Incoming HK chief 's election 'deserved'

President says Lam matches Beijing's 'longtime standard' for leader of SAR

Beijing will not waiver in the principle of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong and will fully support the newly appointed chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and her government to govern according to law, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

Xi made the remark when meeting Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor - who will take office as the fifth-term chief executive of the SAR on July 1 - at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in central Beijing.