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Hong Kong will continue to be governed by the “one country, two systems” principle and retain its common law system indefinitely, well beyond 2047, according to the city’s justice minister. Paul Lam Ting-kwong made the remarks at China Conference: Southeast Asia 2025, an event organised by the South China Morning Post in Kuala Lumpur on February 17, 2025. Referring to the agreement for Hong Kong’s capitalist system and way of life to remain unchanged for 50 years under the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution, Lam cited a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hong Kong in 2022 on the continuity of one country, two systems.
