The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Li Jiachao's timetable for the legislation of Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law. He pointed out in the second policy report during his tenure that he would complete the legislation in 2024.
Comprehensive Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily, and Hong Kong Radio and other Hong Kong media reported that during the study of the political report on Wednesday (October 25), the Li family said that Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the SAR shall prohibit the harm of national security by themselves.Behavior and activities.Article 7 of the Hong Kong National Security Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Government shall complete the maintenance of national security legislation stipulated in the basic law as soon as possible and improve relevant laws.To this end, we are fully studying the effective legislative plan, implementing the constitutional responsibility of the Hong Kong government's practice, and completing the legislation within 2024.
Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law stipulates that Hong Kong should legislate "prohibit any rebellion, split the country, incite the rebellion, subvert the central people's government, and steal the secrets of the state."
The Hong Kong Government proposed a draft in 2003 to legislate, but the legislative process caused huge controversy, and eventually the official withdrawn the draft.
Faced with the continuous increase in global network attack risks, Li Jiachao also suggested to improve key infrastructure, including network security protection of energy, communications, transportation, and financial institutions, and submitted a draft legislation to the Legislative Council in 2024.
