Double happiness at the door! All walks of life in Hong Kong "Celebrate the Centenary of the Founding of the Party and Celebrate the Return of Hong Kong"

Source: Global Times

In the area of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, more than 200 five-star red flags and Hong Kong regional flags fluttered in the air. July 1 is the centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and the streets of Hong Kong are full of festive atmosphere.

According to Hong Kong's Oriental Daily on June 30, as Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and a number of officials went to Beijing to participate in the celebration of the centenary of the founding of the Party, Lee Ka-chiu, chief secretary for administration in Hong Kong, will lead other high-level officials to attend the flag-raising ceremony and celebration reception as acting chief executive on July 1 to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. According to the report, this year's flag-raising ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. on July 1 at the Golden Bauhinia Square opposite the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, during which police bands will play music and disciplined forces will salute in the air and at sea. The SAR government said that in view of the public health risks in recent days, there will be no public viewing area for the flag-raising ceremony on the same day. After the flag-raising ceremony, the HKSAR Government will hold a celebratory cocktail party in the Great Hall on the 3rd floor of the convention and exhibition, with Li Jiachao as the officiating of the cocktail party.

Before July 1st, various circles in Hong Kong have begun to hold a variety of activities, and the festive atmosphere has been overflowing in all districts of Hong Kong. A number of buses and trams were sprayed with congratulatory words such as "Celebrating the Centenary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and Celebrating the Return of Hong Kong". According to the summary of Hong Kong media, the "'Centennial Style' Hong Kong Youth Celebration 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and the 24th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland" sponsored by the Hong Kong Youth Activity Committee and the Hong Kong Celebration Committee from all walks of life was unveiled at the Hong Kong Gymnasium on the evening of the 30th, and more than 3,000 youth representatives from more than 400 youth groups watched the performance together. The evening party took the story of the struggle of young people in various eras in Hong Kong since 1840 as the starting point, and told the historical story of hong Kong and the country's honor and disgrace, so as to stimulate the national consciousness and patriotic spirit of Hong Kong youth in the new era and enhance the centripetal force of Hong Kong youth to the motherland.

On June 30, Hong Kong's am730 summarized the activity list for the days after July 1st - on July 1, the flag-raising ceremony and theatrical evening party will be held in various districts of Hong Kong, and the DAB will parade throughout the day, and two floats will tour the Hong Kong, Kowloon and new territories; from July 1 to 4, Tamar Park, Admiralty will hold the "Light and Shadow 3D Yao Wei Gang" light show; on July 3, the "Warm Years Congratulations on the Return to the Old Golden Melody Appreciation Meeting" will be held at the Suntech Community Hall; and on July 4, the Tsim Sha Tsui Neighborhood Welfare Association will be held" Yau Tsim Mong Women's Association Celebrates the Return of Hong Kong and The Cultural Show "... Colouring and painting competitions will also be organised in a number of districts, with various celebrations running into August, according to the celebration calendar website produced by the Information Service of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, with dozens of different evenings, sports competitions, film appreciation parties and community gift-giving events.

The day before July 1, June 30, coincided with the first anniversary of the implementation of Hong Kong's national security law. On June 29, the HKSAR Government held a national security lecture at the government headquarters, with Professor Wang Zhenmin of Tsinghua University Law School as the keynote speaker in the form of a video. At the lecture, Secretary for the Civil Service Nie Dequan revealed that the relevant training will be further strengthened, including the series of lectures on "Understanding constitutional order and safeguarding national security" from July to September. Mrs. Lam said in an interview that the national security law was like a "needle in the haystack" and that she and the officials sanctioned by the West were convinced that they had done a great thing for Hong Kong.

According to The Hong Kong "Bus Newspaper" reported on June 30, the Secretary for Education, Yang Runxiong, said that the first anniversary of the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law is also the day when the results of the "National Security Campus Poster Design Competition" and the "2021 National Security Education Day Online Q&A Competition" were announced, and he congratulated the winning students and their schools. Yang Runxiong posted on his Facebook homepage that the "Campus Poster Design Competition" has more than 740 students from 114 primary and secondary schools forming nearly 250 teams to participate in the "Online Quiz Competition", and more than 60,000 students in more than 450 primary and secondary schools have participated.

"The CCP is people-oriented, and its success is no accident," Hong Kong's Sing Tao Daily published an editorial on June 30 on the subject, saying that the supremacy of the people or the people-oriented party is one of the secrets of the success of this century-old party, and it is also a factor in its support from the Chinese people.