President Hu Jintao attends
the opening ceremony of the Shenzhen Bay Port.
Chinese President Hu Jintao ended his three-day Hong Kong visit
Sunday and left here for Beijing via Shenzhen, a southern Chinese
city bordering Hong Kong, where he attended the opening ceremony of
the Shenzhen Bay Port, a border crossing between Shenzhen and Hong
Kong.
Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military
Commission, arrived in Hong Kong on Friday to attend the
celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to
China and the inauguration of the third-term government of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
On Sunday, Hu attended a gathering marking the anniversary and
the inaugural ceremony.
On Saturday evening, the president attended a welcoming banquet
given by the HKSAR government in his honor. He also watched a grand
variety show marking the return anniversary.
During his stay in Hong Kong, the president met with Tung
Chee-hwa, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese
People 's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Donald Tsang
Yam-kuen, HKSAR chief executive, and Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief
executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region.
Hu also met with leaders of the executive, legislative and
judicial arms of the HKSAR, representatives of all walks of life,
leaders of the central government organizations based in Hong Kong,
and senior executives of Hong Kong branches of mainland
enterprises.
The president reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army
garrison in HKSAR, and visited ordinary Hong Kong families during
his stay here.
Upon his departure at the border line at the Shenzhen Bay Port,
two Hong Kong children presented bouquets to the president and his
wife.
The president shook hands with those who saw him off and waved
farewell to the crowd.
Among Hu's entourage on the departure were Wang Gang, alternate
member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member
of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the
General Office of the CPC Central Committee; Sheng Huaren, vice
chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's
Congress (NPC); Tang Jiaxuan, state councilor; Liao Hui, vice
chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and director of the Hong
Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council; and Liang
Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of
General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Among those present at the Shenzhen Bay Port to see President Hu
off were HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his wife Selina
Tsang, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Li
Kwok-nang, Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang Ying-yen,
Financial Secretary Tsang Chun-wah, Secretary for Justice Wong Yan
Lung, President of the Legislative Council Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai,
and Leung Chun-ying, convenor of the non-official members of the
Executive Council.
(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2007)
