State Council appoints officials for central gov't national security office in HKSAR

A ship carrying the slogan of "celebrating the passage of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)" sails at the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, south China, July 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The State Council on Friday appointed Zheng Yanxiong as head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).

Li Jiangzhou and Sun Qingye were appointed as deputy heads of the office.  ■