Xinhua reported that in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and on the nomination and suggestion of Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao, the State Council decided on August 4 to appoint Ou Zhiguang as the Secretary-General of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. , dismissed Chen Guoji as secretary-general of the Hong Kong SAR National Security Committee.
Li Jiachao said that Ou Zhiguang has been the Deputy Director of the Security Bureau for the past five years. He has national security awareness and is familiar with national security affairs. He is competent for the post of Secretary General. He will lead the Secretariat to support the National Security Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in undertaking the task of safeguarding national security. heavy responsibility.
Beijing promulgated and implemented the "Hong Kong National Security Law" in June 2020, which stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall establish a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region National Security Committee chaired by the Chief Executive, which is responsible for maintaining national security affairs, assumes the main responsibility for maintaining national security, and is supervised and questioned by the Central People's Government. responsibility.
The National Security Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has a secretariat headed by the secretary-general.
In July of the same year, Hong Kong established the Hong Kong National Security Committee, with the then Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor as the chairman and the then Chief Executive's Office Director Chen Guoji as the secretary-general.
After the change of the SAR government, Chen Guoji was promoted to Chief Secretary for Administration, and his post of Secretary General of the National Security Committee was replaced by former Deputy Secretary of the Security Bureau, Au Zhiguang.
Au Zhiguang, 63, joined the Hong Kong Police Force as a police officer in 1980 and was appointed as an inspector in 1986. After that, he rose through the ranks to become the Senior Assistant Commissioner of the Police Force.
He has served in a number of different departments within the Force, including the Director of Personnel and Training, and the Director of Crime and Security.
He served as Deputy Secretary for Security from 2017 to 2022.
Ou Zhiguang, deputy director of the Security Bureau, succeeded Chen Guoji as secretary-general of the National Security Commission and refused to comment