TWO SESSIONS See news updates on www.chinadaily.com.cn SPECIAL COVERAGE, PAGES 4-7 CHINADAILY THURSDAY, March 14, 2019 www.chinadailyhk.com HK $8 HK’s majority CPPCC concludes weighty session opinion backs Economic, social concerns take center amendment to stage in National Committee proposals extradition law By ZHANG YI
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[email protected] More than 2,100 national political Thursday advisers wrapped up their annual All day: National legislators hold Two-thirds of the people involved meeting on Wednesday in Beijing panel discussions on the final draft in a public consultation with the with more attention devoted to the versions of all reports and the for- Security Bureau support a revision country’s economic and social issues. eign investment law, which are to of Hong Kong’s extradition law, Sec- President Xi Jinping and other be voted on at the closing meeting retary for Security John Lee Ka-chiu leaders attended the closing meeting of the second session of the 13th revealed on Wednesday. of the second session of the 13th NPC on Friday. The Security Bureau collected a National Committee of the Chinese total of 4,500 entries of views during People’s Political Consultative Con- the public consultation over the ference in Beijing on Wednesday. issue from mid-February to March 4, Wang Yang, chairman of the 13th this year is highly appreciated given explained Lee. More than 3,000 sup- CPPCC National Committee, called the current economic challenges ported the city in plugging the loop- on members to better serve as con- from home and abroad.