In accordance with the relevant provisions of the law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the people's Republic of China on safeguarding national security and the nomination and suggestion of Li Jiachao, the chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the State Council decided on August 4, 2022 to appoint Qu Zhiguang as the Secretary General of the Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on safeguarding national security and to remove Chen Guoji from the post of Secretary General of the Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on safeguarding national security. (news agency)