CY Leung exhorts Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to strengthen society’s love for China and safeguard national security

The forum where the former chief executive spoke is one of seven similar events that pro-Beijing groups have held since the start of this month

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Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, the vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, exhorted Hong Kong’s advisers to Beijing to do more youth outreach and strengthen society’s love for China. Photo: Felix Wong

Published: 7:17am, 10 Apr 2018Updated: 8:34am, 10 Apr 2018

At least seven seminars to spread key messages from China’s recently-concluded annual meetings of its top political advisory body and national legislature have been held in Hong Kong since the start of this month, and on Monday, former chief executive Leung Chun-ying took the stage at one of them.

With hundreds of guests watching, Leung, a vice-chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), exhorted the city’s advisers to Beijing to promote the Chinese constitution and the central government’s policies.

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He also urged them to safeguard national security, strengthen the love people had for China and Hong Kong and to increase youth outreach.

“The discipline of the meetings this year is particularly good … with delegates seriously scrutinising reports and actively delivering speeches,” Leung said at the forum organised by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce.

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Attendees included some of the city’s 200 or so CPPCC delegates, several of the 36 deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and business leaders.

The NPC had at the meetings passed historic constitutional changes, formally removing term limits to enable President Xi Jinping to stay on beyond 2023 and enshrining the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.