Hong Kong version of the National Security Law｜One country, two systems research center poll: 74% of people agree that Hong Kong is responsible for safeguarding national security

Political situation

Written by: Lin Jian

2020-06-04 18:31

The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has recently released a survey on the legislation of the "National Security Act in the Minato City." According to the survey, 60% of the 180 members surveyed believe that the legislation will damage their business operations, and nearly 30% will consider divestment. However, another poll results show that Hong Kong people generally agree that the central government is enacting the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law". According to the poll results of the One Country Two Systems Research Center, as many as 74% of the respondents agree that Hong Kong has the responsibility to maintain national security, and 53.4% ​​of the respondents believe that there is no need to legislate to prohibit phenomena such as secession, terrorist activities, and interference by foreign forces. The center's president Zhang Zhigang called the results encouraging.

The "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" was passed at the closing meeting of the Third Session of the 13th National People's Congress. (Xinhua News Agency)

Those who think "no responsibility" to maintain national security and support Hong Kong independence are similar

The One Country, Two Systems Research Center conducted a random sample telephone interview last week and successfully interviewed 963 adult Hong Kong residents living in Hong Kong with an error of no more than plus or minus 3.2%.

The first question is: "Do you think Hong Kong is responsible for maintaining national security?" 74% answered "responsible", 16.6% "not responsible", and 9.5% "don't know/difficult to talk about". Zhang Zhigang believes that there are three quarters of the people to support, the results are quite encouraging. He also mentioned that 16% of people who think that they are "not responsible" are mainly young people, and that different public opinion studies have shown that the proportion supporting Hong Kong independence is about 10% to 20%. For reference.

The second question is "After the anti-amendment campaign in the old years and a series of violent incidents, do you think there are loopholes in the maintenance of national security in Hong Kong?" 58% answered "vulnerable" and 25.3% "not leaked". 16.7% said "Don't know/difficult to talk about"; Question three is "Residing in splitting the country, subverting state power, terrorist activities, and foreign forces interfering in Hong Kong affairs, do you think there is a need for legislative prohibition?" 53.4%, 37.3% of the "no need". In other words, more than half of people think that there are loopholes in the national security of Hong Kong, and that there is a need to prohibit the problems of splitting the country, subverting state power, terrorist activities, and foreign forces interfering in Hong Kong affairs.

Zhang Zhigang. (Profile picture)

Nearly four adults worry about being affected by national security laws

According to a poll by the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, 60% of the interviewed members believed that the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" would harm the company's business environment in Hong Kong, and 29% of the interviewed members said they would consider withdrawing their funds after the legislation. However, a survey conducted by the One Country, Two Systems Research Center found that the general public in Hong Kong feel completely different. The fourth question about polls is: "Don't you worry that Hong Kong's National Security Law will affect you?" 17.4% answered "very worried" and 22.4% "worried"; the answer was "not at all worried". 27.8%, and 30.3% "don't worry". In other words, nearly 60% of the respondents "do not worry" or "do not worry at all" about their own interests will be affected by the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law. Zhang Zhigang analyzed that even though there are many people who have no influence on themselves, the affected four adults may act to resist, so there is still some uncertainty in this result.

Finally, the fifth question of the poll asked: "Someone proposed to use the radical tactics during the anti-amendment period in the old years and opposed the Hong Kong National Security Law. Do you agree to do it?" 3.6% of the respondents agreed "very strongly". 15.1% of them "identified"; 33.5% answered "completely disagree" and 36.1% "not agree". Zhang Zhigang pointed out that the answer to the most extreme "very agreeable" attitude was less than 4%, which was nearly half lower than the results of similar investigations during the anti-revision period. He believed that this shows that there is hope for Hong Kong's return to calm.

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