Premier Li Keqiang presides over a State Council meeting to appoint John Lee as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2022. Lee will assume office on July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, China's cabinet, decided at a meeting Friday to appoint John Lee as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
Lee will assume office on July 1, 2022.
Premier Li Keqiang presided over the meeting and signed a State Council decree on the appointment.
Lee won the chief executive election on May 8. ■
Premier Li Keqiang signs a State Council decree on the appointment of John Lee as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) during a State Council meeting in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2022. Lee will assume office on July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)
Premier Li Keqiang presides over a State Council meeting to appoint John Lee as the sixth-term chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2022. Lee will assume office on July 1, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)