Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong This week marks the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s 1997 return to China, a state news agency said on Saturday, in its first trip outside the mainland since the start of the coronavirus pandemic 2 1/2 years ago.
Xi will also attend the inaugural meeting of the newly established government of the region. xinhua news agency Told. It did not give any indication of how long Xi would be in Hong Kong or other details.
Is Xi, who is the president and general secretary of the ruling Communist PartyWill visit Hong Kong at all for the anniversary this year due to the region’s struggle to control the increase in infections.
The anniversary follows the jailing of pro-democracy activists and a crackdown on political activity in Hong Kong, with warnings that the ruling party was ruining the region’s status as a global trade and financial hub.
Xi has not traveled outside mainland China since Xi’s official visit myanmar Shortly before acknowledging the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak in the central city of Beijing in January 2020 wuhan and began implementing travel controls.
Xi will also attend the inaugural meeting of the newly established government of the region. xinhua news agency Told. It did not give any indication of how long Xi would be in Hong Kong or other details.
Is Xi, who is the president and general secretary of the ruling Communist PartyWill visit Hong Kong at all for the anniversary this year due to the region’s struggle to control the increase in infections.
The anniversary follows the jailing of pro-democracy activists and a crackdown on political activity in Hong Kong, with warnings that the ruling party was ruining the region’s status as a global trade and financial hub.
Xi has not traveled outside mainland China since Xi’s official visit myanmar Shortly before acknowledging the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak in the central city of Beijing in January 2020 wuhan and began implementing travel controls.