The Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Bureau will lead a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government delegation to visit Beijing and Guizhou from May 12 to 17.

Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang will lead the delegates as they visit Beijing from May 12 to 15, while Permanent Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Gracie Foo will lead the group’s visit to Guizhou from May 15 to 17.

In Beijing, the delegation will meet officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other central ministries. It will then meet officials of Guizhou and study developments in the province.

The visit arrangement has been in place since 1999 to enhance communication and exchange between the two sides. It was relaunched last year after the 2020-22 suspension brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic.

Mr Tsang will return to Hong Kong in the afternoon of May 15.

In his absence, Under Secretary for Constitutional & Mainland Affairs Clement Woo will be Acting Secretary.