Tuan", "Min", "Qing", "Shou", "Creation", "Celebration", "Aid", "New", "Epidemic" and "Tong", the word "Tong" was elected with 749 votes.
The picture shows the Chinese character "Tong" of the year in Hong Kong.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The organizers of the event interpreted the word "pass" as "unobstructed and can pass through", and the social event it represents is "since the new crown epidemic, people's exchanges and business activities between Hong Kong and the mainland have been greatly affected. Citizens look forward to 'clearing customs' as soon as possible." .
This Chinese character is also the Chinese character with the second highest number of votes in the 2021 selection.
The picture shows the Hong Kong annual Chinese character "tong", the second-ranked "epidemic" and the third-ranked "new".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
Jasper Jasper, chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and former chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said that the SAR government has been taking active measures to promote "customs clearance" with the mainland under the epidemic. According to the news, the word "Tong" was elected as this year's Chinese character of the year.
In addition, Hong Kong has the advantage of "relying on the motherland and connecting the world". Citizens also hope that Hong Kong can resume unimpeded exchanges with the mainland and overseas after the epidemic.
The picture shows Jasper Jasper, the founding chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and former chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, writing the Hong Kong annual Chinese character "通".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
In addition, "epidemic" and "new" were the second and third most voted Chinese characters of the year respectively.
They respectively reflect the current epidemic situation and the expectations of all walks of life in the society that the new SAR government team will lead Hong Kong to create a new situation of good governance and achieve a new leap forward.
Liu Guoxun, chairman of the Publicity and Public Relations Committee of the DAB, said that these three words are not only the summary of Hong Kong citizens for 2022, but also their expectations for 2023. They hope that in the new year, "customs clearance" will be achieved, the epidemic will pass, and the SAR government will bring Hong Kong a new era. Come to the new atmosphere.
The picture shows Jasper Jasper (left), the founding chairman of the DAB and former chairman of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Liu Guoxun, a member of the Legislative Council, with the annual Chinese characters in Hong Kong.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The "Hong Kong Annual Chinese Character Selection" event has been organized by the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong since 2013. It aims to allow citizens to observe and reflect on the current social situation through the event.
(use up)