https://www.scmp.com/rss/187424/feed Born in 1946, Liaoning native Zhang studied the Korean language at Yanbian University and obtained an economics degree from North Korea's Kim Il-sung University in 1978. He was Jilin Province party chief 1995-1998 and then became Zhejiang party chief. His next move was to Guangdong in 2002, as party chief there. Zhang was appointed vice premier in 2008, overseeing China's energy, telecommunications, and transportation industries. He was appointed to lead Chongqing's party committee in March 2012... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Orange Wang,Holly Chik Orange Wang,Holly Chik Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a wreath to the funeral on Friday of Chen-ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist who died in Beijing last Saturday at the age of 103. Cai Qi, the president’s chief of staff, was also among the Communist Party dignitaries to offer floral tributes for the ceremony at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in western Beijing, where many of the country’s leaders are interred. The farewell ceremony began at around 9am, with the late professor draped in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330306/china-bids-farewell-nobel-prize-winning-physicist-chen-ning-yang?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:29:50 +0000 Daniel Ren Daniel Ren Efforts by the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) industry to reduce consumer anxiety about driving ranges have pitted battery swapping technology against ultra-fast charging capabilities, even though both save time for drivers. “Carmakers and consumers now have two options as they choose which kind of EVs to buy,” said Davis Zhang, a senior executive at Suzhou Hazardtex, a supplier of specialised batteries, in an interview last week. “Each of the technologies has its own advantages and... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3308726/chinese-ev-industry-pits-battery-swapping-technology-against-ultra-fast-charging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3308726/chinese-ev-industry-pits-battery-swapping-technology-against-ultra-fast-charging?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 May 2025 12:09:07 +0000 Daniel Ren Daniel Ren Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery producer, plans to ramp up construction of battery-swapping stations across mainland China after it reported a 33 per cent profit jump. The company, based in Ningde, in east China’s Fujian province, will partner with oil giant Sinopec Group and smart EV assembler Nio to create a charging network covering the mainland, it said in a filing with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Monday. In addition, the company... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3306563/chinas-ev-battery-king-catl-joins-sinopec-build-swapping-station-network?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3306563/chinas-ev-battery-king-catl-joins-sinopec-build-swapping-station-network?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:39:59 +0000 Hong Kong would continue to play a crucial role as China opens up economically, the country’s No 3 ­official said on Saturday, stressing that the central government would never forget the city’s “historic contribution” to the nation’s development. Striking an optimistic note ­despite recent tensions over pro-independence movements in the city and the controversial enforcement of mainland laws in the West Kowloon high-speed train terminal, Zhang Dejiang said China needed Hong Kong and would... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131848/china-still-needs-hong-kong-its-development-says-no-3-leader?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131848/china-still-needs-hong-kong-its-development-says-no-3-leader?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Feb 2018 05:30:15 +0000 Here’s an old story worth retelling: 20 years ago, when Tung Chee-hwa was sworn in as Hong Kong’s first post-1997 leader, along with his cabinet, there was someone on stage who was not his first choice. That was Elsie Leung Oi-sie, the first secretary for justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government. As it happened, Leung went on to become one of Tung’s most trusted confidantes, and the two faced many tough times together. It was understood then that Tung had decided to pick... https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/2096824/why-beijing-wants-bigger-say-ever-who-makes-hong-kongs-dream-team?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/article/2096824/why-beijing-wants-bigger-say-ever-who-makes-hong-kongs-dream-team?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jun 2017 08:31:00 +0000 Looks like Zhang Dejiang (張德江), Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong and Macau affairs, chairman of the National People’s Congress and No 3 in the Beijing power “core”, is really hard-core on dealing with Hongkongers. With his stern warnings in Beijing just over a week ago, he seems a man on a mission to squash those “advocating” independence in Hong Kong and thus bringing all Hongkongers down with them. His comments ahead of the 20th anniversary of the handover – an elaborate declaration of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096645/carrie-lam-cusp-power-beijing-must-bridge-gulf-mistrust-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096645/carrie-lam-cusp-power-beijing-must-bridge-gulf-mistrust-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jun 2017 03:02:24 +0000 When Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor takes the oath as Hong Kong’s next chief executive presumably before President Xi Jinping on July 1, the city she governs will face a sovereign state that has signalled it wants a firmer say in how it is run. That was the conclusion many came to when they heard Zhang Dejiang, the third highest-ranking state leader and head of the Communist Party’s coordination group on Hong Kong affairs, giving a tough prescription last week for the way forward. It was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2096227/what-more-does-china-want-hong-kong-20-years-handover?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2096227/what-more-does-china-want-hong-kong-20-years-handover?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 May 2017 10:00:45 +0000 Beijing is getting tough on Hong Kong ahead of the 20th anniversary of the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty. Last week, Zhang Dejiang (張德江), head of the National People’s Congress and China’s No 3 official, offered a carrot. Then, at the weekend, he took out a stick. Earlier, Zhang told a delegation of senior Hong Kong business representatives in Beijing that the “key mission” of the incoming administration of Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was to focus on improving people’s livelihoods. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096037/hong-kong-should-batten-down-hatches-another-round-political?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2096037/hong-kong-should-batten-down-hatches-another-round-political?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 May 2017 17:26:24 +0000 Beijing’s top adviser on Hong Kong’s Basic Law caused confusion on Saturday by giving a high-profile speech to top central government leaders in which she ditched passages detailing the city’s rights and freedoms. Elsie Leung Oi-sie, a former Hong Kong justice secretary, was the first to speak at the event at the Great Hall of the People, in the capital. Zhang Dejiang announces Beijing’s plans to tighten grip on Hong Kong Copies of the speech had been handed to the 170-plus people at the venue.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095935/beijings-basic-law-adviser-gives-speech-top-leaders-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095935/beijings-basic-law-adviser-gives-speech-top-leaders-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2017 08:13:04 +0000 China’s No 3 state leader on Saturday warned Hong Kong not to confront the central government over the “high degree of autonomy” it was promised and that it must enact its own national security laws, as he laid down Beijing’s sternest and most detailed strategy for the city in recent years. Zhang Dejiang announced that Beijing would “go into further details” about consolidating its sovereignty over Hong Kong in several areas, such as the pace of political reform, its power over the chief... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095923/chinese-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-details-beijings-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2095923/chinese-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-details-beijings-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 May 2017 04:45:00 +0000 Beijing has not shied away from praising Macau as a better model of “one country, two systems”. From keeping the house in order to enacting laws to protect national security, our neighbour has arguably done a better job than Hong Kong over the past 18 years. While there is certainly room for us to do better, the circumstances of the two special administrative regions are vastly different. Hong Kong cannot be expected to emulate what its neighbour has managed to deliver. Unlike in some places... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2094187/zhang-dejiangs-message-macau-had-hong-kong-mind?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2094187/zhang-dejiangs-message-macau-had-hong-kong-mind?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 May 2017 17:07:06 +0000 It has become a ritual for visiting state leaders to praise Macau at the expense of Hong Kong. For the central government, the former Portuguese enclave has been the model son while we are the wayward, ill-behaved one ever since the two cities were returned to China by their respective colonial powers. Some of us who are old enough can still remember an embarrassed Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, and other policy bureau chiefs, being lined up and lectured to by former president... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093841/lecture-beijing-hong-kong-should-not-ignore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2093841/lecture-beijing-hong-kong-should-not-ignore?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2017 16:31:03 +0000 China’s No 3 official has warned educators in the former Portuguese enclave of Macau against “instilling selfish desires and evil thoughts” into the minds of young people, in comments quickly labelled a veiled attack on the spread of pro-independence sentiment at schools and universities in neighbouring Hong Kong. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of China’s national legislature, was speaking a day after he heaped praise on Macau for its patriotism and regard for national security, holding up the special... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2093759/chinas-no-3-official-warns-macau-teachers-against-spreading?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2093759/chinas-no-3-official-warns-macau-teachers-against-spreading?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 May 2017 06:37:48 +0000 China’s No 3 official began a three-day visit to Macau by urging the casino city to boost its governance and efficiency at a critical stage of economic transformation. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People’s Congress and the top official in charge of Hong Kong and Macau affairs, said he was in the former Portuguese enclave to experience and inspect the city’s robust development and offer encouragement on behalf of Beijing. “The overall situation of Macau is good but it still faces... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2093417/macau-critical-stage-has-beijings-full-support-zhang-dejiang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2093417/macau-critical-stage-has-beijings-full-support-zhang-dejiang?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 May 2017 06:50:37 +0000 China’s No 3 leader Zhang Dejiang is expected to make a “major announcement” when he visits Macau for two days early next month. It will be his last trip to either of China’s two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau, before a key Communist Party gathering later this year. Sources in the casino hub with knowledge of the visit said the head of the National People’s Congress would make an important announcement during the visit, expected to take place between May 8 and 10. Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2091487/chinese-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-visit-macau-early-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2091487/chinese-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-visit-macau-early-next?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:15:00 +0000 The head of China’s top legislature has warned Hong Kong against challenging the bottom-line of national sovereignty or over-politicising issues, cautioning that the city’s economic prowess could be surpassed by neighbouring city Shenzhen in just two years. National People’s Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang also urged Hong Kong to “seize opportunities” that Beijing has reserved for the city in the nation’s “fast-track development”, as countries around the world scramble for such favours. At an... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2076389/national-peoples-congress-head-urges-hong-kong-focus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2076389/national-peoples-congress-head-urges-hong-kong-focus?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2017 06:30:30 +0000 National People’s Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang is set to give another keynote address on Hong Kong issues on Monday morning, two days after he told the city’s advisers to Beijing that the central government enjoyed a “substantive” power to appoint Hong Kong’s chief executive. Zhang, the Communist Party’s No 3 official and the state leader overseeing Hong Kong affairs, began his meeting with the city’s 36 deputies to the national legislature at the Great Hall of the People at 9am. He will... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2076321/state-leader-zhang-dejiang-give-keynote-speech-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2076321/state-leader-zhang-dejiang-give-keynote-speech-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Mar 2017 02:10:09 +0000 Two Chinese state leaders were in Shenzhen earlier this week to inform Hong Kong’s Beijing loyalists of the decision made over Christmas by the Communist Party’s highest body to back Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor in the chief executive election. Amid speculation that Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong does not represent the stance of the central government, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People’s Congress, told leaders of business chambers and pro-establishment figures that Lam was... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2069217/two-chinese-state-leaders-reveal-beijings-backing-carrie-lam?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2069217/two-chinese-state-leaders-reveal-beijings-backing-carrie-lam?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:30:45 +0000 The mainland’s No 3 official Zhang Dejiang has met Hong Kong business heavyweights and local deputies to national bodies in Shenzhen at a critical juncture as the nomination period for the city’s leadership election is set to begin next Tuesday. A source with knowledge of the matter said that Zhang, the National People’s Congress chairman who is also the state leader overseeing Hong Kong affairs, met representatives of the city’s five largest business chambers on Sunday. Sun Chunlan, head of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2068373/state-leader-zhang-dejiang-meets-hong-kong-politicians-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2068373/state-leader-zhang-dejiang-meets-hong-kong-politicians-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Feb 2017 03:45:30 +0000 The mainland’s No 3 official on Thursday held a closed-door meeting in Beijing with Hong Kong’s outgoing leader, Leung Chun-ying, whose shock decision not to seek a second term was followed by a new opinion poll recording the city’s highest level of trust in the central government in five years. Two days into his final annual duty visit to the nation’s capital, some of Leung’s limelight was stolen by his No 2 official, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. She attracted a media frenzy on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2056533/carrie-lam-denies-beijing-visit-chief-executive-bid-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2056533/carrie-lam-denies-beijing-visit-chief-executive-bid-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Dec 2016 04:37:39 +0000 Beijing will step into an oath-taking controversy and rule in the row involving two pro-independence lawmakers that has landed in a Hong Kong court, a Basic Law Committee member has confirmed after several days of speculation. Maria Tam Wai-chu told the media on Friday the leadership of the National People’s Congress would move to seek an interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution, which says lawmakers must swear allegiance to Hong Kong as an inalienable part of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2042976/beijing-confirms-it-will-interpret-basic-law-over-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2042976/beijing-confirms-it-will-interpret-basic-law-over-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Nov 2016 04:00:45 +0000 The country’s vice-president has called on Hong Kong’s civil servants to be mindful of the “overall situation” in the city and stay committed to their duties, a senior local official leading a delegation in Beijing said. Secretary for Civil Service Clement Cheung Wan-ching, leading an 11-member delegation of senior local officials in the capital as part of a “national studies” trip, made the remarks after a 45-minute meeting with Li Yuanchao in the Great Hall of the People on Tuesday. Cheung... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2028858/how-zhang-dejiangs-meeting-hong-kong-delegation-shows-beijings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/2028858/how-zhang-dejiangs-meeting-hong-kong-delegation-shows-beijings?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Oct 2016 23:00:15 +0000 The civil service minister and a delegation of permanent secretaries and heads will meet the country’s third highest-ranking official during a visit to the State Council-run training academy, according to reports. The group took off for Beijing from Hong Kong on Sunday to attend a “national studies course and visit” at the Chinese Academy of Governance. According to RTHK, National People’s Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang, the Communist Party’s third highest-ranking official, will receive... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2028562/high-ranking-hong-kong-delegation-meet-number-three-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2028562/high-ranking-hong-kong-delegation-meet-number-three-mainland?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:03:26 +0000 A who’s who of Hongkongers were among hundreds who paid tribute on Thursday at the funeral of late billionaire Cheng Yu-tung, the city’s third-richest man. They praised Cheng for his generosity and patriotism, hailing his support for the younger generation in particular. The city’s top political leaders and business tycoons were among eight pall-bearers for Cheng, who died on September 29 at the age of 91. They included Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2027726/hundreds-pay-tribute-funeral-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2027726/hundreds-pay-tribute-funeral-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Oct 2016 06:00:45 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/asia-buzz/article/2023376/powering-delta-graphic?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/asia-buzz/article/2023376/powering-delta-graphic?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 28 Sep 2016 09:47:10 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/photos/today-photos/article/1947455/pictures-10-top-moments-zhang-dejiangs-hong-kong-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/photos/today-photos/article/1947455/pictures-10-top-moments-zhang-dejiangs-hong-kong-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 19 May 2016 12:19:29 +0000 One of the multinational public relations firms that was reportedly making pitches to Beijing for an image makeover has offered a piece of advice to Zhang Dejiang (張德江), the state leader scheduled to arrive in Hong Kong on Tuesday – convey political messages in a way that can relate to the people. Rachel Catanach, senior vice-president at FleishmanHillard Hong Kong, said: “It’s safe to assume the Hong Kong audience will be looking for answers on a variety of local issues, including Beijing’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1945097/hard-sell-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-gets-pr-tips-ahead-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1945097/hard-sell-state-leader-zhang-dejiang-gets-pr-tips-ahead-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 May 2016 13:31:35 +0000 Construction work in Wan Chai will be suspended for four days next week as part of security measures officials deem necessary for state leader Zhang Dejiang’s three-day visit to Hong Kong. The Central-Wan Chai Bypass and Sha Tin to Central Link construction sites are located near the Convention and Exhibition Centre – where Zhang is to deliver a keynote speech at the Belt and Road Summit – and the Grand Hyatt, where he is booked to stay from May 17 to 19. The Highways Department confirmed that... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1944492/hold-construction-hong-kong-officials-halt-works-wan-chai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1944492/hold-construction-hong-kong-officials-halt-works-wan-chai?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 May 2016 04:00:15 +0000 State leader Zhang Dejiang is to visit Science Park and a public housing estate during his three-day visit in Hong Kong next week, thePost has learned. A source close to the matter said Police Commissioner Stephen Lo Wai-chung and his assistants met mainland security authorities in Shenzhen on Tuesday night. Both parties finalised the itinerary and security plan for Zhang, the chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, who is to land at Hong Kong International Airport around... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1944452/zhang-dejiang-visit-hong-kong-housing-estate-during-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1944452/zhang-dejiang-visit-hong-kong-housing-estate-during-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 May 2016 14:00:00 +0000 Four pan-democrat legislators, along with six from pro-Beijing parties, have been invited to a short meeting with state leader Zhang Dejiang next Wednesday. It would be the first meeting between the pan-democrats and Beijing officials since the sides met in Shenzhen on political reform in May last year. The meeting is scheduled before a banquet with Zhang on May 18 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. According to invited lawmakers, it would be a pre-dinner cocktail reception... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943929/hong-kong-pan-democrats-set-meet-state-leader-zhang-dejiang?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943929/hong-kong-pan-democrats-set-meet-state-leader-zhang-dejiang?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 May 2016 14:12:04 +0000 Hong Kong’s largest business chamber is confident about the city’s economic outlook despite talk of woes over the border. The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday the mainland’s economic growth and government debt ratio were still in better shape than those of Japan and the United States, and that the city would benefit from Beijing’s national development plans such as the One Belt, One Road initiative. This came after People’s Daily quoted an “authoritative” figure on Monday as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943453/largest-hong-kong-chamber-commerce-bullish-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943453/largest-hong-kong-chamber-commerce-bullish-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 May 2016 13:45:57 +0000 A top state leader’s participation in a New Silk Road forum to be held in the city next week shows the central government’s “care and love” for the special administrative region, according to a member of a Beijing think tank. Zhang Dejiang, who chairs the National People’s Congress Standing Committee and oversees Hong Kong’s affairs, will arrive in the city on Tuesday next week He will attend a seminal summit on the “One Belt, One Road” initiative at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943001/zhang-dejiangs-visit-shows-beijings-care-and-love-city-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1943001/zhang-dejiangs-visit-shows-beijings-care-and-love-city-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 May 2016 03:45:15 +0000 Police are set to mount a major crackdown on one of Hong Kong’s most powerful triad societies ahead of a visit by the state leader overseeing the city’s affairs, the Post has learned. The citywide operation, coordinated by the force’s elite Organised Crime and Triad Bureau, will target the notorious Sun Yee On triad organisation amid a spate of gang violence and revenge attacks between its Tsim Sha Tsui and Kwun Tong factions, according to police sources. “Intelligence indicates that other [Sun... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1942949/police-ready-major-crackdown-triad-gang-ahead-chinese-state?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1942949/police-ready-major-crackdown-triad-gang-ahead-chinese-state?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 09 May 2016 14:00:15 +0000 How about this for a quick fix? Government workers were busy on Friday applying glue to the pavement opposite Hong Kong’s Legislative Council compound, a move seen as part of efforts to step up security for state leader Zhang Dejiang’s visit this month. The government employed the same tactic in Wan Chai in 2005, when the city hosted the World Trade Organisation summit, to prevent protesters, mostly South Korean farmers, from digging up bricks to throw at police. During the Mong Kok riot in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1941711/hold-tight-hong-kong-workers-apply-glue-pavement-outside?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1941711/hold-tight-hong-kong-workers-apply-glue-pavement-outside?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 May 2016 09:18:52 +0000 The state leader overseeing the city’s affairs is unlikely to have a separate meeting with pan-democratic lawmakers or be drawn into discussing issues like Hong Kong independence during his three-day visit later this month, mainland sources said. A police source warned the force might use riot control agent “water jet pack”, also known as “liquefied tear gas” in Chinese, to suppress any violent protests or mobs during Zhang Dejiang’s visit. Zhang, who chairs the National People’s Congress... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1941435/zhang-dejiang-unlikely-touch-hong-kong-independence-during?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1941435/zhang-dejiang-unlikely-touch-hong-kong-independence-during?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 May 2016 03:24:11 +0000 Hong Kong should avoid politicising its economic problems and resorting to “street politics” as it will tarnish the city’s image and scare off foreign investors, the state leader overseeing Hong Kong affairs warned yesterday. National People’s Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang (張德江) also praised Hong Kong people for being intelligent, and said they understand that the city’s success was built on its economic achievement and its proximity to the mainland. “The opportunity must not be lost, because... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921782/street-politics-could-tarnish-hong-kongs-image-npc-chairman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921782/street-politics-could-tarnish-hong-kongs-image-npc-chairman?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2016 17:45:15 +0000 In a gesture that demonstrated Beijing’s authority, the seating arrangement for the annual meeting between the state leader overseeing Hong Kong and the city’s deputies to the national legislature was changed for the first time since the 1997 handover. National People’s Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang met the deputies in Beijing yesterday for the meeting, during which Zhang and Hong Kong’s 36-strong delegation led by Maria Tam Wai-chu were seated at one end of a room in the Great Hall of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921753/chair-change-shows-hong-kong-deputies-no-longer-driving-seat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/1921753/chair-change-shows-hong-kong-deputies-no-longer-driving-seat?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:15:30 +0000 During the past week or so, we have witnessed several seemingly unrelated incidents that, upon reflection, share a common thread - competitiveness. In late April, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying made a one-day trip to Beijing. He described the visit as being fruitful on several counts. One was Beijing giving the green light to expand the current preferential treatment - which allows Hong Kong's service industry access to Guangdong - to eight more provinces in the pan-Pearl River Delta area.... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1230803/city-must-keep-edge-economic-race-and-stay-clean?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1230803/city-must-keep-edge-economic-race-and-stay-clean?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 National People's Congress Standing Committee chairman Zhang Dejiang recently said Hong Kong's competitive edge is weakening and may fade away. Its strongest competitors may be other Chinese cities; a recent McKinsey projection indicated that 40 per cent of the 75 most dynamic cities by 2025 will be Chinese. Mainland cities occupy six of the top 10 positions, with Shanghai and Beijing first and second. Hong Kong is 30th. Yet, Hong Kong's competitive advantages remain unrivalled among China's... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230707/hong-kongs-prosperity-tied-rejuvenation-pearl-river-delta?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1230707/hong-kongs-prosperity-tied-rejuvenation-pearl-river-delta?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Warning a wake-up call for unity I read with interest what Zhang Dejiang, No 3 on the Communist Party's seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, said to the Business and Professionals Alliance delegation in Beijing on April 27 ("HK losing its competitive edge, Beijing warns", April 28). Wang said, "Hong Kong's competitive edge is weakening and will fade away if the city does not put its focus on economic development." His statement is substantiated by a translated excerpt of a Wen Wei Po... https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1230223/letters-editor-may-5-2013?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1230223/letters-editor-may-5-2013?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong is losing its competitive edge and will be "swept downstream if it does not forge ahead", warns Beijing's man in charge of Hong Kong affairs. Zhang Dejiang, No 3 on the seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, is by far the highest-ranking figure to voice such concerns. But one observer believes Beijing is trying to divert public attention from current political controversies over patriotism and universal suffrage. Zhang sounded the alarm at his first meeting with a political grouping... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1224953/hong-kong-losing-its-competitive-edge-beijing-warns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1224953/hong-kong-losing-its-competitive-edge-beijing-warns?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A lawyer has filed suit against one of China's highest officials, calling his election as the head of the top legislative body “unconstitutional”. Wang Cheng, a Hangzhou lawyer and social activist, on Monday sent a letter to the nation’s highest court, alleging that Zhang Dejiang's election to the National People’s Congress was invalid. In the document, he said Zhang’s election violated China’s constitution, Article 65 in particular. The article stipulates that no one on the Standing Committee... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1196262/npc-chairman-zhang-dejiangs-election-unconstitutional-says-lawyer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1196262/npc-chairman-zhang-dejiangs-election-unconstitutional-says-lawyer?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:03:22 +0000 Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang, a former Guangdong party chief, became China's top legislator yesterday. The No 3 figure in the Communist Party's seven-man Politburo Standing Committee, formed in November, Zhang received 2,952 of the 2,961 valid ballots cast to succeed Wu Bangguo as chairman of the National People's Congress. Li Jianguo , who was re-elected as NPC vice-chairman, will be the top ranked of its 13 vice-chairpersons. Ten are newcomers. Zhang Ming , a political scientist, said Zhang... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1191019/zhang-dejiang-ally-ex-leader-jiang-zemin-becomes-npc-chairman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1191019/zhang-dejiang-ally-ex-leader-jiang-zemin-becomes-npc-chairman?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Yu Zhengsheng, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, recently denounced Hong Kong activists who waved colonial flags during protests, and warned that "opposition" and "centrifugal forces" would not be allowed to rule the city after universal suffrage was introduced. This was followed by Zhang Dejiang, another Politburo member, reminding Hongkongers of the importance of safeguarding national security. The central government is rightly worried by the waving of colonial flags, but for the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1188539/flagging-fears-over-threat-hong-kongs-autonomy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1188539/flagging-fears-over-threat-hong-kongs-autonomy?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 A second state leader yesterday stressed the importance of Hong Kong safeguarding national security, a day after another warned the city against becoming a base for subversion and said its ruling elite had to love the nation. Politburo Standing Committee member Zhang Dejiang , who will supervise Hong Kong and Macau Affairs and head the nation's top legislature, called on Hong Kong delegates at a closed-door meeting to help deepen the implementation of the "one country, two systems" concept,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1185833/second-state-leader-stresses-hong-kongs-role-national-security?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1185833/second-state-leader-stresses-hong-kongs-role-national-security?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference starting next week will not only formalise the transition of power to the fifth generation of leaders, but decide who will be filling most vacancies among leading officials. The changes at the very top have long been known: Xi Jinping who replaced Hu Jintao as party chief in November, will formally take over as president, while Li Keqiang will succeed Wen Jiabao as premier and form a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157718/naming-new-leading-officials-will-complete-transition-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1157718/naming-new-leading-officials-will-complete-transition-power?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Leung Chun-ying's visit to Beijing is being watched particularly closely as it brings him face to face with members of the central government body responsible for plotting strategies and making key decisions about Hong Kong. Set up in the wake of the 2003 mass protests against Hong Kong's proposed national security laws, the Communist Party's leading group on Hong Kong and Macau affairs is headed by president-to-be Xi Jinping. State Councillor Liu Yandong is deputy head. When Xi becomes... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1109417/cy-talks-decision-makers-hong-kong-being-closely-watched?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1109417/cy-talks-decision-makers-hong-kong-being-closely-watched?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Zhang Dejiang was not in Chongqing long, spending just eight months as party chief for the western metropolis. But that did not stop officials from showering him with praise as he left to join the Communist Party's most powerful body. More than 200 local party officials gathered behind closed doors for a changing-of-the-guard event in which Zhang formally made way for his successor as Chongqing party secretary - former Jilin party secretary Sun Zhengcai - the Chongqing Daily reported. Much of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1087803/cadres-praise-zhang-dejiangs-short-stint-party-chief-chongqing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1087803/cadres-praise-zhang-dejiangs-short-stint-party-chief-chongqing?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 New man at the top Xi Jinping an enigma Who is Xi Jinping? Although he has finally risen to the supreme office in the world's most populous nation and second-largest economic power, Xi Jinping remains an enigmatic cipher - even to many of his fellow Communist Party apparatchiks. Since his succession was set five years ago, the state media has gone out of its way to paint Xi in a favourable light. He is often depicted as a mature, competent and popular statesman, one meticulously groomed over... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083397/seven-men-who-rule-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1083397/seven-men-who-rule-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Navigation: China abroad | China at home | Chinese media 18th Party Congress news and rumour roundup: Speaking to media yesterday, Chinese vice-premier and top contender for a seat on the next Politburo Standing Committee Zhang Dejiang denied that Bo Xilai established a legitimate political model during his time as Party Secretary of Chongqing. Zhang wasn't the only Communist Party leader making statements to press. The New York Times reported that Jiang Zemin still retains significant influence... https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1078376/conservative-vice-premier-denies-bo-xilai-has-political-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1078376/conservative-vice-premier-denies-bo-xilai-has-political-legacy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:54:51 +0000