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2021 Economic Summit Forum | Li Jiachao: An effective intelligence system must be established Liu Zhaojia advocates connecting with the Mainland

2021-12-08T05:11:09.178Z


"Hong Kong 01" held the "2021 Economic Summit Forum" today (8th). The Chief Secretary for Administration Li Jiachao, who is also a member of the National Security Council, delivered a keynote speech. Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong’s counter-force comes from the outside and the inside.


"Hong Kong 01" held the "2021 Economic Summit Forum" today (8th). The Chief Secretary for Administration Li Jiachao, who is also a member of the National Security Council, delivered a keynote speech.

Li Jiachao said that Hong Kong’s counter-force came from both external and internal sources. He also said that the British Hong Kong government withdrew the Political Department before the return. After the return, the SAR government did not reset this "retaining wall", which increased the destructive force.


In his speech, Li Jiachao revealed that the government must not only complete the legislation on condition 23 of the Basic Law as soon as possible, but also set up an effective intelligence system so that the means of prevention, restraint, and punishment can be carried out simultaneously.


Hong Kong and Britain withdraw the Political Department but still demolish the retaining wall

Li Jiachao said that before the return of Hong Kong, there was a political department with 3,000 people at its peak.

There are many British Secret Intelligence Service personnel in the Political Department, whose purpose is to maintain British national security.

The Political Department was disbanded two years before the return of Hong Kong, and most people left Hong Kong. All data and files were removed, "it is like removing the retaining wall of a hillside."

After the reunification, the SAR government "has been dealing with increasingly complex and dangerous national security risks with a relatively simple maintenance of social security system." It believes that the government has "insufficient awareness of crisis and low awareness of danger", which exposes loopholes for many years and exposes external destructive forces. Constantly infiltrate, spread and grow.

Since last year, the central government has introduced a number of measures, including the implementation of the "Hong Kong National Security Law", the establishment of the Hong Kong National Security Agency, and the revision of the Hong Kong election system to implement "patriots ruling Hong Kong." Li Jiachao said that the destructive forces have been effectively curbed.

Regarding the future work of the Hong Kong government, he said that in addition to completing the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law as soon as possible, it is also necessary to combat terrorist activities and false information, maintain network security, and establish an effective intelligence system. At the same time, prevent, stop and punish it. "Prevent the resurgence of acts that endanger national security."

Li Jiachao delivered a speech at the "Hong Kong 01" 2021 Economic Summit Forum.

Liu Zhaojia: If an intelligence system is established, it must be connected to the mainland

Liu Zhaojia, vice chairman of the National Society for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, said that the threats of Hong Kong are completely different from those before the reunification. If an intelligence system is to be set up, it is expected that the functions are not exactly the same as those of the Political Department before the reunification.

Liu Zhaojia pointed out that before the reunification, the Political Department of the Hong Kong Government was affiliated to MI6, which was mainly responsible for responding to threats from the Chinese Communist Party and protecting the interests of the British Hong Kong government and the British government.

After the reunification, the situation is more complicated. The threat comes from the United States, Taiwan and other forces, and the scope is very large. Liu Zhaojia believes that the situation of the Political Department at that time could not handle the current complex environment.

Liu Zhaojia estimated that due to the complex environment, the Hong Kong intelligence system must be connected with the mainland intelligence system to share and exchange information with each other.

He mentioned that there are already similar ways of cooperation. For example, the Hong Kong National Security Law stipulates that the Hong Kong National Security Office is responsible for analyzing and judging the situation of the Special Zone in maintaining national security and providing opinions, supervising, guiding, coordinating, and supporting the Special Zone in fulfilling its national security duties, collecting and analyzing. National security intelligence information, therefore, also includes intelligence exchanges involving national security.

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Source: hk1

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