Date
Milestones
18 May 2020
At the Eighteenth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth NPC, the State Council’s Report on Safeguarding of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was considered and deliberated. The Standing Committee of the NPC considered it necessary to establish and improve at the national level the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for the HKSAR to safeguard national security, and agreed to the recommendations in the State Council’s Report.
In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Basic Law, the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the NPC drew up the Draft “Decision of the National People’s Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security”, which, after deliberation by the Standing Committee of the NPC, was decided to be submitted to the Third Session of the Thirteenth NPC for deliberation.
28 May 2020
The Thirteenth NPC adopted the “Decision of the National People’s Congress on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security”.
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June 2020
Before the enactment of the Hong Kong National Security Law by the Standing Committee of the NPC, the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the NPC, together with the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council and the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR, organised a series of symposiums to gauge the views of the Hong Kong community on the draft Hong Kong National Security Law.
30 June 2020
The Hong Kong National Security Law was passed by the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth NPC and promulgated by Order of the President No. 49 signed by President Xi Jinping.
The Standing Committee of the Thirteenth NPC listed the Hong Kong National Security Law in Annex III of the Basic Law in accordance with Article 18 of the Basic Law after consulting the Standing Committee of the NPC's Committee for the Basic Law of the HKSAR and the HKSAR Government.
30 June 2020
Signed by Mrs Carrie Lam, the then Chief Executive of the HKSAR for gazettal, the Hong Kong National Security Law was promulgated for implementation and took effect at 11 p.m. the same day.