骆惠宁在“中国共产党与‘一国两制’”主题论坛上的主旨演讲
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　　百年伟业的“香江篇章”

　　——在“中国共产党与‘一国两制’”

　　主题论坛上的主旨演讲

　　（2021年6月12日）

　　骆 惠 宁

　　尊敬的董建华副主席、梁振英副主席，

　　林郑月娥行政长官，

　　各位嘉宾，各位朋友：

　　大家上午好！再过十几天，就是中国共产党百年华诞，也是香港回归祖国24周年。今天，中央驻港机构很高兴与特区政府、社会各界一道，共同回顾中国共产党领导“一国两制”事业走过的非凡历程，从历史中汲取继续前进的智慧和力量。

　　百年前的中国，山河破碎，民不聊生，中华民族深陷半殖民地半封建社会的苦难深渊。百年后的今天，中华民族已经迎来从站起来、富起来到强起来的伟大飞跃。是中国共产党团结带领中国人民实现了这一翻天覆地的历史巨变。习近平总书记深刻指出，“我们党的一百年，是矢志践行初心使命的一百年，是筚路蓝缕奠基立业的一百年，是创造辉煌开辟未来的一百年”。香港以自己的特殊经历融入了这部壮丽史诗，“一国两制”事业成为其中的华彩篇章。

　　——中国共产党开创了“一国两制”事业。上世纪80年代，为解决历史遗留问题，邓小平等中国共产党人从国家民族整体利益和香港同胞切身利益出发，创造性地提出了“一国两制”伟大构想。此后十多年，中国共产党领导制定香港基本法，构建“一国两制”制度框架，筹建第一个特别行政区，实现了举世关注的香港平稳过渡和顺利回归。在当时资本主义和社会主义两大阵营尖锐对立的背景下，作出“一国两制”政治决断，需要何等的胸怀和勇气？直至今天，我们依然可以如此发问：世界上还有哪个执政党会允许在一国之内实行两种社会制度？“一国两制”的伟大创举，改变了历史上但凡收复失地就要大动干戈的所谓定势，是中国共产党人充满政治智慧的时代创造，在人类政治文明史上写下了光彩夺目的中国方案。

　　——中国共产党发展了“一国两制”事业。回归以来，中国共产党领导香港“一国两制”事业在探索中不断前进。政治上，正确处理维护中央全面管治权和保障特别行政区高度自治权的关系，就基本法五次释法，颁布实施香港国安法，完善特别行政区选举制度，香港“一国两制”的宪制基础愈加完善。经济上，把发挥祖国内地坚强后盾作用和提高香港自身竞争力有机结合，出台系列政策惠港惠民，支持香港抵御两次金融危机和两次重大疫情，使香港在各种风雨来袭时始终坚挺不倒。文化上，鼓励香港发挥国际大都会中外文化交融的优势，扩大深化与内地交流合作，广泛参与国际文化艺术交流活动，香港的国际影响力日益提升。我很想知道，那些在回归前断定“香港已死”的西方媒体，该如何解释香港“持续多年被评选为全球最具竞争力地区”这一事实？可以推断，那些今天仍在唱衰香港、宣称“两制已死”的人，历史将继续以无可辩驳的事实回应他们的无知与偏见。

　　——中国共产党捍卫了“一国两制”事业。回归以来，香港“一国两制”实践取得了举世公认的成功。但在反中乱港势力的煽惑下，也出现了“积非成是”的观念误区和“变形”“走样”的现实风险。特别是2019年爆发的“修例风波”，严重践踏法治和社会秩序，严重破坏香港繁荣稳定，严重挑战“一国两制”原则底线。许多人担忧，“一国两制”还能不能搞下去？面对香港回归以来最严峻的局面，以习近平同志为核心的党中央坚持依法治港，筑牢了维护国家安全的防线，维护了“爱国者治港”根本原则，粉碎了反中乱港势力“颜色革命”的图谋，“一国两制”重回正轨。很难设想，如果没有中央一系列拨乱反正的重大决策，香港如何能从“黑暴”“揽炒”中走出，又怎能迎来由乱及治的重大转折？正是在此过程中，香港各界进一步认识到，“一国”是“两制”的前提和基础；“一国”是根，根深才能叶茂；“一国”是本，本固才能枝荣。

　　嘉宾们、朋友们！

　　历史记录过去，也镜鉴未来。“一国两制”在香港的实践历程，带给我们诸多教益和启迪。

　　第一，推进“一国两制”事业，必须坚持和维护中国共产党的领导。历史告诉我们，没有共产党就没有新中国，就没有中国特色社会主义，就没有“一国两制”，也就没有香港的顺利回归和回归后的繁荣稳定。中国共产党的领导地位，是历史和人民的选择。中国共产党是宪法规定的中国特色社会主义的领导者，也是当之无愧的“一国两制”事业的创立者、领导者、践行者和维护者。没有谁比中国共产党更深切懂得“一国两制”的价值，没有谁比中国共产党更执着坚守“一国两制”的初心。那些叫嚣“结束一党专政”、否定党对“一国两制”事业领导的人，那些企图把香港作为地缘政治的棋子、遏制中国的工具、渗透内地桥头堡的人，是在毁坏“一国两制”制度根基，是香港繁荣稳定的真正大敌。事实将继续证明，维护中国共产党的领导，就是维护“一国两制”，就是维护宪法和基本法确定的特别行政区宪制秩序，就是维护香港的光明前途和香港同胞的根本福祉。

　　第二，推进“一国两制”事业，必须不断完善同宪法和基本法实施相关的制度和机制。制度的生命在于自我革新、自我发展。过去24年，中国共产党不断丰富发展“一国两制”理论和实践，将“一国两制”从治国理政的“崭新课题”和“重大课题”，提升为中国特色社会主义的“基本方略”和“显著优势”，以香港治理的成就丰富了党在新时代治国理政的内涵。面向未来，在国家不断推进治理体系和治理能力现代化、中国特色社会主义制度更加成熟定型的过程中，中央将继续坚持和完善“一国两制”制度体系。香港与宪制秩序相关的制度机制，有效的要坚持，缺失的要修补，跑偏的要纠正，过时的要更新。事实将继续证明，堵塞了漏洞、弥补了缺陷、兼顾各方利益的“一国两制”制度体系，将更好维护国家主权、安全和发展利益，更好落实中央全面管治权，更好促进香港长期繁荣稳定，更好保障香港居民的自由和民主权利。

　　第三，推进“一国两制”事业，必须推动香港更好融入国家发展大局。香港的命运从来同祖国紧密相连，国家发展始终是香港发展的最大依托。早在上世纪60年代内地经济十分困难的情况下，中央即投巨资兴建东深供水工程，开通“三趟快车”，保障了香港80%的用水和90%以上的鲜活冷冻食品供应。改革开放后，香港同胞到内地投资兴业，在促进国家经济腾飞的同时，迎来香港发展的黄金时代。回归后香港没有向国家缴纳过一分钱税收，而在遇到困难时总能得到国家的倾力支持。今天的中国高度开放、日新月异，足以凭国家之大、活力之盛，为香港增优势、拓空间、破难题提供强大动力。特别是国家构建新发展格局、深化粤港澳大湾区建设、实施“十四五”规划，更为香港创造了不容错失的重大机遇。事实将继续证明，只要在国家发展大局中找准定位、扮演更积极角色，香港定能培育新优势、发挥新作用、实现新发展，不断解决经济民生领域深层次矛盾和问题，让发展成果真正惠及广大市民。

　　嘉宾们、朋友们！

　　近代中国命运多舛，鸦片战争让香港被迫离开了祖国。那时的中华大地，强盗横行、租界林立，“华人与狗不得入内”，处处是民族的屈辱，哪里有个人的尊严？今天，中国共产党带领人民创建的新中国，已经可以平视这个世界了，亿万中华儿女当家作主、扬眉吐气。我们坚信，伴随祖国迈向社会主义现代化强国的历史进程，广大香港同胞一定会进一步增强对伟大祖国的归属感，进一步增强对中国共产党的认同感，进一步增强身为中国人的自豪感。有以习近平同志为核心的党中央掌舵领航，有包括港澳同胞在内的14亿中国人民的团结奋斗，中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦一定能够实现，新时代的“一国两制”实践一定能续写崭新篇章！

The Hong Kong Episode in The Centennial Success Story

of The Communist Party of China

- Keynote speech at the Forum on “The Communist Party of China and the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Model”

(June 12, 2021)

Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Luo Huining

Vice Chairman Tung Chee-hwa, Vice Chairman Leung Chun-ying, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Distinguished guests and friends:

　　Good morning! In about two weeks, we will mark the centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the 24th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland. Today, the Central Government’s institutions in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are pleased to join the SAR government and people from different walks of society in celebrating the extraordinary journey the CPC has embarked on advancing the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”. We hope that the wisdom and strengths drawn from this journey will help to pave the way forward.

　　A hundred years ago, China was reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society with its land torn apart and its people living in poverty and despair. A hundred years later, the Chinese nation has stood up, grown prosperous and become strong - a tremendous transformation achieved by the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC. General Secretary Xi Jinping has observed that the CPC’s centennial history bears witness to the party’s steadfast commitment to its original aspirations, painstaking efforts in laying a solid foundation for the rise of the Chinese nation, and relentless striving toward shaping a magnificent future. Hong Kong is a firsthand witness to the epic history of the CPC, in which the cause of “One Country, Two Systems” constitutes a splendid chapter.

　　- The Communist Party of China pioneered the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”. To resolve the historical question of Hong Kong, CPC leaders, including Deng Xiaoping, came up with the innovative concept of “One Country, Two Systems” in the 1980s, bearing in mind the interests of both the nation and Hong Kong compatriots. In the following decade, the CPC led efforts to formulate the Hong Kong Basic Law, devise the institutional framework of “One Country, Two Systems”, and establish the country’s first special administrative region. This has ultimately led to the smooth and peaceful return of Hong Kong amid global attention. Given the intense confrontation between the opposing camps of capitalism and socialism back then, it took an exceptional level of broad-mindedness and courage to achieve a political resolution such as the arrangement of “One Country, Two Systems”. The question is still valid today: is there any other ruling party in the world that allows the coexistence of two different social systems within one country? This great model of “One Country, Two Systems” subverted the conventional wisdom that lost territories could only be reclaimed by force. It embodies the political wisdom of the CPC, and contributes a splendid China chapter to the history of political civilization.

　　- The Communist Party of China advanced the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”. Since Hong Kong’s return, the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”, under the leadership of the CPC, has been making steady progress. In the political realm, the CPC properly handled the relationship between maintaining the comprehensive jurisdiction of the Central Government and safeguarding the high degree of autonomy enjoyed by the special administrative region; made five interpretations of the Basic Law; promulgated the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and improved the SAR’s electoral systems. As a result, the constitutional foundation was further improved for the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong. In the economic realm, the CPC bolstered the role of the mainland as a powerful backer for Hong Kong while encouraging the latter to improve its competitiveness; put in place a raft of favorable policies for Hong Kong and its people; supported Hong Kong in its battle against two financial crises and two major public health emergencies. As a result, Hong Kong has been able to remain rock solid in the face of adversities. In the cultural realm, the CPC encouraged Hong Kong to leverage its strength as an international metropolis and the meeting place of Chinese and foreign cultures; to expand and deepen exchanges and cooperation with the mainland; and to actively engage itself in international cultural exchanges. As a result, Hong Kong’s international influence kept rising. I am curious to know how the western media, which had proclaimed the “Death of Hong Kong” before its return, would explain the fact that Hong Kong has been ranked the world’s most competitive region for many consecutive years. It is safe to assume that those, who are still bad-mouthing Hong Kong and proclaiming the “Death of Two Systems”, will again be proved ignorant and biased by history.

　　- The Communist Party of China defended the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”. Since the return of Hong Kong, the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” has achieved a world-recognized success. At the same time, misconceptions and distortions emerged in the process as a result of propaganda by anti-China forces. The turbulence over the extradition bill in 2019, in particular, seriously jeopardized the rule of law and social order; seriously undermined the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong; and seriously breached the bottom line of the “One Country, Two Systems” principle. Many people couldn’t help wondering if the “One Country, Two Systems” policy would survive the crisis and carry on. Faced with the gravest challenge since Hong Kong’s return, the CPC Central Committee, led by Comrade Xi Jinping, acted in strict accordance with the law in the administration of Hong Kong; fortified the safeguards of national security; upheld the fundamental principle of “patriots administering Hong Kong”; and foiled the plot of anti-China forces to stage a “color revolution”. The practice of “One Country, Two Systems” was subsequently returned to the correct path. It is hard to fathom whether Hong Kong would at all be able to pull itself out of the morass of violence and achieve the transformation from chaos to order if it weren’t for the Central Government which acted timely and decisively to set things right. What had transpired then further convinced the people of Hong Kong that “Two Systems” is predicated on “One Country”. “One Country” is like the roots of a tree. For a tree to grow tall and luxuriant, its roots must run deep and strong.

Distinguished guests and friends!

History is a record of the past, and a guide to the future. The history of the practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in Hong Kong brings to us many lessons and inspirations.

　　Firstly, to advance the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”, it is imperative to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China. It is a historical fact that without the leadership of the CPC, there would be no New China, or socialism with Chinese characteristics. Neither would there be the smooth handover of Hong Kong, nor the prosperity and stability after its return. The leadership role of the CPC is a choice of history and of the people. The CPC leads the nation in practicing socialism with Chinese characteristics as prescribed by the Constitution. It is the true pioneer, leader, practitioner and defender of the cause of the “One Country, Two Systems”. No one better appreciates the value of “One Country, Two Systems”, or is more committed to the original aspiration of this policy than the CPC. Posing existential threats to the policy of “One Country, Two Systems”, and to the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, are those who clamor for “an end to one-party rule”, reject the leadership of the CPC over the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”, and attempt to use Hong Kong as a geopolitical pawn to contain China and infiltrate the mainland. Facts will continue to prove that those who uphold the leadership of the CPC are actually upholding the “One Country, Two Systems” policy and the constitutional order of Hong Kong as established by the Constitution and the Basic law, as well as safeguarding the bright future of Hong Kong and the fundamental well-being of its people.

　　Secondly, to advance the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”, it is imperative to keep improving the institutions and mechanisms related to the implementation of the Constitution and the Basic Law. The vitality of a political system lies in its ability to reform and improve itself. Over the past 24 years, the CPC kept enriching and advancing the policy of “One Country, Two Systems” both theoretically and practically, elevating this concept from being a “novel and major issue” of governance to a “fundamental policy” and “outstanding strength” of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The practice of “One Country, Two Systems’ in Hong Kong has greatly enriched the CPC’s practice in governing China in the new era. Going forward, the country will keep modernizing its governance system and capacity, while socialism with Chinese characteristics will advance to a more mature stage. The Central Government will, in the meantime, continue to uphold and improve the “One Country, Two Systems” framework. On its part, Hong Kong should strive to uphold, improve, recalibrate and update the institutions and mechanisms related to its constitutional order. Facts will continue to prove that the “One Country, Two Systems” framework, with its loopholes plugged, deficiencies addressed and different interests balanced, will better safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests; better implement the comprehensive jurisdiction of the Central Government; better promote the lasting prosperity and stability of Hong Kong; and better safeguard the freedoms and democratic rights of Hong Kong residents.

　　Thirdly, to advance the cause of “One Country, Two Systems”, it is imperative to promote the greater integration of Hong Kong into the national development strategy. The destiny of Hong Kong has always been intertwined with that of the motherland. The country remains the strongest source of support for the betterment of Hong Kong. Back in the 1960s when the mainland was still extremely underdeveloped, the Central Government invested huge sums on the Dongjiang-Shenzhen Water Supply Project and the operation of the “three express trains”, from which Hong Kong gets 80% of its water supply and 90% of livestock and farm produce. Many Hong Kong investors returned to the mainland after the country started reform and opening up. They contributed to the nation’s economic take-off, which in turn ushered in the golden era for Hong Kong’s economy. After its return to the motherland in 1997, Hong Kong doesn’t have to pay a penny in tax to the State, which, however, has always been there to support Hong Kong in times of adversity. Today’s China is becoming ever more open and prosperous, and the Central Government is in a stronger position to help Hong Kong boost its strengths and surmount challenges. Hong Kong will be able to derive more opportunities from the country’s new development strategy, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the 14th Five-Year Plan. Facts will continue to prove that by strategically positioning itself and playing a more active role in the national development, Hong Kong will surely be able to develop new strengths, resolve deep-seated economic and livelihood problems, and achieve further development to the benefit of the people.

Distinguished guests and friends!

　　The modern history of China is replete with sufferings and setbacks. Following the Opium War, Hong Kong was separated from the motherland. China was then thronged with bandits and imperial powers with the Chinese people subjected to humiliation and indignity. Today, the people of New China, founded by the Chinese people under the leadership of the CPC, can hold their heads high and are the masters of their country. We firmly believe that as the motherland marches toward a great modern socialist country, Hong Kong compatriots will have a heightened sense of belonging to the motherland, an improved acknowledgement of the CPC, and a stronger sense of pride for being Chinese. Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee led by Comrade Xi Jinping, and with the concerted efforts of 1.4 billion Chinese people including the compatriots of Hong Kong and Macao, the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will most certainly come true. The practice of “One Country, Two Systems” in the new era will most certainly add brilliant new chapters.