CHINA-HONGKONG: HONGKONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE EXPANDED TO ADD TWO NEW DEPARTMENTS

South China Morning Post (May 24) disclosed that Beijing’s top office overseeing Hong Kong affairs will be expanded to create two new departments covering national security and propaganda. Quoting multiple mainland Chinese sources, it said the new department responsible for national security affairs under the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO) will be led by former liaison office legal affairs director Wang Zhenmin. One of the spokesmen for the HKMAO who previously hosted press conferences, Yang Guang, is expected to head the department tasked with managing media outlets and public opinion in the city. It said another source said the new propaganda department would take up part of the work from the office’s liaison department and cater to the increasing needs to disseminate official information, strengthen the delivery of press conferences, approve and coordinate the Hong Kong and Macau journalists on the mainland, and “manage the media scene” in the two administrative regions. Currently, there are seven departments in the HKMAO, secretary and administration, general affairs, policy and research, liaison, exchange and cooperation, law, and institutional party committee (personnel).





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