The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government is included in Article 23 of the Basic Law in the current legislative agenda.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily Ming Daily and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" reported that there were 29 bills in the 2024 Legislative agenda submitted to the Legislative Council on Friday (January 12).It is responsible for maintaining the draft national security regulations.
The revised agenda of the various laws of the Hong Kong Government specifies the plan to submit a draft to the Legislative Council in the first half of the year or the second half of the year.The other 28 items were clearly listed in the first half of the year or the second half of the year.In this regard, the Hong Kong Government said that the draft regulations and submission time to be submitted may make changes to the progress and situation of the work formula.
In addition, according to the legislative agenda, the Hong Kong Security Bureau also plans to submit a draft of cyber security (critical infrastructure) regulations in the second half of the year, setting the network security responsibility of key infrastructure operators, and strengthening the challenge to resist network security challengestoughness.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao mentioned in the governance report released last year that in the face of the continuous increase in global network attack risks, the Hong Kong government will focus on improving key infrastructure (including energy, communication, transportation, financial institutions, etc.)Cyber security protection.
Li Jiachao reiterated in the interview with the Hong Kong News Agency last month that the Hong Kong Government will complete the legislation of Article 23 of the Basic Law within this year to ensure that it can effectively respond to the past and current national security risks.And threatening, at the same time, it is necessary to have enough forward -looking, in order to deal with the risks that may occur in the future, and it must be practical in implementation.
Li Jiachao said that the Hong Kong government will actively use the constitutional responsibility of the legislation to the citizens of Hong Kong and overseas people to explain the content of the legislation, as well as the content of various legislative proposals and the factors that need to be considered.Fully protect the rights and freedoms enjoyed by Hong Kong residents in accordance with the law.
