Hardliner With Past Suppression Records Appointed Director of Hong Kong Liaison Office

Zheng Yanxiong delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the National Security Education Day held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, on Apr. 15, 2021. Anthony Wallace/AFP

On. Jan. 14, China appointed Zheng Yanxiong, the former director of the National Security Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong, to replace Luo Huining as the director of the Liaison Office in Hong Kong.

Zheng is the first head of the Liaison Office with a national security background, and the Liaison Office represents the central government in Hong Kong and implements Beijing’s orders locally.