NPC adopts law on safeguarding national security in HK
(WorldNews China)

China`s top legislative body on Tuesday unanimously passed the national security law for Hong Kong. President Xi Jinping signed a presidential order to promulgate the law, which takes effect immediately. The 163 members of the Standing Committee of the National People`s Congress began the second deliberation of the bill during its 20th session in Beijing from Sunday to Tuesday and adopted the Law of the People`s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The meeting, which closed on Tuesday afternoon, also adopted a decision to add the law to Annex III of the HKSAR Basic Law. The law clearly defines the duties and government bodies of...