BEIJING, Dec. 17, 2004(Xinhuanet) -- China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), explained here Friday that the anti-secession law it plans to enact will not be applicable to the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) of China.

　　"The draft law against secession is not applicable to the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR," said a senior lawmaker in charge of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the 10th NPC Standing Committee in an interview with Xinhua.

　　The 10th NPC Standing Committee will examine the draft anti-secession law at its 13th session scheduled for next week, according to the decision made at a chairmanship meeting of the Standing Committee held here Friday afternoon.