The Civil Service College today held its third seminar on the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: Our Way Forward, with the theme of strengthening international communication and telling good stories about China.

The conference was delivered via video conferencing by Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Information Department Hu Jian.

Addressing the forum, Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said that the important speech by President Xi Jinping, delivered at the meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term Hong Kong SAR Government, has stated clearly that the city must adhere to "one country, two systems" in the long run and reiterated the country's determination in fully and faithfully implementing the principle of "one country, two systems".

She further stressed that such a principle is of great vitality and the success of its implementation in Hong Kong over the past 25 years has won recognition throughout the world.

The Hong Kong SAR’s civil servants, as the backbone of the Government, not only have the responsibility but also should make conscientious efforts to tell the success story of “one country, two systems” of the country and Hong Kong to the international community, Mrs Yeung added.

It was also the seventh talk of the series on the country's foreign affairs, jointly organised by the college and the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong SAR.

Over 350 civil servants in the directorate and senior ranks took part in the online seminar.