Hong Kong holds seminar to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the promulgation of the Hong Kong Basic Law
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- A seminar to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law was held in Hong Kong on the 7th.
- In his speech, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chiu emphasized that the Basic Law laid the constitutional foundation for Hong Kong's prosperity and stability and "one country, two systems".
- He also pointed out that Hong Kong will continue to integrate into the overall development of the country, give full play to its advantages in the rule of law, and consolidate its status as an international center.
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The 36th anniversary of the promulgation of the Hong Kong Basic Law aims to reaffirm the importance of "one country, two systems" and constitutional foundations.
China News Service, Hong Kong, November 7th. The "Seminar to Commemorate the 36th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Basic Law" was held in Hong Kong on the 7th. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, delivered a speech at the meeting via video. Over the past 36 years, Hong Kong’s Basic Law has been effectively implemented to ensure Hong Kong’s long-term prosperity and stability and the long-term stability of “one country, two systems”; based on the new journey of national development, Hong Kong must show responsibility and initiative in integrating and serving the overall development of the country.
Li Jiachao pointed out that the Hong Kong Basic Law implements the concept of "one country, two systems" into provisions. The Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law together form the constitutional foundation of Hong Kong, laying the foundation for Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the maintenance of long-term prosperity and stability.
He mentioned that looking back at the early days of reform and opening up, Hong Kong devoted itself to national development and construction with capital, technology, talents and international networks. Since then, the country has promoted market interconnection between mainland China and Hong Kong through major initiatives such as CEPA (Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement), individual travel, and the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, opening up broad development space for Hong Kong. On the journey of promoting the country's high-quality development, Hong Kong has firmly become a participant and contributor, fully integrating into and serving the overall development of the country.
He emphasized that the rule of law foundation established by the Hong Kong Basic Law is the cornerstone of Hong Kong's high-quality development. In the rule of law index published by the World Justice Project, Hong Kong continues to rank among the top in the world. As the world's only bilingual common law jurisdiction in Chinese and English, Hong Kong will continue to make good use of the international business and investment environment to consolidate and enhance its status as an international financial, shipping, and trade center, and inject momentum into the country's high-quality development.
The seminar was hosted by the Joint Conference on the Promotion of the Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law, with the theme "Hong Kong is never absent from national development." Guests such as Chan Kwok-kee, Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong SAR Government, Yuan Gujie, Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Yung Yongqi, Chairman of the Joint Conference to Promote the Constitution and the Hong Kong Basic Law, attended the event.
