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President Xi meets with new CE and members of executive, legislature and judiciary (with photos/videos)
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     President Xi Jinping swore in the Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, and Principal Officials at a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the Inaugural Ceremony of the Sixth-term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region this morning (July 1).

     Shortly after the Inaugural Ceremony, President Xi met with the new Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, and members of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. They included the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Mr Andrew Cheung Kui-nung; the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki; the Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan; the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam Ting-kwok, SC; the President of the Legislative Council, Mr Andrew Leung; the Convenor of the Non-official Members of the Executive Council, Mrs Regina Ip, as well as the Principal Officials and Permanent Secretaries of the new term of Government.

     Accompanied by Mr Lee, President Xi took a group photograph with them.
 
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President Xi Jinping (third left) met with the new Chief Executive, Mr John Lee (second left), today (July 1) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and the Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Mr Ding Xuexiang (third right); Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, Mr Xia Baolong (second right); the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Luo Huining (first right); and the new Director of the Chief Executive's Office, Ms Carol Yip (first left), were also present.
President Xi Jinping (seventh right) is pictured with the new Chief Executive, Mr John Lee (seventh left), and members of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary today (July 1).

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President Xi meets with new CE
President Xi meets with members of executive, legislature and judiciary