Chapter 2
Visit to the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office
of the State Council
(22 August 1991)
Present at the briefing were
HKMAO
Chen Guangming (TA)
xu Ze (徐澤
徐澤)
Deputy Director,
Second Department
Deputy Department Director,
Second Department
Chang Hsiaoping (3)
Second Department
Chen Bingling (陳冰凌 )
Second Department
Li Quanli (b >
Fourth Department
Summary of the Briefing
2.
The HKMAO was established under the State Council
in August 1978, with Liao Zhenzhi (*,) as its founding chief, succeeded first by Ji Pengfei (FE
and then Lu Ping() in November 1990.
3.
The HKMAO had seven major functions
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(a) to investigate and study the PRC's policy towards
Hong Kong (and Macao) for the purpose of a smooth
transition in the run up to 1997 (and 1999) and
to recommend policy proposals
to the
Government for approval;
central