Watch live: Chinese President Xi Jinping attends ceremony for inauguration of new Hong Kong administration
Chinese President Xi Jinping at a ceremony to inaugurate Hong Kong's chief executive John Lee on Jul 1, 2022.
HONG KONG: Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the inauguration ceremony of the sixth-term government of Hong Kong on Friday (Jul 1), as the city celebrates the 25th anniversary of its handover from Britain to mainland China.
At 8am, a group of officials gathered next to Victoria Harbour for a flag-raising ceremony in blustery conditions as the city experienced its first typhoon this year. Helicopters flew over the harbour dangling the flags of China and Hong Kong.
Xi did not attend the flag-raising event, with media reporting he stayed overnight across the border in Shenzhen after arriving in Hong Kong on Thursday.
He is back in the financial hub on Friday to swear in the city's new leader, John Lee, and to deliver a speech.
Xi's trip to Hong Kong is his first since 2017 when he swore in the city's first female leader, Carrie Lam.
Watch his speech live on CNA:
