Hong Kong version of the National Security Law | Highlights Beijing's highest will against the second few applause in recent years thunder for 28 seconds

Political situation

Written by: Zheng Baosheng

2020-05-28 20:56

The National People's Congress closed today. The voted motion included the highly anticipated "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law." The final bill was approved by 2,878 votes in favor, 1 against and 6 abstentions.

In recent years, there has been a trend of reducing the negative votes of the NPC, but one vote is still very rare. Looking through the information, except that the government work report of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress last year surprised the outside world with 0 votes against it, only 1 vote against it was counted as the vote of Xi Jinping's election as president in 2013. 2,953 votes, 1 vote against, 3 abstentions.

The second most negative votes in recent years, coupled with the 28-second celebrity scene at the scene, are also rare in recent years. Various phenomena seem to send a strong message to the outside world, including Hong Kong people: the promotion of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" is the CCP The highest political determination of the central government.

Important motions generally have single-digit to double-digit negative votes

Generally speaking, government work reports and important motions of the year will be passed with a high number of votes. The number of negative votes will range from single digits to double digits. For example, this year's Civil Code received 2,879 votes in favor, two votes against, and five abstentions. Last year ’s government work report unexpectedly did not vote against it, which led to speculation, but ultimately there was no consistent explanation.

There was a round of applause and unappreciated results.

The focus of this year's National People's Congress vote was on the draft of "Establishment and Improvement of the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanism for the Maintenance of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" commonly known as the "Hong Kong Version of the National Security Law." In the end, the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law" received 2,878 votes in favor, 1 against and 6 abstentions. When the results were displayed on the conference screen, there was a whisper from the scene. The applause had already sounded before the result was read. After the reading, the applause did not rest for a long time. The thunder in the field lasted for about 28 seconds.

In addition to the number of approvals and negatives, the time for applause when voting at the NPC session also reflects the importance the Central Committee attaches to the motion. (China News Agency)

Applause from other motions lasted only a few seconds

Compared with this year's government work report, there were 2,882 votes in favor, 3 votes against, and 1 abstention. After the announcement, there was no weak applause, which lasted only about 6 seconds.

After that, he voted on the draft of "The Implementation of the National Economic and Social Development Plan 2019 and the 2020 National Economic and Social Development Plan" in favor of 2,855 votes, 20 votes against and 11 abstentions. After the announcement of the results, the applause in the venue was significantly less than that of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Law", which lasted only about 4 seconds.

Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang also applauded for 22 seconds

In addition to the number of approvals and negatives, the interpretation of the Central Government ’s meeting is also one of the indicators that the Central Committee attaches importance to the bill. The applause of the "Hong Kong version of the National Security Act" lasted 28 seconds. The General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping and the Premier of the State Council Li Keqiang also applauded to the 22nd second, which is obviously more important than other bills. The top priority.

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