(JiMao the twelfth lunar month, the first day), January 7, 2000, the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, Macao Branch to change its name.

According to Xinhua News Agency 2000, December 28, 1999, the twenty-fourth executive meeting of the State Council decided that the work authorized by the Central People's Government institutions Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch of the Xinhua News Agency Macao Branch respectively renamed the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Central People's Government in the Macao Special Administrative Region Liaison office. (? V history today?? Com)
It is understood that the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the responsibilities of the Liaison Office is: Contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, the Commissioner's Office of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Chinese People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong contact and assist the relevant authorities in the Mainland Management in Hong Kong, Macau, the Chinese-funded institutions, Macau forces;; promote exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong, Macau and the Mainland economy, education, science, culture, sports and other fields, contact the society of Hong Kong, Macau people from all walks of life, to promote exchanges between the Mainland and Hong Kong, Macao, and to reflect the views of the Hong Kong and Macao residents on the mainland; handle Taiwan-related affairs; undertake other tasks assigned by the Central People's Government.
the Central People's Government in Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region of the Liaison Office and its staff will strictly comply with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, (l $ j��.c��) of the Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region in the People's Republic of China "and the local law, perform their duties in accordance with the law. [Lssjt.cn]
Xinhua News Agency also announced that the former Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, Macao Branch news business, drew registered with the Government of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Region Branch of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region commitments by the Xinhua News Agency.