On the eve of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, do you know the story behind it? On the eve of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. An Wenbin, deputy director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our party, and the chief negotiator of the British side negotiated the return of Hong Kong. Negotiations are conducted

On the eve of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, do you know the story behind it?

On the eve of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. An Wenbin, deputy director of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our party, and the chief negotiator of the British side negotiated the return of Hong Kong. Negotiations took place over a dozen rounds.

The British representative said: In 1984, the Sino-British joint statement proposed that Hong Kong be returned on July 1, but there was no specific time.

An Wenbin smiled: These few of us have been sitting here and talking for many months, isn't it to determine the specific details of Hong Kong's return and handover ceremony?

The Representative of the British Side said: We have reached consensus on so many issues, and I don't understand why you care so much about this detail. He insisted that the Flag would go down at 00:00 on July 1, and he thought that The British possession of Hong Kong would not end until that second.

An Wenbin insisted: "Raising the Chinese flag at 0 minutes and 0 seconds is our bottom line." This second is the end for you, it is the beginning for us, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, even in our most difficult times, we have always upheld and respected British rights in Hong Kong. But this year is different, 154 years, Hong Kong has returned to China, we don't want to, can't wait a second longer. ”

In the end, the British representative agreed to do as we said.

An Wenbin said to himself: Hong Kong's return to the motherland is a testimony to the shame of the Chinese nation, and every detail cannot be ignored, and he will certainly do his best to live up to his mission.

He took great care to arrange every detail.

The national anthem ends and the flag reaches the top. No mistake is allowed for a second in between. Let the flag raiser Zhu Tao must form muscle memory.

Two sets of programmes have also been prepared for later use. As a result, when the flag was raised, he saw that the time was a little slow, so he immediately started the second set of plans.

Finally, our five-star red flag of the People's Republic of China rose over Hong Kong at 0:00:00 on time.

The nations rejoice.

This is a clip from the movie "My Motherland and Me", and the ceremony was not seen on television that year. Now that I relive it in the movie, I still can't help but burst into tears.

When he saw the five-star red flag rising over Hong Kong, all the sons and daughters of China, all with tears in their eyes, in 154, he was away from his mother for 154 years, and finally returned to the embrace of the motherland.