HK Dream Is Part Of The Chinese Dream: Beijing

A senior mainland official overseeing Hong Kong affairs on Monday said China's dream of rejuvenating the nation also includes the dream of 7.5 million Hong Kong people, and the central government wants Hongkongers to live better lives.

The deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Huang Liuquan, told a seminar in the territory on the national 14th five-year-plan that the SAR is an inalienable part of China.

He said the national blueprint underpins the territory's financial, trading, aviation, technology, legal and cultural sectors. It will improve their competitiveness and enable them to "merge into the country's overall development", he said.

The official said in future, the central government will use special economic zones such as Qianhai and Hengqin as platforms to roll out more measures to benefit the people of Hong Kong.

Huang said the purpose of these policies is to enable Hong Kong to have a better future and SAR residents to live better.

He said Beijing is pleased that the Hong Kong government has staunchly upheld its constitutional duty to safeguard national security since the enactment of the national security law, and praised its determination in fighting the pandemic.

Under the leadership of Chief Executive Carrie Lam, the Hong Kong government will be able to unite the city in continuing to apply the strengths of one country, two systems at "a new starting point in history", Huang said.