Luo Huining stepped down as the director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, the national security affairs adviser of the National Security Commission, and the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office.
However, when the State Council announced today (14th) that Zheng Yanxiong took over the first two positions, it did not announce that he was also the deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. Liu Zhaojia, a consultant of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macau Studies, pointed out that it is not clear whether the "concurrent appointment" has changed, and it still needs to be left. Central will announce at a later date.
Liu Zhaojia pointed out that the practice of the director of the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central People's Government concurrently serving as the key deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office only appeared after the social riots in 2019. At that time, Hong Kong needed to "stop the violence and chaos". For non-political and national security work, the coordination work can be carried out in the "Central Hong Kong and Macau Work Leading Group", and it is considered that it is of little practical significance whether to concurrently hold important positions in the two offices.
"Concurrent Arrangement" During Luo Huining's tenure, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office was promoted to lead the Central Liaison Office
The "concurrent arrangement" emerged during Luo Huining's tenure. In February 2020, Xia Baolong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was appointed as the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. The outside world regards it as "the central government has perfected the organizational structure for governing Hong Kong."
Zhang Xiaoming, the former director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, "changed from principal to deputy", with the purpose of upgrading the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, and changing it to a high-level leadership with "one deputy at the national level and three at the ministerial level". The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Liaison Office are no longer "level The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office has changed from a previous "coordination function" to a "substantial leadership function".
Liu Zhaojia: It is of little practical significance to deal with non-political work "concurrently" in the future
Liu Zhaojia pointed out that it is unknown whether the "part-time arrangement" will be maintained, and Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, also pointed out that he is not sure.
Liu Zhaojia pointed out that even if he no longer serves concurrently, the coordination work can still be handled by the "Central Hong Kong and Macau Work Leading Group".
The group is headed by the Politburo Standing Committee as usual. The current head is Vice Premier Han Zheng and Xia Baolong is the deputy head. Its members include the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Liaison Office.
Zheng Yanxiong, who set a precedent, is neither a member nor an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Another point worth noting is that in the past, the directors of the Liaison Office were all members or alternate members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, but Zheng Yanxiong was neither a member nor an alternate member of the Central Committee.
Liu Zhaojia said that the Liaison Office of the Central Government is the executive body of the central government in Hong Kong, not a decision-making body. Whether the director of the Liaison Office is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China does not affect the work and status of the Liaison Office.
Tam Yaozong pointed out that the director of the Liaison Office does not have to be a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He also believed that Zheng Yanxiong had worked in Guangdong for a long time before becoming the director of the National Security Office. He was also very familiar with the situation in Hong Kong in the past two years.
Zheng Yanxiong.
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