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3 September 2024

Hong Kong’s New Strategic Role After the Third Plenum

Sunny Cheung

The Third Plenary Session (三中全会) of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) signaled an evolving role for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in the national strategy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). At a recent forum held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre a month after the meetings in Beijing, key figures such as Shen Chunyao (沈春耀), Deputy Director of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People’s Congress, and Wang Wentao (王文涛), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of Commerce, went to Hong Kong and outlined Hong Kong’s future responsibilities in the context of the country’s broader reforms (Hong Kong Government [HKG], August 26).

With over 500 attendees, including government officials, Executive Council members, and Legislative Council members, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (李家超) emphasized that the third plenum had put forward over 300 reform measures covering political, economic, cultural, social, ecological, and national security areas. He called on all sectors in Hong Kong to deeply study the directives and apply them in their respective roles (HKG, August 26).


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