BEIJING (Reuters) – Xia Baolong is the head of China’s recently created Central Office for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs, according to an official statement that showed him as chair of a meeting in that capacity on Tuesday.
The Beijing-based Central Office for Hong Kong and Macau Affairs – created earlier this year as part of broad institutional reforms – reports directly to the the ruling Communist Party and not to the State Council, or cabinet.
The top office was formed based on the long-existing Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office under the State Council.
(Reporting by Ryan Woo; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
