Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Office, may be in charge of the new C

(Hong Kong News) Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Office of the State Council of China, is reportedly in charge of the newly established Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and continues to coordinate Hong Kong and Macao work.

According to the report of the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" on Thursday (March 16), it is reported that Xia Baolong is likely to take charge of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Hong Kong and Macau Work Office and continue to work in charge of Hong Kong and Macau for a period of time.

Sources said that Xia Baolong was ordered during the turbulent period of Hong Kong, with clear work and was well trusted by Chinese officials.

In the reform plan of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday, the official reform plan of the CPC Central Committee announced that it will set up the Central Hong Kong and Macau Work Office, which will no longer retain the State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office to strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Communist Party of China on Hong Kong and Macao affairs.

Xia Baolong, 71, served as the official deputy of the then Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee during his tenure in Zhejiang in 2003.Xia Baolong was elected as the vice chairman and secretary -general of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 2018 and was promoted to the deputy national level.At that time, he was not selected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, but he was still elected vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and concurrently served as the secretary -general, which was quite rare.

During the anti -repair storm in Hong Kong in 2019, the Chinese State Council announced in February 2020 that Xia Baolong also served as the director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, while the former director Zhang Xiaoming was the deputy director.Xia Baolong also served as the executive deputy leader of the Central Hong Kong and Macau Working Leading Group.