Q：Why dose the 3rd Session of the 13th National People's Congress of China deliberate Hong Kong related agenda?

A：The draft decision to establish and improve a legal framework and enforcement mechanism for safeguarding national security in the HKSAR was submitted to the third Session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) for deliberation.

National security is a basic precondition for the existence and development of a nation and it concerns the nation's core interests. Since the amendment bill disturbance in 2019, the violent terrorist activities have been increasingly escalating. External forces have blatantly ramped up intervention in Hong Kong affairs, which severely undermines Hong Kong's public security, seriously challenges the bottom line of the "one country, two systems" principle and poses real threats to national security.

Safeguarding national security is the core of "one country, two systems" and the foundation for its existence. The National People’s Congress is the highest organ of State power in China. The Constitution and the Basic Law give it power and responsibility to deliberate on legislation for upholding national security in Hong Kong SAR. The fundamental purpose is to safeguard China’s sovereignty, security and development interests, and ensure the advancement of “one country, two systems” in the right direction. This meets not only the fundamental interests of Hong Kong society, but also the common interests of the international community.

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China and a local administrative region directly under the Central People's Government. The legislation for the HKSAR to safeguard national security is purely China's internal affair, and no foreign country has the right to interfere.