China News Agency, Hong Kong, January 14th. The State Council appointed Zheng Yanxiong as the director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong Liaison Office) and the National Security Affairs Advisor of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region National Security Committee (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region National Security Committee). Li Jiachao, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, issued a statement on the 14th that he firmly believed that Zheng Yanxiong would lead the Hong Kong Liaison Office. Continue to support the SAR government in governing according to law.
Li Jiachao said in the statement that he and the Hong Kong SAR government welcome Zheng Yanxiong to his new position, and thank Luo Huining for his contributions to the Hong Kong SAR since he served as the director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office, the national security affairs adviser of the National Security Committee of the Hong Kong SAR, and the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council. .
Li Jiachao pointed out that Zheng Yanxiong has served as the first director of the National Security Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong National Security Office) since July 2020.
For more than two years, Zheng Yanxiong has led the National Security Office in Hong Kong to perform its duties of safeguarding national security in accordance with the law, and has effectively coordinated with the National Security Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to supervise and guide the work of safeguarding national security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Li Jiachao said that he firmly believes that Zheng Yanxiong will lead the Hong Kong Liaison Office to continue to support the SAR government in governing according to law, and jointly comprehensively and accurately implement the principles of "one country, two systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong", and a high degree of autonomy, and safeguard the constitutional order of the SAR as determined by the Constitution and the Basic Law of Hong Kong. The principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong" and in the critical period of creating a new situation and realizing a new leap in Hong Kong, we will work hand in hand with the SAR government to help promote Hong Kong's integration into the overall development of the country and make greater contributions to the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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