
Chinese President Hu Jintao (1st R) shakes hands with Chief
Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Donald Tsang in
Hong Kong, south China on July 1, 2007. Hu left here for Shenzhen, a southern
Chinese city bordering Hong Kong, to end his visit to the HKSAR on Sunday.
HONG KONG, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao ended his
three-day Hong Kong visit Sunday and left here for Beijing via Shenzhen, a
southern Chinese city bordering Hong Kong, where he attended the opening
ceremony of the Shenzhen Bay Port, a border crossing between Shenzhen and Hong
Kong.
Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission, arrived in Hong
Kong on Friday to attend the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of Hong
Kong's return to China and the inauguration of the third-term government of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
On Sunday, Hu attended a gathering marking the anniversary and the
inaugural ceremony.
On Saturday evening, the president attended a welcoming banquet given by
the HKSAR government in his honor. He also watched a grand variety show marking
the return anniversary.
During his stay in Hong Kong, the president met with Tung Chee-hwa, vice
chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People 's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, HKSAR chief executive,
and Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Macao Special Administrative
Region.
Hu also met with leaders of the executive, legislative and judicial arms of
the HKSAR, representatives of all walks of life, leaders of the central
government organizations based in Hong Kong, and senior executives of Hong Kong
branches of mainland enterprises.
The president reviewed the Chinese People's Liberation Army garrison in
HKSAR, and visited ordinary Hong Kong families during his stay here.
Upon his departure at the borderline at the Shenzhen Bay Port, two Hong
Kong children presented bouquets to the president and his wife.
The president shook hands with those who saw him off and waved farewell to
the crowd.
Among Hu's entourage on the departure were Wang Gang, alternate member of
the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Secretariat of
the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central
Committee; Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress (NPC); Tang Jiaxuan, state councilor; Liao Hui, vice chairman
of the CPPCC National Committee and director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs
Office of the State Council; and Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military
Commission and chief of General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
Among those present at the Shenzhen Bay Port to see President Hu off were
HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang and his wife Selina Tsang, Chief Justice of
the Court of Final Appeal Andrew Li Kwok-nang, Chief Secretary for
Administration Henry Tang Ying-yen, Financial Secretary Tsang Chun-wah,
Secretary for Justice Wong Yanlung, President of the Legislative Council Rita
Fan Hsu Lai-tai, and Leung Chun-ying, convener of the non-official members of
the Executive Council.