Other countries should not make random comments on HK affairs
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-27 22:18
Other countries should not make random comments about Hong Kong affairs, said
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao in Beijing Wednesday
in response to the British Foreign Ministry's six-monthly Report on Hong Kong
Affairs.
The British Foreign Ministry submitted a six-monthly report to the British
Parliament covering the constitutional development of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (SAR) from January 1, 2006 to June 30, 2006.
Since Hong Kong's return to China in 1997, its constitutional development and
the development of a democratic system have progressed steadily, Liu said.
"Hong Kong residents are enjoying unprecedented democratic rights legally
granted to them," he added.
The Chinese government has fully implemented the principles of "One Country,
Two Systems", "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" and a high degree of
autonomy since Hong Kong's return to China. All basic freedoms and rights
legally granted to Hong Kong residents have also been fully guaranteed.
Liu said the Chinese central government has always supported the Hong Kong
SAR's step by step development of a democratic system in line with its actual
situation according to the Basic Law.
"Hong Kong affairs are China's domestic affairs, and foreign governments
should not make random comments about them," he
stressed.
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