Hong Kong’s Chief Executive-elect Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will accept the official appointment by Premier Li Keqiang as Hong Kong’s 5th Chief Executive on Tuesday and will meet with President Xi Jinping afterwards.
Lam met with Wang Guangya, director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council on Monday morning to discuss the preparation work for the next Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government.
Lam will meet Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People at around 5:00 p.m. local time on Monday afternoon, accompanied by Ding Yeyan, Chief Secretary of the Office of the Chief Executive-elect.
She will then return to Hong Kong on Wednesday.
China's State Council appointed Lam as the new chief executive of the HKSAR on March 31. She will take office on July 1.
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