President Hu to visit Hong Kong for 15th anniversary celebrations

BEIJING - Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Hong Kong from June 29 to July 1 to attend the ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, said a statement in Beijing on Sunday.

Hu, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, will also be present at the inauguration of the fourth Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, to be held at the anniversary ceremony, the statement said.