China's NPC to Discuss Hong Kong's Jurisdiction Over Shenzhen Port

China’s NPC to discuss Hong Kong’s shared control over upgraded Shenzhen port

China’s top legislative body will discuss a bill next week to authorise Hong Kong’s jurisdiction over part of the redeveloped Huanggang Port in Shenzhen that will adopt a “co-location” arrangement when it opens next month. The meetings to be hosted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) between June 23 and 26 in Beijing were announced on Tuesday after its chairman, Zhao Leji, chaired a discussion at the Great Hall of the People in the capital on the same day. Accord...

By Edith Lin