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Chinese vice-premier stresses shared duty in Hong Kong’s executive-led governance

South China Morning Post Business
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Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang emphasized Hong Kong’s executive-led governance as critical for aligning with China’s 15th five-year plan and deeper mainland integration during a March 2026 CPPCC meeting in Beijing. Ding called implementation a “shared responsibility,” requiring coordination between the chief executive, legislature, judiciary, and broader society, acknowledging the model’s challenges despite its necessity. He urged Hong Kong to leverage opportunities in quantum technology, aerospace, and the low-altitude economy, framing these sectors as priorities under the national development strategy. Local entrepreneurs were encouraged to actively engage in the Northern Metropolis project, signaling Beijing’s push for Hong Kong’s economic integration with mainland innovation hubs. The remarks underscore Beijing’s focus on unifying Hong Kong’s governance with national goals while stressing collective effort across institutions to ensure alignment.
Chinese vice-premier stresses shared duty in Hong Kong’s executive-led governance

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AdvertisementTwo Sessions 2026Hong KongPoliticsChinese vice-premier stresses shared duty in Hong Kong’s executive-led governanceDing Xuexiang calls the executive-led model vital for aligning the city with China’s five-year plan and national integration4-MIN READ4-MIN ListenMatthew Chengin Beijing,Lam Ka-singin BeijingandEdith Linin Hong KongPublished: 10:21am, 6 Mar 2026Updated: 5:14pm, 6 Mar 2026Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang has acknowledged it is no “easy task” to truly implement Hong Kong’s executive-led governance system, stressing that it must be a “shared responsibility” of the legislative and judicial branches and society as a whole.The state leader also urged the city to “grasp” the opportunities of China’s 15th five-year plan as he highlighted key areas such as quantum technology, aerospace and the low-altitude economy, while calling on local entrepreneurs to proactively participate in the development of the Northern Metropolis, according to attendees at a meeting with him on Friday.Ding, head of the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, said an executive-led governance system was “important and essential” for the city to align with China’s 15th five-year plan and advance its integration with the mainland.Advertisement“To genuinely implement [the executive-led system] is not easy,” Ding said on Friday at a two-hour meeting with Hong Kong and Macau members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top political advisory body.“It requires the chief executive and the government to strengthen their sense of being the head [of the city], and will need coordination from all sectors of society.”AdvertisementDing, the sixth-ranked Politburo Standing Committee member, added that putting the executive-led system into effect also required support from the legislature and judiciary.AdvertisementSelect VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x00:0000:001.00x

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