Decision of the National People’s Congress on the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic
of China
Important Notice: This English document is coming from “LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THEPEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING
FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS” (1991.7)which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the StateCouncil of the People’s
Republic of China, and is published by the ChinaLegal System Publishing House.In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese
shall prevail.
Whole Document DECISION OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS ON THE BASIC LAW OF THEHONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA(Adopted at the Third Session of the Seventh National People’sCongress on April 4, 1990)The
Third Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress adopts theBasic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the People’sRepublic of China, including Annex I: Method for the Selection of theChief Executive of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, Annex II:Method for the Formation of the Legislative Council of the Hong KongSpecial Administrative
Region and Its Voting Procedures, Annex III:National Laws to Be Applied in the Hong Kong Special AdministrativeRegion, and
the designs of the regional flag and regional emblem of theHong Kong Special Administrative Region. Article 31 of the Constitution
ofthe People’s Republic of China provides: “The state may establish specialadministrative regions when necessary. The systems to
be instituted inspecial administrative regions shall be prescribed by law enacted by theNational People’s Congress in the light
of the specific conditions.” TheBasic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is constitutionalas it is enacted in accordance
with the Constitution of the People’sRepublic of China and in the light of the specific conditions of HongKong. The
systems, policies and laws to be instituted after theestablishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall
bebased on the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. TheBasic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
of the People’sRepublic of China shall be put into effect as of July 1, 1997.
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