Wang Zhimin

Wang Zhimin (Chinese: 王志民; born April 1957) is a politician of China and a member of the Communist Party of China. He is the current Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong. Before that, he was the Director of Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao from 2016 to 2017.

Biography

With a family root in Fujian, Wang was educated at the Fujian Normal University and became a member of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC). From 1992 to 1998, he served at the New China News Agency Hong Kong Branch. In 1998, he returned to Fujian to serve as the assistant to the Mayor of Xiamen and other bureaux when Xi Jinping, latter becoming General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, was the Governor of Fujian. In 2006, he became the Deputy Secretary-general of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong until 2015 when he became Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office. From 2016 to 2017, he was the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macau. In 2017, he replaced Zhang Xiaoming to become the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong.^[1]

Controversies

In April 2018, Wang in said in a speech that Hong Kong residents needed to respect and understand the Chinese constitution, as it is the "root and foundation" of its future following the amendment of Article 1 of the Chinese constitution to denote the Communist Party of China leadership as "the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics". Targeting the pro-democrats' slogan of calling for the end of "one party dictatorship" since the Tiananmen massacre of 1989. "If you oppose this system, you are overturning our one country, two systems. This is a crime committed against Hong Kong people. It will not bring blessings to Hong Kong, but calamity," Wang said.^[2]

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