Hong Kong Liaison Office
organ of the Central People's Government (State Council) of China in Hong Kong
The Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LOCPG HK) is the representative office of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong. It is located in Sai Wan, Hong Kong Island. Under the system "one institution with two names," it also holds the alternative name of the Hong Kong Work Committee of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
The Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch was established in May 1947, and acted as the unofficial representative of the government of China in Hong Kong until the handover of Hong Kong, in 1997. On 18 January 2000, the Hong Kong Branch transferred all its work except news to the newly established Hong Kong Liaison Office.
The Liaison Office is one of the four agencies of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, the other three being the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (responsible for Hong Kong's foreign affairs), the People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison (responsible for Hong Kong's defense) and the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong (responsible for Hong Kong's national security affairs). The Liaison Office has three offices in mainland China, namely the Guangdong Liaison Office (located in Guangzhou), the Shenzhen Liaison Office and the Beijing Office.
History
Origins
The office was established in May 1947 under the name Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch and was the de facto mission to Hong Kong when the city was under British colonial rule. The Liaison Office was established in 2000 to take on the liaison functions of Xinhua. It succeeded Xinhua to promote the pro-Beijing united front and coordinate with the pro-Beijing camp, mobilising supporters to vote for "patriotic" political parties and clandestinely orchestrating electoral campaigns.
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