[국제]China enforces reform of Hong Kong election law…

[앵커]

Although the United States and China have agreed to hold high-level talks next week, relations between the two countries remain cold.

China has decided to enforce a reform of electoral laws that will strengthen its rule over Hong Kong, and the United States has passed another destroyer in the Taiwan Strait.

Correspondent Kang Seong-woong reports from Beijing.

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The plenary meeting of the National People’s Congress held on the last day of both meetings this year.

The draft bill for reform of the Hong Kong election system was passed with the approval of all the remaining 2,895 people except for one abstention.

The legal basis for the reform of the electoral system, which would have a fatal blow to the anti-Chinese democratic forces in Hong Kong, was laid.

[리잔수 / 전국인민대표대회 상무위원장 : 홍콩 특별행정구의 선거제도 개선에 관한 결정에 전체 대표들이 압도적으로 찬성했습니다.]

China is preparing a plan to prevent Hong Kong anti-Chinese officials from entering public offices by strengthening their qualification screening.

It is expected to increase the ratio of indirect elections by the parliament and deprive members of the opposition party to elect administrative ministers.

China’s NPC has also reaffirmed its willingness to leap to a great power by adopting a long-term development strategy by 2035.

[리커창 / 중국 국무원 총리 : (중국과 미국은) 서로 내정이나 내부 업무에 간섭하지 않고, 충돌하지 말아야 합니다.]

The United States is concerned about the Hong Kong issue and China’s challenge.

The day before the closing of the NPC, the Aegis destroyer was passed through the Taiwan Strait, sending a warning to China.

At the high-level talks in Anchorage next week, the United States is also likely to call for change in China.

[토니 블링컨 / 미국 국무장관 : 오늘 다뤄진 그리고 우리가 우려하는 많은 문제들 을 이번 고위급 회담에서 (중국에) 제기할 겁니다.]

However, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confronted the US first to respect China’s sovereignty and development interests.

The United States and China are scheduled to hold high-level talks next week for the first time since the inauguration of the Biden administration, but both countries continue to engage in sharp, nervous warfare while sticking to their existing positions.

YTN Sungwoong Kang in Beijing[[email protected]]is.

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