June 3, 2020

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she is committed to fully supporting and pushing forward the formulation of the national security law, and she condemned the US and the UK for their double-standards on the issue at a press briefing after she had met with senior central government officials in Beijing on Wednesday. 

The UK is closely following the US with further actions to meddle in China's national security legislation for HKSAR, and the UK foreign secretary even called on China to "step back from the brink" by threatening to form an international alliance to pressure China on Hong Kong affairs. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded, "We also advise the British side to step back from the brink." 

Lam arrived in Beijing together with Secretary of Justice Teresa Cheng, Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force Chris Tang and Secretary for Security John Lee on Tuesday, and met with Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng and other senior officials of the central government, including State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, and Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council Xia Baolong on Wednesday. 

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