Beijing committed to building a better future for Hong Kong

Since its reunification with the motherland in 1997, Hong Kong has institutionally secured the Chinese mainland as a great platform for its development. Which is a completely new phenomenon for Hong Kong.

Under British colonial rule, Chinese people living in Hong Kong were treated as second-class residents and enjoyed little or none of the democratic rights that United Kingdom citizens had.

After Hong Kong's return to China, the central government made it a special administrative region (SAR) under the "one country, two systems" framework. One country means the region has integrated into China, while "two systems" means the region can follow another economic system to help Hong Kong people maintain their lifestyle for 50 years, as long as the country's sovereignty and security is not questioned and the bottom line of one country is not challenged, let alone violated.