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the HKSAR, and to make this package of legal measures more complete, the
Standing Committee will make revisions to the relevant law on the basis of
that decision.

The NPC will stand firm in safeguarding China’s sovereignty, security,

and development interests in accordance with the law. We will continue to
perform our legally mandated duties and provide legal safeguards for
ensuring constitutional order in Hong Kong, countering forces seeking “Hong
Kong independence,” ensuring that it is those who love our country that
administer Hong Kong, and maintaining long-term prosperity and stability in
the region.

We promoted the spirit of the Constitution.

According to the decision and plan of the CPC Central Committee and the
provisions of the Constitution, the Standing Committee made a decision,
which was followed by President Xi Jinping’s signing of a presidential order,
to award Zhong Nanshan the Medal of the Republic, and award Zhang Boli,
Zhang Dingyu, and Chen Wei the national honorary title of People’s Hero in
order to commend their noble character and outstanding achievements.

We organized six ceremonies for 23 officials to publicly pledge allegiance

to the Constitution as they took office in order to guide public servants to
raise their awareness of the Constitution, uphold its principles, and fulfill the
missions entrusted to them therein.

We organized activities and held a symposium for the seventh National
Constitution Day in an effort to foster a positive environment for honoring,
studying, observing, upholding, and applying the Constitution throughout
society.

We conducted constitutionality reviews and put on record and reviewed
normative documents.

We responded to Constitution-related concerns and worked to ensure all
laws, regulations, and policies comply with the Constitution both in letter and
in spirit. In 2020, we received a total of 1,310 pieces of legislation submitted
for recordkeeping and examined them one by one. These included
administrative regulations, local statutes, autonomous regulations and
locally-specific regulations, regulations for special economic zones, judicial
interpretations, and laws of special administrative regions.

We reviewed normative documents and carried out focused overhauls
covering epidemic containment, wildlife protection, implementation of the
Civil Code, food and drug safety, and the business environment. We

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