'Patriots governing Hong Kong' vital to stability of SAR
"Patriots governing Hong Kong" is the core of "one country, two systems", a senior official on Hong Kong and Macao affairs said on Monday.
Xia Baolong, head of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, made a speech at a symposium in Beijing on Monday that centered on improving the institutional framework of "one country, two systems" and implementing the fundamental principle of "patriots governing Hong Kong".
Xia said President Xi Jinping stressed, while hearing Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's 2020 work report, that "patriots governing Hong Kong" must be upheld to ensure the steady implementation of "one country, two systems".