Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office
Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council | |||
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Simplified Chinese | 国务院港澳事务办公室 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 國務院港澳事務辦公室 | ||
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Office of the Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs | |||
Simplified Chinese | 中央港澳工作协调小组办公室 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 中央港澳工作協調小組辦公室 | ||
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Commonly abbreviated as | |||
Simplified Chinese | 港澳办 | ||
Traditional Chinese | 港澳辦 | ||
Literal meaning | Hong Kong & Macau Office | ||
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Politics of China |
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The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council is an administrative agency of the State Council of the People's Republic of China responsible for promoting cooperation and coordination of political, economic and cultural ties between Mainland China and the Chinese Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.[1]
Its head office is in Xicheng District, Beijing.[2]
Administration[]
The agency was established in 1978, and has been headed by the Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. There are deputy directors which assist the director in running the office.
The agency answers to the State Council of the People's Republic of China as well as the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs of the Communist Party of China.
List of directors[]
- Liao Chengzhi (1978–1983)
- Ji Pengfei (1983–1990)
- Lu Ping (1990–1997)
- Liao Hui (1997–2010)
- Wang Guangya (2010–2017)[3]
- Zhang Xiaoming (2017–2020)
- Xia Baolong (2020-present)[4]
Current director Xia Baolong also holds the position of Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, becoming the highest-ranking official to hold the office in a decade.[5] Zhang Xiaoming was replaced by Xia and became deputy director of the office.[6]
Department structure[]
- Department of Secretary and Administration
- Department of General Affairs
- Department of Policy and Research
- Department of Liaison
- Department of Exchange and Cooperation
- Department of Law
- Institutional Party Committee (Department of Personnel)
The office's Deputy Director, from December 2018, is Deng Zhonghua, a lawyer, born 1961. Deng replaced Feng Wei, born September 1957 and seen by the Hong Kong democratic camp as someone they could talk with.[citation needed] His retirement was delayed by a year so that he could handle Beijing's concerns about 'independence' advocates in Hong Kong.
From June 2017, discipline inspection within the office is handled by Pan Shengzhou.[7][8]
History[]
The HKMAO issued a statement against pro-democracy figures who organized primaries for the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2020, saying that it was "an unlawful manipulation of Hong Kong elections" and a "blatant challenge" to the Basic Law, despite the Basic Law's Article 68 stating that the ultimate goal is to have universal suffrage for all members of the Legislative Council.[9]
See also[]
- Central Coordination Group for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs
- Hong Kong Affairs Adviser
- Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region
- Taiwan Affairs Office
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2009-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ {cite web|url=https://www.hmo.gov.cn/gab/lxwm/%7Ctitle=联系我们%7Cpublisher=Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office|accessdate=2021-08-24|quote=北京市西城区月坛南街77号 邮政编码: 100045}}
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2009-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "HKMAO chief Zhang Xiaoming demoted". RTHK. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Who runs Hong Kong: party faithful shipped in to carry out Beijing's will". the Guardian. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "China replaces head of its Hong Kong and Macau affairs office". Reuters. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Deputy director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office steps down, a year late, SCMP, 29 December 2018
- ^ Top Beijing official delays retirement to help rein in pro-independence calls in Hong Kong, SCMP, 04 October, 2018
- ^ "What sparked Hong Kong's biggest mass arrests under national security law?". South China Morning Post. 2021-01-06. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
External links[]
- Website of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (in Chinese)
- State Council of the People's Republic of China
- Government agencies of China
- 1978 establishments in China
- Government agencies established in 1978