News outlets in Hong Kong have made unconfirmed reports that Ding Xuexiang, recently described as President Xi’s “most trusted aide”, will take over from Han Zheng.
Politics
An administrative restructuring will see the bureau that handles the city report to top leaders instead of the State Council, says an official report on institutional reform.
Zheng Xincong of the central government made the remark at a meeting yesterday to discuss the outcome of the recently concluded Two Sessions in Beijing.
Top official responds to concerns that the use of Portuguese has been lagging in judicial and administrative circles.
The nation’s new premier says the central government will be supporting Macao’s further alignment with national development plans.
The president of Macao’s legislature, and Macao’s longest-serving legislator, becomes the sole Macao member on the committee.
The man has been denied bail and if found guilty faces up to 10 years in jail under Hong Kong’s national security legislation.
In an interview with the CGTN television network, the billionaire CPPCC member says being international ‘does not mean that we become just part of them’.
Delegates in Beijing for the annual ‘two sessions’ gatherings are told that the central government will work to develop the local economy.