(Picture: December 4 is the "National Constitution Day". The Hong Kong SAR Government and the Hong Kong China Joint Office jointly organized the 2022 "National Constitution Day" symposium at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The picture shows the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, Li Jiachao, attending the symposium and delivering a speech.) Yesterday was the ninth National Constitution Day and the 40th anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of China's current Constitution. The Special Administrative Region Government and the Joint Office of the People's Republic of China jointly held the 2022 National Constitution Day Symposium on the theme "Constitution and the New Era and the New Journey". Deng Zhonghua, President of the National Association for Hong Kong and Macao Studies, delivered a keynote speech. Chen Dong, Deputy Director of the China Joint Office, Fan Xulitai, President of the Council of Lijin Education Center, Zhang Juneng, Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, key officials of the SAR Government, members of the Executive Council, members of the Legislative Council, and about 600 guests from all walks of life attended the symposium. In his speech, Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the basic law to implement the "one country, two systems" policy all came from the Constitution. The Constitution and the basic law together constitute the constitutional basis of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The SAR government will further promote the publicity and education of the Constitution, the Basic Law and the Hong Kong National Security Law. Luo Huining, Director of the Joint Office of the CPC Central Committee, said in a video speech that to play the role of the Constitution in guiding and safeguarding the practice of "one country, two systems" in Hong Kong, we must consciously respect and safeguard the country's fundamental system, adhere to the highest principle of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and promote the mainstream values that take patriotism and Hong Kong as the core and adapt to the "one country, two systems" policy. (Liu Xinshe)